This holiday season remember that Indiana has some world-class manufacturers of outdoor equipment. Products produced and sold by these Hoosier companies would make great gifts for those special people on your “nice” list.

Archery Equipment:

Native Crossbows of Anderson produces some of the best crossbows in the world.

Trophy Ridge of Evansville produces top-grade bow accessories such as sights, arrow rests, quivers, and stabilizers.

Instinct Archery, based in Ashley and produces recurves and longbows.

Timberhawk Bows makes their recurves one bow at a time in Bloomington.

Blacktail Bow Company, with offices in Bloomington build awe-inspiring bows.

Vantage Point Archery, in Ft Wayne manufactures extreme-duty broadheads and machined risers.

Hunting:

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The Hooker Deer Drag is based in Indiana and produces the Hooker deer drag system,

Hoosier Trapper Supply, based in Greenwood, is a favorite of trappers and hunters for their trapping and hunting scents

Predator Tactics is based Lafayette and produces high-quality night-hunting predator lighting systems.

Hawke Optics of Fort Wayne designs and sells crossbow, rifle, and shotgun optics.

Fishing:

Poor Boy Baits of Warsaw produces some of the finest poured softbaits in the world.

Lure Craft of Orland produces and sells lure making components, including custom softbait molds.

General:

IMMI Outdoors of Westfield produces auto-retracting cargo and boat ratcheting systems.