NOVEMBER 7 - 9
Review the Camp Buckner Policies below - the camp really wants you to read this. Also anyone attending must sign an indemnification form;
IMPORTANT: when you fill out this form you must fill in:
name of church/company hosting:
South Texas District Man Camp
Retreat start date November 7, 2025
name of church/company hosting:
South Texas District Man Camp
Retreat start date November 7, 2025
Where and What Time?
Camp Buckner
3835 FM 2342
Burnet, TX 78611
There is also a camp map linked at the bottom of this page if need one.
Check In begins at 4:00 pm, and dinner starts at 6:00. Come Hungry! We will finish after the morning service on the 10th at about 11:30 am.
What Do I Need to Bring?
A saddle blanket and a change of drawers is all you really need, but feel free to bring along ear plugs, air freshener and any other bedding your desire for a twin size bunk bed. You can also bring homemade lye soap and other toiletries to freshen up after a full day of manly fun. Equipment for Challenges.
On Site Activities
Skeet Shooting - Guns and Ammo provided
Because of liability insurance personal skeet shooting guns are NOT permitted. Age 18 & up
Archery Tag - All equipment will be provided
Fishing - at campground or on Inks Lake bring your own equipment (license not required at camp)
Disc Golf - at campground bring your own equipment
Off-Site Activities
Golf - $59 per person additional cost. Bring your own clubs
4wd Off Road Adventure. Additional cost - Bring your own off-road vehicle.
Spider Mountain Bike & Hike with Ski Style Life. Additional cost - see spidermountain.com for details
Camp Buckner
3835 FM 2342
Burnet, TX 78611
There is also a camp map linked at the bottom of this page if need one.
Check In begins at 4:00 pm, and dinner starts at 6:00. Come Hungry! We will finish after the morning service on the 10th at about 11:30 am.
What Do I Need to Bring?
A saddle blanket and a change of drawers is all you really need, but feel free to bring along ear plugs, air freshener and any other bedding your desire for a twin size bunk bed. You can also bring homemade lye soap and other toiletries to freshen up after a full day of manly fun. Equipment for Challenges.
On Site Activities
Skeet Shooting - Guns and Ammo provided
Because of liability insurance personal skeet shooting guns are NOT permitted. Age 18 & up
Archery Tag - All equipment will be provided
Fishing - at campground or on Inks Lake bring your own equipment (license not required at camp)
Disc Golf - at campground bring your own equipment
Off-Site Activities
Golf - $59 per person additional cost. Bring your own clubs
4wd Off Road Adventure. Additional cost - Bring your own off-road vehicle.
Spider Mountain Bike & Hike with Ski Style Life. Additional cost - see spidermountain.com for details
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CAMP BUCKNER GUEST AND ‘DAY USE’ VISITOR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Your health and safety are of upmost importance to us at Camp Buckner. All guests are required to comply with Camp safety policies and procedures before and during their stay. The following protocol is required for all individuals while on Camp Buckner property.
General Policies and Procedures:
All group activities and dining table assignments will be organized by group to help prevent the spread of illness from one group to another.
During your time here, mail service is unavailable to guests. Please plan accordingly.
The main phone number to Camp Buckner is 512.756.7540. During the Group’s event, if it is after hours or if no one is available at the main number, the Group may call the retreat staff phone at 512.588.9174. In case of an emergency or if the Group needs immediate assistance, call Kristin Lundgren, Assistant Director, at 512.715.3404 or Todd Long, Executive Director, at 512.715.3412. Someone will be available at one of these phone numbers 24 hours a day.
Disposal of any hazardous materials or sharp medical objects shall be done at the administration office with Camp Buckner personnel present.
All injuries beyond simple scrapes and bruises should be reported to the Camp Buckner office during the day in which the injury takes place, or as soon as possible.
Alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, smoking, personal pets and fireworks are prohibited. Firearms are ONLY permitted if a group has scheduled activities on Camp Buckner’s skeet/trap/sporting clay shooting range. Additionally, each member of a group participating in skeet/trap/sporting clay activity must sign the Skeet, Trap and Sporting Clay Participant Waiver and follow all rules listed therein. All firearms must remained locked in the individual’s personal vehicle until event.
In accordance with fire marshal codes, all vehicles shall be parked in the designated parking areas. For the protection of all, please do not shuttle around camp after unloading unless a person in the group is unable to walk. Please notify the director on duty if you must use a vehicle for this purpose.
Unless specific arrangements have been made prior to arrival, check out time for the Lodge, Chateau and Cabins is 11 a.m.
The pool, blob, water slide, kayaks/canoes/paddle boats, ropes course, zipline, archery range, and shooting range are available at designated times for each Group. Your Group Leader will let me you know those times. If your Group is not scheduled, these activities and areas are off-limits.
For all water activities, modest bathing suits are expected.
Fishing in the camp's stocked pond and lake is available to your group. You must provide your own equipment. Camp Buckner operates under a "catch and release" program. No swimming is permitted in the pond or in the natural bodies of water.
A $15 fee will be charged for every lost or non-returned Lodge/Chateau room key. You will be billed the following week for missing keys.
Due to environmental, facility and safety issues, water balloons are prohibited on Camp Buckner property. Persons in possession of water balloons will be escorted from the property and the Group held liable for all damages and/or additional maintenance necessary to restore camp to a balloonfree environment. In addition, the Group will be liable for full payment of fees for these individuals as though they remained at camp.
Camp Buckner may be filming and taking photographs and/or video recordings for promotional purposes during the retreat term. The Group hereby gives consent and permission to Buckner International, dba Camp Buckner for the use of retreat guests’ likeness, name, and voice in any manner that Camp Buckner, its employees or authorized agents may see fit. The Group also agrees that all audio and video recordings made by Camp Buckner of retreat guests likeness, name, and voice produced by Buckner International, its contractors, agents, or employees, may be published, reproduced, exhibited, broadcast, through any media and used by Buckner International to promote Camp Buckner without further consent or payment. The Group hereby and forever releases Buckner International, its employees, agents, successors and assigns from any claims, actions, damages, and/or demands whatsoever by reason of such use.
Camp Buckner reserves the right, at all times, for any of its staff to enter into all facilities being used by the Group for the purpose of inspection of the premises, to observe the Group's use thereof, to provide maintenance of the premises, and for any other reasonable purpose.
The Group agrees to pay for damages to Camp Buckner property (beyond that of normal wear) caused by any of its members including indoor tobacco usage which requires aeration of the room for several days.
Groups with minors are encouraged to observe the following adult to child ratio: 1 adult per 5 children in the cabins during the evenings and no less than 1 adult to 6 children and youth during the day.
Camp Buckner wishes for everyone to enjoy and respect the beauty of the surroundings. Please help us respect the beauty of God's creation by not littering. For excessive littering by the Group, a cleaning and reset fee of $500 may be charged to the Group.
General Policies and Procedures:
All group activities and dining table assignments will be organized by group to help prevent the spread of illness from one group to another.
During your time here, mail service is unavailable to guests. Please plan accordingly.
The main phone number to Camp Buckner is 512.756.7540. During the Group’s event, if it is after hours or if no one is available at the main number, the Group may call the retreat staff phone at 512.588.9174. In case of an emergency or if the Group needs immediate assistance, call Kristin Lundgren, Assistant Director, at 512.715.3404 or Todd Long, Executive Director, at 512.715.3412. Someone will be available at one of these phone numbers 24 hours a day.
Disposal of any hazardous materials or sharp medical objects shall be done at the administration office with Camp Buckner personnel present.
All injuries beyond simple scrapes and bruises should be reported to the Camp Buckner office during the day in which the injury takes place, or as soon as possible.
Alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, smoking, personal pets and fireworks are prohibited. Firearms are ONLY permitted if a group has scheduled activities on Camp Buckner’s skeet/trap/sporting clay shooting range. Additionally, each member of a group participating in skeet/trap/sporting clay activity must sign the Skeet, Trap and Sporting Clay Participant Waiver and follow all rules listed therein. All firearms must remained locked in the individual’s personal vehicle until event.
In accordance with fire marshal codes, all vehicles shall be parked in the designated parking areas. For the protection of all, please do not shuttle around camp after unloading unless a person in the group is unable to walk. Please notify the director on duty if you must use a vehicle for this purpose.
Unless specific arrangements have been made prior to arrival, check out time for the Lodge, Chateau and Cabins is 11 a.m.
The pool, blob, water slide, kayaks/canoes/paddle boats, ropes course, zipline, archery range, and shooting range are available at designated times for each Group. Your Group Leader will let me you know those times. If your Group is not scheduled, these activities and areas are off-limits.
For all water activities, modest bathing suits are expected.
Fishing in the camp's stocked pond and lake is available to your group. You must provide your own equipment. Camp Buckner operates under a "catch and release" program. No swimming is permitted in the pond or in the natural bodies of water.
A $15 fee will be charged for every lost or non-returned Lodge/Chateau room key. You will be billed the following week for missing keys.
Due to environmental, facility and safety issues, water balloons are prohibited on Camp Buckner property. Persons in possession of water balloons will be escorted from the property and the Group held liable for all damages and/or additional maintenance necessary to restore camp to a balloonfree environment. In addition, the Group will be liable for full payment of fees for these individuals as though they remained at camp.
Camp Buckner may be filming and taking photographs and/or video recordings for promotional purposes during the retreat term. The Group hereby gives consent and permission to Buckner International, dba Camp Buckner for the use of retreat guests’ likeness, name, and voice in any manner that Camp Buckner, its employees or authorized agents may see fit. The Group also agrees that all audio and video recordings made by Camp Buckner of retreat guests likeness, name, and voice produced by Buckner International, its contractors, agents, or employees, may be published, reproduced, exhibited, broadcast, through any media and used by Buckner International to promote Camp Buckner without further consent or payment. The Group hereby and forever releases Buckner International, its employees, agents, successors and assigns from any claims, actions, damages, and/or demands whatsoever by reason of such use.
Camp Buckner reserves the right, at all times, for any of its staff to enter into all facilities being used by the Group for the purpose of inspection of the premises, to observe the Group's use thereof, to provide maintenance of the premises, and for any other reasonable purpose.
The Group agrees to pay for damages to Camp Buckner property (beyond that of normal wear) caused by any of its members including indoor tobacco usage which requires aeration of the room for several days.
Groups with minors are encouraged to observe the following adult to child ratio: 1 adult per 5 children in the cabins during the evenings and no less than 1 adult to 6 children and youth during the day.
Camp Buckner wishes for everyone to enjoy and respect the beauty of the surroundings. Please help us respect the beauty of God's creation by not littering. For excessive littering by the Group, a cleaning and reset fee of $500 may be charged to the Group.