I remember this being posted last year, but that's long gone and some of our tools may have changed or been upgraded in the time passed. So what all will be filling the pockects of your gobbler vests, fanny packs, etc. this year?
Here's what I'll be toting:
-TP
-Water bottle
-Snacks (trail mix or mini snickers)
-Turkey calls (slate and two or three hooks diaphragms)
-Locator calls (coyote howler and crow call)
-Flashlight
-Decoy (if I intend to use one on that particular hunt)
My cell phone so I can send ya pix messages of dead turkeys.
Always the same
Calls, 2 pot, 2 box, 4 diaphragm
2 sets of three strikers
locators, crow, owl, hawk
pruners
poncho
paracord
orange tote bag
compact binoculars
range finder
cell phone
thermacell
knife
flashlight
small first aid pouch
wind proof lighter
spare gloves and headnet
TP
2 extra shells
subcompact .45
granola bars
gatoraide
and most important of all,
the spent hulls that killed a turkey the previous year
Hopefully some dead turkeys ;D
Bottled water
Box and slate call
TP
Crow Call
Doug
Quote from: gatrapper on February 19, 2011, 11:05:26 PM
My cell phone so I can send ya pix messages of dead turkeys.
Oh yeah, my cell phone so I can see trappers pix of his little turkeys! :lol:
Dude, low blow, you know Im super sensitive about the size of my turkey(s).
Slate and Tube by Pappy
Box call
Mouth calls
TP
Water Bottle.
Quote from: gatrapper on February 19, 2011, 11:18:04 PM
Dude, low blow, you know Im super sensitive about the size of my turkey(s).
I'm really just jealous....I have turkey envy. I've killed tons of em and only two or three over 20 pounds.
Extra shells
5 friction calls
1 longbox
1 hen decoy
Stake blind
H2O
4-5 strikers
Pruners
Extra gloves and headnet
Wingbone
Owl hooter
Crow call
Binos
1 Box call Bear spray and my compact .40
2-3 pot calls My 40 yd encounter w/ Mr. Ursus
3-5 stikers (at a run) was 460 yds too close!!!! :o
5-6 diaphragm calls
extra shells
TP
water
snacks & sandwiches
compass
extra camo gloves & facemask
packable raingear
4 dead gobblers :fud: :newmascot: :hello99:
ceramic,glass and aluminum pot calls granola bars
6 strikers pruners
6 diaphragm calls turkey tote
boat paddle box call compact binos
owl hooter TP (gotta have back up)
crow call cell phone
decoys GPS
chalk flashlight
sandpaper/scotchbrite pads thermacell
call conditioner
TP
bottled water
Extra shells
5 friction calls 2 box 3 pots
H2O
4-8 strikers
Pruners
Extra gloves and headnet
goose call Crow call
8x Leupold range finder
call conditioners
Well i thought my vest was heavy and full of stuff.....u guys are animals....(5 friction call, 8 strikers, coyote call?,flashlight? 4 box calls, 12 diaphrams) im tired after typing all of that....guess im simple
3 strikers
2 pot calls
1 diaphram
owl and crow locaters
5 shells
TP
water
binoculars
snacks if im lucky
thermacell
....and sometimes a shotgun
surprised there is only one goose call mentioned[they work REALLY good for a locator] :z-guntootsmiley:
Blood and feathers... :icon_thumright:!
I seem to carry less year after year and probably still pack more than I need, there was a time when I would have actually put the kitchen sink in there if I it would've fit. :D
Ive wanted to eliminate wearing a vest all together, just haven't come up with the right replacement for carrying and or protecting my "tools of the trade".
Regardless of how I carry my stuff, I will always have a pot of some type, two diaphragms (cutter & kee), locator, pruners, a couple of strikers, water, wet wipes (good thick ones) ;D, scotch pad, mini Nikon binos, and a couple of shells for snakes....gotta save my Nitros for turkey killin.
Things like gloves, mask, and turkey loads are on me or in my gun when I leave the truck, if I need more than 5 shots in one outing.......I'm gonna take up golf as my hobby. ;)
HC
Me
a few old calls
a couple of shells
water
and carry out a big old gobbler
3 Talkin Stick Pot Calls. (1 cherry slate, 1 walnut glass, and 1 start to finish)
1 Talkin Stick Box Call wormy chestnut with purple heart lid
Talkin Stick Owl Hoot
2 Talkin Stick Strikers.
1 Legacy Triple Bypass Mouth Call
1 Final Roost Sudden Death Mouth Call
5 Shells of winchester hv
Harrison Hootin Stick
Primos Slick Stick
Sandpaper
Rangefinder when Bow Hunting
Binoculars
Peepin Tom and Henny Penny
most importantly:
TOILET PAPER cuz if that bird ain't dead right off the tree and I have to re-set up on him, there's going to be a 5 minute pause in the action around 745 AM where I'm sitting some type of improvised natural throne
then:
calls
4 strikers
water bottle
decoys
shells
license holder w/ license(s)
2 pot calls
3-4 striker
1 box call
owl call
crow call
4-5 mouth calls
woodpecker/coyote/peacock combo call
gloves/facemask
pruners/saw
compact binoculars
shells/release depending on which weapon I go
call conditioning stuff
extra battery for red dot
orange bag for carrying turkey
tp
hs gun holder thing that straps to your leg
decoys
1. toilet paper - nature always seems to call at the worst time
2. 2-3 pot calls; crystal, slate, aluminum
3. several hook's mouth calls
4. a couple of low brass shells for my shoulderless friends
5. pruners or saw
6. several strikers
7. extra mask and gloves....just in case
8. box call
9. crow call
Lets see...
Eight mouth calls (Assortment of Woodhaven, Tom Teasers, and Pittman)
Lynch World Champion box call
Crow Call
Extra shells
Box call chalk
Garmin GPS (Actually my handheld Astro from my tracking system I use for coon hunting, pulls double duty during turkey season. I often leave a collar turned on to direct me back to the truck.)
Single hen decoy
Gobbler Lounger
And this season, another space in my vest will be filled with a LightsOut custom slate...can't wait to see how this call turns out.
all kinds of neat stuff, wife says ima pack mule :lol: :you_rock:
Way too much stuff