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Every year, we’re faced with choices on how to handle the holiday season. Done the wrong way, you can have a chaotic time on your hands, filled with excess and clutter.

But done the right way, this time of year can yield life’s best moments. It can be a time to unwind, reflect on the year’s accomplishments, or grow from its mishaps. It’s a time to recharge, and prep for another journey around the sun. And if you’re anything like us, it can mean more time to spend in the duck and deer blinds. These moments at camp can be the sweet taste to end the year, or an encouraging one to start the next. Memories made, skills sharpened, and convictions solidified.

This season, don’t just buy gear for someone. Invest in time spent together doing the things you love.

So here’s to holidays well spent. Outside, with the ones that matter.

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Shirts built for the hunt and the stories that come after.

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Duck Camp Field Shirts There’s one thing that all Duck Camp shirts have in common: comfort. We sought to create the best fitting outdoors uncompromised comfort shirts out of the best materials we can find. It started with the 5-star rated lightweight hunting shirt and we now we have weights for every season.

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Lightweight Hunting Shirt 1200+ Five Star Reviews $

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159 GSM - 97% Cotton / 3% Spandex blend moves with you and provides just the right amount of stretch.

“Too hot for a flannel? Too cool for a lightweight shirt? This shirt is the compromise for early mornings and late evenings when the weather is that perfect amount of cool. Fit is perfect for being active without getting stretched out and loose.”

- Eric S. | Trailhead Shirt

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Camp Shirt 35 - 60º

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Warmer than a 4am cup of gas station coffee.

Our Campfire Shacket is along for the ride. With a cozy flannel exterior and soft grid-fleece lining, this is the perfect way to get a little more comfortable for those early morning drives and post-hunt drinks.

RUFFED GROUSE HAT | $32 LIGHT WEIGHT HUNTING SHIRT | $99 Wetland CAMPFIRE SHACKE T | $149 Pine Green

Campfire Shacket $

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FL E E C E GR I D -LINED OVERSHIRT

• 100% Cotton Moleskin Shell, 100% Recycled Polyester Fleece Grid Lining • Quiet Snaps on Shacket and Pockets • Low Profile Hand Pockets

“The shacket is simply stunning.

Friends have inquired where I got it and I love the look and feel. It’s sure to be my go-to over a short sleeve in our milder gulf coast fall and winter.”

- David B.

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Weightless Insulation 3DeFX+™ insulation offers a revolutionary amount of warmth, with a minimal amount of material by creating air pockets that recycle your body’s heat. The Airflow Insulated Vest, Jacket and Hoodie gives you way more stretch, comfort, and breathability than your old puffer, while remaining almost weightless.

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Move fast. Breathe Easy.

Airflow Insulated Available as

Airflow provides the perfect mix of flexibility, breathability, and protection from the elements. On top of it all, it feels practically weightless, making it ideal for just about any weather that has you reaching for an extra layer.

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Super Soft CO DWR Treated Outer is Mechanical Stretch

Water and Wind

Moves with You,

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100% Recycled Nylon 30D Ripstop Face Fabric; Insulated Jackets and Vest Feature 40 gr 3DeFX+™ Insulation

Insulated Hoodie - Military Green

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A warm feeling that lasts throughout season.

Reversible DryDown Available as

Insulated with 700 power fill duck down, which simply means that it has one of the highest warmth-to-weight ratios out there for down filling.

These outer layers are treated inside and out on a microscopic level with a durable water repellent finish to maintain their insulating power in wet conditions — they succeed where most down products fail.

• 700 Fill Duck Down // DWR treated • 100% Polyester Shell // 39-Denier // DWR Finish • 95 gsm • Fully Reversible // 1 Solid & 1 Camo • Adjustable Waist/Hem • Pocketing on Both Sides

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DRYD OWN REVERSIBLE JACKE T | $219 Moss / Woodland GIDDY UP MERINO JO G GERS | $169 Pin Oak

“The DryDown Reversible Jacket is AWESOME! Extremely warm, the soft lined pockets are large and very warm as well, even without gloves! The Reversible color schemes are absolutely OUTSTANDING and offer great wearability, both in and out of the duck blind!!”

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These Pants Are Going Places.

BRUSH PANTS | $109 Pintail Brown BELTED GAME BAG SE T | $169

Hip Tether Loops

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Articulated Knees

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Contact Pants $

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Our most technical option, made to keep you warm and dry even in the most challenging conditions. Wear these fleece-lined pants on your next cold weather pursuit.

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Lightweight, breathable and weather resistant – these are the pants you’ll be reaching for all-year-round.

Perfect for all-game hunters in warm to temperate climates.

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Until they create a more rugged terrain, you’re all set. These are built for the toughest environments and retain the right amount of stretch and breathability. They don’t look bad out to dinner either.

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Merino: Nature’s Thermal Layer One of the most important layers in the field is your base layer. If done well, it will regulate temperature, keep you comfortable, and not absorb your odors. Our merino layers accomplish all of those things.

Merino Base Layers $

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“I purchased top and bottoms, all I can say is wow, I have used polypropylene and cotton for years and the merino wool is amazing. The difference in being miserable and completely comfortable. I was just outside of Helena Montana for a work project, temps were -6 in the morning and warmed to the 20’s at midday.”

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Your New Favorite Midlayer

¼ Zip Jacket in Charcoal

¼ Zip Hoodie in Wetland

Full Zip Guide Hoodie in Moss/Woodland

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The merino wool advantage is real: this garment regulates your body temperature and doesn’t run too hot as temperatures rise. Featuring soft brushed fleece next-to-skin layer, thumb holes for easy layering and warmth, flat locked seams and a heavy weight construction for ultimate comfort as a mid or outer layer.

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Words by Oliver Hartner and Photos by Ian Mahathey

P

eople who excel at their pursuit often begin their days before dawn. They understand that nothing

worth having comes easy, and the extra winks of sleep they sacrifice become inconsequential in attaining their goals. Chris Torain rises before the sun on most mornings while training gun dogs professionally, or waterfowling for leisure. But before this season of his life, he would rub his eyes during those witching hours and wish for more sleep before finding work that was worthy of his gifts.

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Chris punched a clock on a warehouse

The opportunity to train dogs professionally

wall at 4:00 am most days of the week,

means more to Chris than simply earning

toiling there twelve hours a day until

a living or being happy at his job—it’s a

4:00 pm. “It was one of the worst jobs

passion found, and a promise fulfilled.

I’d ever had. I absolutely hated it,” Chris

Hard work with a little luck got his foot

recalled. The job paid his bills, but it

in the door at Wildrose Carolinas, but it

drained his soul. Then around 2019, one

took encouragement apart from himself

of his friends introduced him to

to steady his footing along this path.

waterfowling, and with those precious

His mentors Steven, Kirk, and renowned

hours he wasn’t moving freight, Chris

trainer and Wildrose International founder

dedicated himself to learning more about

Mike Stewart are numbered among his

waterfowling and gun dogs. “I just kept

support group along with several close

wanting to learn as much as possible. I

friends. But so too was his beloved

wound up buying my own dog and started

grandmother who succumbed to breast

watching YouTube videos and reading a

cancer. “A year and a half before I started

lot of books.”

at Wildrose, I told people I wanted to train gun dogs, including my grandmother,

While scrolling through Instagram, Chris

and she never discouraged me. So, I

stumbled across Wildrose Carolinas and

focused hard on dog training, and now

learned they operated in Hillsborough,

when I’m working, I feel like I’m showing

North Carolina close to his home. He

her, ‘You knew I wanted to do this, and

contacted them and asked if he could

you never discouraged me. Now look how

work for free in exchange for knowledge

far I’ve come.’”

and a place to train his pup. “Once I finished my groundskeeping duties, I

Chris puts a part of himself into every dog

was able to work dogs one-on-one with

he trains, and anything less than the best

the head trainers. I couldn’t put a price on

won’t do. “I want you to have the option

that kind of instruction.” Several months

to hunt with one of my dogs anywhere.

passed under this arrangement, and as

Flooded timber. A-frame blinds. Pit

Chris demonstrated an aptitude and

blinds. Goose fields. Upland hunting.

infectious enthusiasm for dog training,

Anywhere and anytime a retriever is

Steven Lucius and Kirk Parker, co-owners

required, I want dogs that I train to meet

of Wildrose Carolinas, altered the deal;

or exceed an owner’s expectations. Both

they invited Chris to work full-time as

before and after the hunt, they should be

their groundskeeper and apprentice dog

calm and obedient. An unruly dog is

trainer. He left the warehouse behind in

irritating, and when firearms come into

September of 2021 and hasn’t looked back.

play, they can be dangerous.”

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Whenever waterfowl season arrives,

As a young Black man, Chris often finds

Chris takes his dogs to swampy bottoms

himself being the only minority represented

and farm fields where he has permission

at sporting events or gun dog demonstrations,

to hunt. These hunts offer him an

but he hasn’t felt his race was an obstacle

opportunity to stay connected with the

to being involved in sporting life; and he

resource and recruit others into sporting

encourages seasoned sporting life

life. “I try every season to take at least

enthusiasts to introduce themselves to

one person with me who has never hunted

people falling outside the traditional idea

in their lives. And most times, it only

of what hunters and anglers ought to look

takes once before they’re hooked. Watching

like. “I don’t ever mind being a minority

cupped-winged mallards come down to a

at an event or at a hunt because I know

call is amazing even when you don’t shoot

everyone there shares a connection. As

any of them. It’s something they just

soon as we start talking, we find common

don’t normally see.” Chris acknowledges

ground just minutes into the conversation.

the hurdles faced by himself and newer

We all love our dogs. We all love our

waterfowl enthusiasts, often from

sport. And we all love the resource.”

experienced hunters who have forgotten they also had to start somewhere. “I’ve

Chris continues setting loftier goals for

heard people complain about newer

himself within his profession and his

hunters saying things like, ‘They’re sky

sport. Getting there will take continued

blasting,’ or, ‘They’re calling too much,’ or

progress and dedication, but he draws

some other thing. But if they’re not helping

strength from a fathomless well of

those people into the sport, how can they

enthusiasm. When he couples this

expect them to know better?”

passion with his support network, Chris meets the moment and achieves his

Chris acknowledges the hurdles

objectives. He aims to train “an absolute

faced by himself and newer

monster” gun dog for a guide service,

waterfowl enthusiasts, often

or perhaps train a dog for 24.7 Hunt—a

from experienced hunters

group of guys with a YouTube channel

who have forgotten they also had to start somewhere. “I’ve

that he loves. “If there’s a ‘Gun Dog Trainers Hall of Fame,’ I aim to be in it. I know that I’ve still got a lot to learn, but I’ll always

heard people complain about

be a student of my passion. Otherwise

newer hunters saying things

I’m no longer a professional.”

like, ‘They’re sky blasting,’ or, ‘They’re calling too much,’ or some other thing. But if they’re

Oliver Hartner is a South Carolina-based writer covering sporting life

not helping those people into

Sportsman, Quail Forever Journal, USA Today: Hunt and Fish

the sport, how can they expect

American Woodcock Society. He serves on the South Carolina State

them to know better?”

interests. His work has appeared in Covey Rise Magazine, Shooting Magazine, and Covers Magazine of the Ruffed Grouse Society and Committee of Ducks Unlimited as its Secretary, and he can be found on Instagram @oliverhartner, or on the web at oliverhartner.com.

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Make “outside” your comfort zone.

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The Outdoorsman Looking to nail the perfect combination of gear for your next hunt? Here’s an example of how to assemble a range of pieces into a kit that will keep you warm and ready for the conditions that are thrown at you in a cold weather hunt. Gear nerds rejoice.

Shop the kit online.

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MIDWEIGHT HUNTING SHIRT | $99 Lark

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VANTAGE CAP | $32 Moss

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TR ACKER PANTS | $129 Moss

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CONTACT S OF TSHELL HO ODIE | $169 Woodland

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MERINO BASE L AYER HENLEY | $119 Pin Oak

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MERINO BASE L AYER BOT TOMS | $109 Sagebrush

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VANTAGE 3L FLEECE VEST | $179 Fen Marsh

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BROWN TROUT HAT | $32 SIGNATURE FISHING SHIRT | $89 - 99 Teton Plaid DRIF TER PANTS | $89 Pintail Brown

Add some quality to your quality time outdoors.

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Shop the kit online.

The Angler

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SIGNATURE FISHING SHIRT | $89 - 99 Lark

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ORIGINAL BAMBO O HO ODIE | $64 - 69 Heathered Silver King

DRIF TER PANTS | $89 Charcoal

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MEDIUM MESH GEAR TOTE | $99 Stealhead

SIGNATURE FISHING SHIRT | $89 - 99

6 REDFISH HAT | $32

Whether you’re on the poling platform of a skiff or in the middle of a raft, these fishing staples will help you be your

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best, and more importantly, help you catch more fish.

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The most wonderful time of the year is always “right now.”

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The Porch Sitter

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LIGHT WEIGHT BRUSH JACKE T | $169 Raven

Our gear is happy out on the town, and working in the fields, but it’s maybe at its happiest at home, on the porch, surrounded by good people and better stories.

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BIRD D O GS T- SHIRT | $32

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DUCK CAMP WA XED CAP | $34

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BRUSH PANTS | $109 Pintail Brown

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CAMP SHIRT | $109 Faded Navy Plaid

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Watertight, from blind to boat.

“I wear the heck out of my clothes. I don’t really like getting new items because my

Tired of rainwear not living up to its promise? Our Deck System can help with that. It’s a water resistant kit designed for the blind, off-shore

apparel lasts me years. I’m the type of guy who wants something that lasts in durability but also style and comfort. When I first tried on this jacket, I knew it was coming home with me. I’m from Houston where it rains for weeks on end and I’m also an avid sailor who needs protection from the elements in the ocean.

fishing, and every form of

This jacket has got my back!”

precipitation in between.

- Axel B.

Deck Jacket $

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• 150-denier 100% Polyester with PU Mem Membrane & DWR Finish • 15,000 Waterproof / 10,000 Breathability Rating • Integrated Kill Switch Tab • Brushed, Soft-to-the-Touch Fabric • Longer Fit for Ultimate Protection • Large, Easy-Access Chest and Hand Pockets • Fully Adjustable Hood, Hem and Cuffs

Deck Bib $

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• 150-denier 100% Polyester with PU Membrane & DWR finish • 15,000 Waterproof / 10,000 Breathability Rating • Integrated Kill Switch Tab • Brushed, Soft-to-the-Touch Fabric • Hand Warmer and Cargo Pockets • Adjustable Suspenders and Stretch Webbing for Ideal Fit • Zippered Legs to Accommodate Overboot

Warm accessories for cold days.

Fleece Hand Warmer $

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Bonded Fleece Shell

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Plush Sherpa Fleece Liner

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Synthetic Fill Insulation

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Top Front Pocket

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Removable Belt and Loop Straps

Merino Balaclava 39 $

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Merino Concealment Gloves $49

Merino Wool Gaiter $49

Waxed Canvas $

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Made from a rugged waxed cotton, these pieces are made to take a beating, and develop a one-of-a-kind patina along the way.

Field goods that are better than good.

You could say that Duck Camp and Kammok are cut from the same cloth.

So why not partner up…on a piece of cloth? One that’s made for throwing in the back of a pick up, for park meet ups, backyard hangs, front porches, and even in the blind. We’re not going to tell you how to use this blanket, but with its ultra durable ripstop nylon, water repellent finish, microfleece liner, and the all-new Duck Camp Wetland Pattern, this blanket can go just about anywhere you do.

Duck Camp x Kammok Mountain Blanket 150 $

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DWR treated Diamond Shell™ 40D diamond weave ripstop nylon outer provides durability while plush fleece on the flip side brings ultimate comfort.

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Transforms into different modes. From classic camp blanket, to a minimalist sleeping bag for unexpected overnight excursions.

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A center opening turns it into a functional poncho for staying warm and dry, while keeping your hands free.

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Flip the plush fleece-lined stuff sack inside out, and stuff it for a backup pillow.

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Around here, we’re committed to fighting for hunters and anglers, now and into the future. But we can’t do it alone.

That’s why we’ve been working with key conservation organizations across the nation to help fund programs that support habitat, access, and mentorship. Want to do your part? Check out our Conservation Series — all profits go directly to our nonprofit partners.

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