{"id":213200,"date":"2025-05-21T13:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=213200"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:59:47","slug":"do-you-make-an-outdoors-product-enter-the-made-in-the-south-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/do-you-make-an-outdoors-product-enter-the-made-in-the-south-awards","title":{"rendered":"Do You Make an Outdoors Product? Enter the Made in the South Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Garden &amp; Gun<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/made-in-the-south-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Made in the South Awards<\/a>, for which I\u2019ve long served as a judge in the Outdoors category, can be a game changer for honorees. But don\u2019t take our word for it. When decoy carver <a href=\"https:\/\/jerrytaltondecoys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jerry Talton<\/a> was named the Outdoors winner in 2016, he had no idea how significantly it would impact his career as an artist. \u201cIt was life-changing,\u201d says the coastal North Carolina native. \u201cSimple as that. And not only because of the impact on business, which was enormous, but being on such a big stage put me at a level in the art world that I could not have imagined. I\u2019m not sure this little North Carolina backwater decoy carver knew it existed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Promo shortcode start --><div id=\"nlf-1c\" class=\"gg-promo topic-distilled big\"><div class=\"grid\"><div class=\"title\">Get Our Bourbon Newsletter!<\/div><div class=\"left\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/promos\/bourbon-newsletter-big.jpg\" alt=\"glass of bourbon with ice\"><\/div><div class=\"right\"><form id=\"nlf-1\" method=\"post\" class=\"form\" action=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/newsletters\/\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"gg_form_submit\" value=\"nlf-1\"><div class=\"dek\">Distilled is our newsletter about the South\u2019s favorite spirit.<\/div><div class=\"action two-items\"><div class=\"input-left\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" class=\"email-input\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"you@example.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"group_id\" value=\"151240180\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"shortcode_form\" value=\"nlf-1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"subscription_99416\" value=\"on\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"prev_page_id\" value=\"213200\"><\/div><div class=\"gform_footer\"><div style=\"display:none;\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-st\" id=\"nl-nov-st1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-b\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-r\" id=\"nl-nov-r1\" value=\"2025-11-14\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"nl-nov-et\" id=\"nl-nov-et1\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/div><button data-sitekey=\"6Lc-hRkaAAAAAI84hbB81Jl48pGievR_C_UgHdnY\" data-callback=\"on_submit_nlf_1\" data-action=\"submit\" class=\"g-recaptcha button button-primary after-email\">Sign Up<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"captcha-terms\"><p>This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p><\/div><\/form><script>document.getElementById('nl-nov-st1').value=Date.now();document.getElementById('nl-nov-r1').value='';function on_submit_nlf_1(token) {document.getElementById('nl-nov-et1').value = Date.now();document.getElementById('nlf-1').submit();}<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Promo shortcode end -->\n\n\n\n<p>Talton fashions his decoys in a contemporary antique style\u2014redheads, scaup, and wigeon that look and feel as if they could have seen hard duty in a market hunter\u2019s spread. Suddenly, he says, it wasn\u2019t only his typical buyers reaching out, such as duck hunters and fellow carvers, but a new world of clients drawn to his heritage approach. \u201cIt put me in a different place in the art world, even internationally,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not a given that every winner and runner-up in the Made in the South Awards will become an international art sensation. But there\u2019s no question the program can lift up an artisan\u2019s work. South Carolina knifemaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weatherfordknifeco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chad Weatherford<\/a>, who was one of the runners-up in the 2023 awards, remembers being in a tree stand on a deer hunt when his phone started buzzing. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know the magazine was out when people started calling,\u201d he says. Weatherford was selected for a hand-crafted blade he calls the Western Skinner, which I found to be the best deer-butchering and boning knife I\u2019d ever encountered. \u201cPeople were ordering three and four at a time,\u201d he says. \u201cEven now, two years later, the awards make a difference. What surprised me the most was how broad the fan base is for <em>Garden &amp; Gun. <\/em>I thought it was just a Southern thing, but I got orders from New York to California.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG0623_MITSA_16-302x1100.jpg\" alt=\"A knife\" class=\"wp-image-213202\" style=\"width:154px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG0623_MITSA_16-302x1100.jpg 302w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG0623_MITSA_16-82x300.jpg 82w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG0623_MITSA_16-768x2801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GG0623_MITSA_16.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><div class=\"wp-caption\"><div class=\"image-credit\">Photo: Fredrik Brod\u00e9n<\/div><div class=\"caption\">Chad Weatherford\u2019s Western Skinner knife.\n<\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The types of products that can be entered in the awards are intentionally broad. In the Outdoors category, honorees have ranged from hand-built canoes to tree swings, fly rods, shotgun cases, landing nets, duck calls and duck call lanyards, firepit tools, and even an Argentine-style asado grill. If it makes sporting and outdoor life more functional and fun\u2014and more beautiful\u2014it\u2019s in the zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What sets the winning entries apart? A few things. We love products that tell a story. We love gear rooted in family tradition or inspired by a favorite region, river, or pastime. And we love gear that reflects the Southern approach to the outdoors\u2014artful but real, elevated but down-to-earth.&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7931453\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3787704\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8078849\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Other than that, we simply love to be surprised. So let us know about your work by <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/made-in-the-south-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entering here<\/a>. Or if you know a Southern maker whose work has taken your appreciation of the outdoors to a higher level, spread the word. But move quickly. 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