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Optifade Subalpine
Science-first pattern engineered around ungulate vision.
Family
GORE/Sitka
Era
Commercial
In service
2017–present
Environments
woodland, hunting
History
GORE's Optifade line, developed with vision scientists in the late 2000s, designs for how deer and elk see rather than how humans do. Subalpine, released in 2017 with Sitka, targets close-range archery in timbered terrain.
In the field
Designed to defeat deer/elk eyes at bow range, not human observers.
Where it served
North America
Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.
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