Down The River Forge began as a personal quest to create something completely by hand. Born and raised in New Orleans, Stephen grew up immersed in the outdoors hunting and fishing with friends, where sharp and effective tools are a necessary means for survival. While serving in the US Army, his appreciation for functional tools grew exponentially. What began as a creative outlet has evolved into a pursuit to make beautiful and functional knives for all. 

Handmade Products from Justin and Gwyndolyn Hammerson are sourced from the Earth, treated with respect and made with quality by hand. Hammerson Co is in the heirloom business and seeks to create products that will live among your family for generations.

https://hammersonco.com/

First Lite strives to make the industry’s best apparel for the hunter who demands nothing less. We design simple and functional products built to work for an evening in a tree stand on the back forty, a morning at a walk-in duck hole or a nine-day expedition in the Brooks Range. We also fully understand that the passion of our customers and employees depends on the conservation of the world’s wildlife resources and the protection of our collective access to the wild places they inhabit. Therefore, First Lite is about more than simply producing awesome gear. Supporting the people and groups who protect our sporting heritage is an equally important part of who we are as an organization and a group of folks who love to hunt.

https://firstlite.com/

YETI was founded on a simple desire to spend more time in the wild. And with more time spent outside, the more we understand our responsibility to protect the places we love. Learn more about how we’re actively working towards our key commitments to our people, products, and places. 

https://www.yeti.com/

We aren’t one of those big companies that’s owned by an even bigger company that cuts corners to make an extra buck. In fact, when we hear “extra buck,” we’re likely thinking whitetails. That’s because we’re a team of lifelong outdoorsmen who look for any and every excuse to get as far out as possible into the wild places that feel like home.

Poncho was born outdoors. Our founder, Clay, had a previous life as a fishing guide in Alaska. And while he loved the feeling he got from taking others deep into the backcountry, he couldn't stand the fishing shirts available at the time. They fit like parachutes at best, and trash bags at worst. Full of loops and straps that didn't do anything except get in the way. So when he returned to civilization, he set out to find a better way.

https://www.ponchooutdoors.com/

HUMAN BEINGS ARE INTIMATELY CONNECTED TO OUR OCEANS We depend on them every day, for clean water, clean air, and the health of these ecosystems is essential to our survival.

https://toadfish.com/

We’re committed to being a positive force in hunting at a time when ‘authenticity’ seems to have come at a crossroads. We believe in true woodsmanship, like patterning your shotguns and lessening the number of crippled birds each year. For us, conservation is more than a cool-kids club - it’s a responsibility that falls on everyone.

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https://www.austinarcherycountry.com/

https://fhfgear.com/

https://phelpsgamecalls.com/

https://www.aftco.com

From the leather hide we use, to the hands that create your gear, the pursuit and hunt are always in mind to create a piece of equipment that will last generations.

https://www.fowlerhidesupply.com/

https://www.bigtreeoysters.com/

https://bartonspringsmill.com/

https://lonestarbeer.com/

https://www.daidue.com/

https://texasoliveranch.com/

https://www.txwines.org/

https://passalacquawinery.com/

Matt and Caleb Johnson have been working together their entire lives. Growing up in a small central Texas town, they spent their summers sitting on overturned buckets in their dad’s auto-body shop, trading hot rod hood ornaments, and staging car-antenna sword fights while dodging sparks from the guys working nearby. There, they learned that if something needed to be fixed, they had to learn how to do it.

One year, Matt got a small MIG welding machine for his birthday and set out to learn how to use it. By 2012, Matt and Caleb were self-taught welders working together in a custom fabrication shop in Austin, TX. Notably, they spent five years building custom barbecue smokers and other fire based cooking devices for some of the biggest names in barbecue.

While focusing on metal fabrication, heat, and smoke, the Johnson brothers came to understand the demands of learning the welding trade, and how to manage a fire. Both require discipline, adaptability, and time. And at the end of the day, you’ve just got to have the heat

right.https://millscale.co/

https://madeincookware.com/

We are a media collective of artists, hunters, conservationists, anglers and naturalists focused on the sustainable use of our wild resources.

https://modernhuntsman.com/

https://www.themeateater.com/

Hunters of Color is on a mission to connect BIPOC communities to hunting, conservation, and each other.

https://huntersofcolor.org/

https://ccatexas.org/

https://devilsriverconservancy.org/

https://www.tpwf.org/

https://www.tpwf.org/sotw/

https://www.texas-wildlife.org/

https://www.nwtf.org/

https://www.backcountryhunters.org/