The Camp Book

Why We Do It

As many of us know, hunting and fishing are about much more than hitting your daily limit, filling a tag, or mounting a trophy on your wall.

Ambassador Spotlight: Owen Gayler, Cowboy Turned Captain

Owen Gayler is a fly fishing guide on the Texas Coast, a conservationist, and the very first Duck Camp ambassador. 

Into the Blind

Into the Blind follows the inspiring journey of Rob Paylor, an athlete and outdoorsman who experienced a life-changing, paralyzing accident in 2017. His resilience and help of his community led him...

Bring it to the Table

A fabricator, a pitmaster, and a country singer all walk into a bar.. then order a few cold beers and tell some damn good stories. Influenced by the setting of wild Texas landscapes, down home hon...

The Distillation of a Hunt

A classically trained pianist, motorcycle enthusiast, and certified pilot, Kate has traveled a long way from her Pennsylvania upbringing, landing 2,000 miles away in a small, west Texas desert town.

In the Field: Testing the Timbers

It’s 6am and 12 degrees. You’re watching ice form at an alarming rate – around trees, around your pant legs. In fact, you tripped about 20 minutes ago and just realized your jacket cuff is frozen t...

The Retrieve

Mazie leapt from the blind into the pond. We never trained her quite right and she—a lean, graceful swimmer, a yellow lab with a magical nose—always assumed we’d killed something. When we missed, w...

Stashing Memories

Edgar carries quite a few titles lately: fine artist, father, husband, former gallery owner, current business partner, life-long angler, and freshly-minted hunter among many. For today, though, he’...

The Many Houses of Mill

Around forty years ago, Mill caught his first tarpon on a fly, an oceanside fish near Islamorada. “One came up behind my fly,” Mill recalls, “and then my fly grabbed a bit of sargassum grass, so I ...

In the Field: Texas Turkey

The great pursuit of turkeys has led us into the field year after year. Now we feel pretty darn certain that we make the best gear to hunt turkeys in. But, what's the best state to hunt turkeys in?...