Stylized palette rendering — not a reproduction of the licensed pattern.

Trebark

Jim Crumley's 1980 vertical bark pattern — the design that launched the modern hunting-camo industry.

Family

commercial

Era

Commercial

In service

1980–present

Environments

woodland, hunting

History

Virginia hunter Jim Crumley created Trebark around 1980 after experimenting with dyed workwear, and it became the first commercially successful hunting-specific camouflage. Realtree, Mossy Oak and the rest of the industry followed the trail it broke.

In the field

Built for standing against a tree, and for that it still works; everything since owes it a debt.

Where it served

North America

Stylized region map — where the pattern was designed to work and primarily served.

Related patterns

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