About
About Stryker's Ridge Outfitters
Every hound hunter has that one dog. The one that seemed born knowing what to do. The one that made you look good on your worst day. The one that became less of a dog and more of a family member somewhere along the way.
For us, that dog was Stryker.
Stryker was a Walker hound who didn't need to be taught — he came out of the womb hunting. No matter where the chase went, no matter how cold the track got or how bad the loss was, Stryker had a way of finding it.
He was gifted to our daughter by her uncle — the man showed us the ropes of hound hunting. He was putting coons up a tree by 4 months old and by 9 months old, he was jumping and running coyotes all by himself (from a track that was completely melted out of the snow).
Because of an unexpected tragedy in our family, Stryker wound up back in the kennels he came from. But he never skipped a beat. He just kept hunting. He belonged to all of us.
There was one area we hunted where we bear hunt that he always seemed to wind up at a particular ridge circling there until we went in to pick him up. We started calling it Stryker's Ridge. The name stuck.
Whenever the dogs made a loss or the track went cold, someone would always say — "Stryker will figure it out."
And he always did.
Stryker passed away in August 2022. There's not a hunt that goes by that someone doesn't say "sure wish Stryker was here." If you've ever had a dog like that, you already know exactly what that feels like. Bears and coyotes were never safe with him around.
Stryker's Ridge Outfitters exists to honor dogs like him — and the families, traditions, and bonds they create. We're hound hunters who couldn't find apparel that felt like it was made for us, so we built it ourselves.
Every shirt we make is a nod to the life — the 4am drives, the music of the pack, passing the love of the chase down to the kids and grandkids, and the dogs that become part of your story forever.
This one's for Stryker. And for every dog like him.
Family. Tradition. Hounds.
