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Title: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: turkeykiller22 on November 16, 2020, 11:20:04 AM

Couple of questions regarding hats that you turkey hunt in.. Would you rather hunt in a solid hat or mesh back hat? Have you ever tried one of the stretch fit hats? Do you change camo patterns as spring progresses or do you just stick with one hat all season?

Thanks!

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: davisd9 on November 16, 2020, 11:28:50 AM

One hat all year unless I cannot find it when I go to leave. Adjustable and mesh back. No white/bright lettering or symbols.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Twowithone on November 16, 2020, 11:49:24 AM

1 baseball hat. Mossy Oak naturally. :firefighter:

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: CALLM2U on November 16, 2020, 11:50:46 AM

My head gets hot easy so I always wear a mesh backed hat.

I generally stick with the same (lucky) hat all year long.

As long as there aren't any unnatural or red/white/blue on it, then you're good.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: paboxcall on November 16, 2020, 11:52:55 AM

Mesh back on warm days and every day later in the season. Wear a North Mountain leafy pull over with a hood, so hat pattern really doesn't matter that much after pulling the hood on when I set up.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Turkeytider on November 16, 2020, 12:07:05 PM

I have a couple of boonie style bucket hats that I wear. One`s in Realtree Xtra and is water proof. The other is a bit darker Mossy Oak camo pattern. i`m as likely to wear one as the other.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: 310 gauge on November 16, 2020, 01:11:39 PM

I am partial to the Flex-fit style when I can find them. They look and feel like solid covered Baseball style fitted hats. Got them in Obsession, Bottomland, and Max everything, so I'm good with whatever. I wear facemasks and liner gloves no matter what I'm after.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Big Guy on November 16, 2020, 01:18:18 PM

Boonie hat with a face covering sewn in. That way it's one less thing I have to keep track of and probably lose.

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Post by: ol bob on November 16, 2020, 01:20:48 PM

30 year old boonie.

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Post by: Muzzy61 on November 16, 2020, 03:54:45 PM

Flex fit cap in mossy oak pattern

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Post by: Prohunter3509 on November 16, 2020, 04:01:39 PM

Ol tom small boonie
It's pretty old my favorite

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Tom007 on November 16, 2020, 05:02:26 PM

Several years ago I bought a Southern Belle Box call from a Cody booth at the Harrisburg PA hunting show. Bill Zearing gave me an autographed hat that is my lucky turkey headgear. I will not go in the turkey woods without it. The pin on the back holds up my Nomad face mask nicely. Be safe, thanks

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Post by: Tom007 on November 16, 2020, 05:04:55 PM

Here is the old hat...

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Crghss on November 16, 2020, 07:29:59 PM

I wear visor with a mesh head cover.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Sir-diealot on November 16, 2020, 07:51:41 PM

Boonie hat if in a blind or in the woods. Blocks glare on the glasses.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: crow on November 16, 2020, 08:16:04 PM

I start off with a camo ball cap,
after filling a tag or 2 and the the pressure is off I switch to a Jamaican bonnet with the dread locks.

The dreads really help to break up your outline

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: bear hunter on November 16, 2020, 09:32:49 PM

boonie hat i have had over twenty years.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: turkey_picker on November 16, 2020, 10:51:31 PM

Bonnie that's close to 30 yrs old, in Woodland Camo Pattern

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Gobbler428 on November 17, 2020, 08:09:28 AM

Camo baseball hat

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Neill_Prater on November 17, 2020, 09:08:26 AM

I did the "lucky hat" thing for several years. It was a roll-up, brimmed, in an old woodland pattern. Eventually I bought newer ones, but would pull out the old one when the hunting got tough. Sometimes the luck came with it, sometimes not. I believe I still have it, but haven't worn it for probably 20 years.

Now I wear baseball style caps, and prefer all mesh construction for hot weather, which are sometimes hard to find. I have several, a couple with the lights in the bill, which are extremely handy. Most I purchased on clearance, so camo pattern is of little concern to me. I now consider whatever one I happen to have on that day to be my lucky one.

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Post by: shatcher on November 17, 2020, 03:05:58 PM

Sombrero..lol

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Post by: Turkeyman on November 17, 2020, 03:56:03 PM

Wear what you like but if it doesn't have a bill you'll regret it the first time the sun is in your eyes.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: GobbleNut on November 17, 2020, 05:42:06 PM

Quote from: Big Guy on November 16, 2020, 01:18:18 PM
Boonie hat with a face covering sewn in. That way it's one less thing I have to keep track of and probably lose.

Same here, but I use the baseball-type cap with the sewn-in facemask. The facemask is always "there" and attached so I won't lose it,...and all I have to do is pull it down from out of the cap when the time comes where it is needed.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: idgobble on November 17, 2020, 08:32:01 PM

I'm never without my Davy Crockett coonskin hat. Been wearing it for 65 years.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: GobbleNut on November 18, 2020, 08:53:26 AM

Quote from: idgobble on November 17, 2020, 08:32:01 PM
I'm never without my Davy Crockett coonskin hat. Been wearing it for 65 years.

:D ;D ...Might have to give that a try. How does it look with a camo facemask? ....Don't want to be "out-of-style" when I'm turkey huntin"!

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Tom007 on November 18, 2020, 09:10:00 AM

Quote from: GobbleNut on November 18, 2020, 08:53:26 AM
Quote from: idgobble on November 17, 2020, 08:32:01 PM
I'm never without my Davy Crockett coonskin hat. Been wearing it for 65 years.

:D ;D ...Might have to give that a try. How does it look with a camo facemask? ....Don't want to be "out-of-style" when I'm turkey huntin"!

Be careful, it's squirrel season..lol :funnyturkey:

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: trkehunr93 on November 18, 2020, 04:52:57 PM

I have a mossy oak baseball cap in forest floor that I've used for about 20 years. I'll wear it until it falls apart, it fits perfect and I've never found another one like it.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: paboxcall on November 18, 2020, 11:08:26 PM

Quote from: trkehunr93 on November 18, 2020, 04:52:57 PM
I have a mossy oak baseball cap in forest floor that I've used for about 20 years. I'll wear it until it falls apart, it fits perfect and I've never found another one like it.

Forest Floor was one of their best patterns. I have a MO chamois shirt for about 20 years still looks new never faded. Heavier cotton material, the good stuff. Fav shirt.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Happy on November 19, 2020, 02:10:54 PM

Have killed them wearing boonie hats, baseball caps and no hats. When I am serious and fixin' to declare war I bust out the camo doo rag.

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Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: THattaway on November 19, 2020, 05:03:20 PM

Change your hat change your luck. If I ain't killing that's the first thing I change. Never met a turkey hunter who wasn't a little superstitious. At least good ones.

Oh yeah, ball caps for me. Tried hunting in rimmed hats like boonies and such but it throws sound around on me.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: greencop01 on November 22, 2020, 11:26:00 AM

Bucket hat, Predator camo.

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Post by: Greg Massey on November 22, 2020, 05:22:43 PM

baseball style cap , it depends on the temperature if it's mesh back or solid back....

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Post by: Gobble! on December 18, 2020, 12:11:55 PM

I like Richardson mesh back hats.

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Post by: Vintage on December 20, 2020, 10:35:26 PM

Baseball camo hat with leafy flage over the hat that is my mask also.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: tracker#1 on December 23, 2020, 09:09:02 AM

My best was a short (bill) brimmed hat, camo, with a light attached face mask with an opening for eyes only. The mask would lay behind your head, drape your back neck. Easily deployed for speed. I purchased it from "Wing Supply" about 20 years ago and wore it on every turkey hunt. Unfortunately, I lost it and can not find another. Might have to fabricate one myself. A good short-brimmed hat is hard to find, USA made...

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: fmf on December 23, 2020, 09:41:56 AM

I wear a watch cap, beanie, skull cap, whatever you want to call it on those cold mornings early in the season, the rest of the time I wear a mesh back cap, flex fit is the stuff! I wish that I could find a quality full mesh camo hat, but the only one that I've tried turned blue the first time that I washed it..

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Spitten and drummen on December 23, 2020, 10:16:21 AM

Boonie hat for me 90 percent of time. If in a hurry any hat is fine with me as long as it does not have any bright colors.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: natman on December 26, 2020, 07:39:52 PM

I hunt in the Napa Valley in California. First thing in the morning the coastal fog is usually in and it can be cold, sometimes down to the thirties even in spring. As the morning goes on, the fog cover burns off and the sun warms things up, sometimes by as much as 40 degrees or more. So thermal flexibility is critical.

I turkey hunt in a mesh hat in the original Realtree Xtra Brown. When it's cold I let the adjustment out a notch and wear a fleece do-rag underneath to keep warm. As it warms up, I'll switch to a lighter twill do-rag. When it gets hot I wear just the cap.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: 1iagobblergetter on December 26, 2020, 09:27:51 PM

Camo non mesh baseball cap in nice weather and in bad the same with a camo stocking hat pulled over it..

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: shaman on December 27, 2020, 04:41:25 AM

Back when I started, there were no purpose-built turkey duds. You had to improvise and make your own.

After a few years, I settled on a fairly wide-brimmed boonie hat with camo mesh tied to it. I used it like a veil. It's been 40 years, and it's still my favorite method.

When I'm out walking, the veil lays back over the hat and down the back of my neck. In late season, it acts as a sun shade. When I'm settled, I pull the mesh down over my face and there's enough slack in it that I can peer out under the brim. I also have the option of leaving it piled up on top of my head. All I have to do is tilt my head down and the veil falls over my face.

Here in the Trans-Bluegrass, we have several days in the pre-season and early season where it may be downright cold. I have a wool balaclava over which I pull one of these:

(https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/7/711646_ts.jpg)

It German mil-surp.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Chris O on December 31, 2020, 08:27:58 PM

Any kind of camo ball cap and when it's raining I have a Drakes waterfowl gortex camo ball cap

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Post by: Vintage on December 31, 2020, 09:38:33 PM

Baseball cap with leafy flage over it.

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Post by: shatcher on December 31, 2020, 10:34:28 PM

In NW Middle TN, it's St. Louis Cardinals ball cap! Bright red!

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Post by: Ctrize on January 01, 2021, 10:05:23 AM

Ballcap

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Post by: Shoregobbler on January 02, 2021, 10:22:50 PM

QuikCamo baseball style in Leafy Mothwing camo.

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Post by: WildTigerTrout on January 03, 2021, 11:45:54 PM

Baseball hat. Mesh when it's warm and solid when it's cold.

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Post by: merriamsman on January 04, 2021, 10:14:45 PM

Brown camo non-mesh ball cap with LSU on the front. Been wearing that same cap throughout the season for several years.

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Post by: Jlosee on January 21, 2021, 08:11:22 PM

Solid baseball style. Same one year round

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Post by: Mbhyman88 on January 21, 2021, 09:05:47 PM

Free hat my friend gave me with his farm's name on it. Non structured baseball hat. Bottom land front mesh back.

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Post by: 3bailey3 on January 21, 2021, 09:38:59 PM

(https://i.imgur.com/qITjHVJ.jpg)

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Post by: Shady valley birds on January 21, 2021, 11:46:02 PM

Bottomland pinhoti project hat! One for huntin and one for wearin!

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Post by: coloradowalt on February 05, 2021, 01:29:36 PM

Live in Florida and wear glasses. I use a camo visor with a BunkerHead facemask. This facemask reduces the fogging of my glasses.

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Post by: Howie g on February 05, 2021, 05:50:46 PM

Mesh back type is my favorite. But when the luck needs a change , I have a very old solid short brim hat that
Always changes my luck . It's hideous, and my buddy's poke fun at it . But I'd deadly ????

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: jamo on February 05, 2021, 09:34:06 PM

Camo ball cap

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: shatcher on February 05, 2021, 09:52:34 PM

A spray painted sombrero. This whole thread is ret@rded!

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Post by: Mossberg90MN on February 10, 2021, 04:10:45 AM

Mesh back hat (bottomland)

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Post by: ChesterCopperpot on February 10, 2021, 08:25:09 AM

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Post by: Bamaslayer757 on February 10, 2021, 08:53:02 AM

I'm superstitious...I have two mesh backed bottomland ones...one houndstoothgamecalls and the other a knight and hale one that I alternate depending on if I had good or bad luck with it on the previous hunt lol

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Sanders153 on May 03, 2021, 08:44:30 PM

For a long time just a camo ball cap. Nowadays though an army surplus ripstop boonie has been a much better experience

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: MK M GOBL on May 03, 2021, 08:49:40 PM

Mesh back ball cap, has call holders on each side top of bill, been same hat for last 15 years, it's seen a lot of birds tip over!

MK M GOBL

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Post by: Paulmyr on May 03, 2021, 10:43:31 PM

Filson packer hat.

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Post by: Adirondacks89 on May 04, 2021, 07:16:30 AM

Quote from: shatcher on February 05, 2021, 09:52:34 PM
A spray painted sombrero. This whole thread is ret@rded!

And yet here you are. Takes one to know one I guess or something as the saying goes....a bottomland baseball cap.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: aclawrence on May 04, 2021, 09:05:56 AM

I wear a greenleaf Nomad baseball style cap. I did pick up this Nomad harvester hat for the cold mornings. It looks goofy but works great. You can flip up the flaps when you need to hear. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210504/b592de79b290ba99f3094e1580f56038.jpg)

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Post by: MissLouHunter on May 04, 2021, 09:27:13 AM

Mossy Oak ball cap, pull up face mask!

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Post by: Chad Gus715 on May 04, 2021, 10:30:19 AM

Started out with this cowboy type hat, but really depends on how long my hair is or weather conditions. Primarily a baseball type hat nowadays(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210504/ef8b3a8412a5b87d9abf6d32f04c8d92.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210504/0d2952042ff97130ad6e28f7c921880f.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210504/9738c0163444c30114fc7efeb8eb4a86.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210504/208eb467694198237969ea405fa5c379.jpg)

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Post by: grayfox on May 04, 2021, 12:15:21 PM

Baseball style cap in the early morning or cooler part of the season. Then switch to a mesh back when it gets hot.

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Post by: stinkpickle on May 04, 2021, 01:22:27 PM

Lucky Hat is always along for the ride...

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Post by: Jmloch on May 05, 2021, 05:40:13 AM

I've tried boonie hats, seems like they affect my hearing, so I wear a camo mesh with American flag I got from tractor supply

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Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: Jmloch on May 05, 2021, 05:54:49 AM

Quote from: Jmloch on May 05, 2021, 05:40:13 AM
I've tried boonie hats, seems like they affect my hearing, so I wear a camo mesh with American flag I got from tractor supply

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Post by: lacire on May 07, 2021, 01:31:11 AM

My favorite is the Sitka ascent cap, super light weight, close fitting with perforated sides. Stays cool and drys out fast.

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Post by: Gooserbat on May 07, 2021, 02:17:42 AM

Meshback, camo, usually says either "Gooserbat Game Calls" or "NWTF".

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Post by: eddie234 on May 07, 2021, 11:03:19 AM

I love my ol Tom dura lite.

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Post by: RutnNStrutn on May 07, 2021, 11:04:37 AM

I hint with a leafy boonie style hat, or a leafy ball cap with attached leafy facemask.

Sent from deep in the woods where the critters roam.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: OJR on May 07, 2021, 12:41:02 PM

My son is a Ph.D. at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and he sent me this hat a few years ago. I have harvested a few Grand Slams and one World slam in it.

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Post by: the Ward on May 07, 2021, 01:57:43 PM

I switch between an old boonie hat and an MO og ball cap with an American flag on it. Depending how cold it is, sometimes with a fleece beanie under them.

Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: guesswho on May 07, 2021, 03:03:26 PM

I always know their next move and can even hear what they're thinking. Mine is camo though.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51163233142_65961508bf_o.jpg)

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Post by: roberthyman14 on May 07, 2021, 08:19:23 PM

This season was my old crow hat. Past few years was a redhead hat that has a place to stick a mouth call on the brim. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210508/45bf3927b8ac4db4ef988a7889069480.jpg)

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Title: Re: What type of hat do you hunt in?
Post by: johnnyk2000 on May 08, 2021, 10:28:08 AM

I have a walmart Turkey Thug with call mesh on the bill hat that I picked up about 10-12 years ago that is very thin and fits my Mellon just right. Wish I could find a replacement because this one is getting wore out but I keep wearing it.

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Post by: wchadw on May 08, 2021, 01:39:57 PM

Quote from: 3bailey3 on January 21, 2021, 09:38:59 PM
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Hotty toddy

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Post by: wchadw on May 08, 2021, 01:42:22 PM

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210508/5dbbe586cc1ad96e6473a7984bdd70ad.jpg)
Guess this would be my "lucky hat"

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Post by: Mossberg90MN on May 08, 2021, 01:47:01 PM

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210508/21abed21927ff83898499c3dd8cd2ad2.jpg)

Pretty much always wearing this cap

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Post by: WildSpur on May 08, 2021, 02:04:42 PM

I hunt with my 2010 old gobbler team hat. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210508/1324d4301d6b52cf9375631d8f873ef7.jpg)

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