Our mission is to equip men with the skillsets needed to be leaders of their faith, family, community, and themselves through the pursuit of the outdoors.

Guiding Principles

  • Honoring the traditional role bestowed on us by the father. To lead our families, community, and our ourselves with integrity and strength. We honor the opportunity to be in the testing grounds called nature, and the traditions set before us.

  • The power to push through no matter the adversity. To have the perseverance to do whatever it takes to reach our goals in life.

  • We are the warriors in our household, and community. We must protect ourselves and those we care about spiritually, mentality, and physically.

  • Our God-given role is to be a provider, to work hard, to sow hard so we can reap the harvest to support our families and communities.

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands. Day after day they pour out speech; night after night they communicate knowledge. There is no speech; there are no words; their voice is not heard. Their message has gone out to the whole earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming from his home; it rejoices like an athlete running a course. It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat.”

— Psalms 19:1-6

Meet the Team

  • Jon Fondrie

    FOUNDER

    In 2021 God laid a vision on Jon’s heart to bring men out of their comfort zone into the woods to teach them a skillset to bring into their everyday lives. He is a father to four children, and works in the tech field. He can relate to how hard it is to get started into hunting without someone showing you the ropes. Being a founder of Wilderborne he has a heart to teach people how to get started in hunting and ultimately target their own life with the same veracity.

  • Alex Sweet

    FOUNDER

    God laid it on Alex’s heart since he was a young man to pursue being a hunting guide ever since his first deer hunt in Virginia. That passion lead him to a one month long Guide school in Montana after high school with the plan on starting a Guide service in TANZANIA. With international travel being shut down by Covid, the ember still burns for the desire to teach men how to hunt and to face daily battles through the lessons they learn and the faith they gain in the wilderness.