Just wondering what everyone brings with them in their vest.
Including myself, alot of us carry these striker roll ups:
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2 boxes, 2 pots, 2 strikers, 3 diaphragms, range finder, water, crow call, owl call, wet wipes, montana perfect pair decoys, haint gobble call, and last but not least, snacks!
everything but the kitchen sink...
i use a super elite 3 vest
2- box calls
2 -pot calls
6+ strikers
8 -mouth calls "all in a small 3"x5" plastic case"
1- tube call
1 crow call
box call conditioning kit " chalk ,sand paper, brillo pad"
compass
therma cell
gloves, head net,
decoy
small pruning clippers
tags,pen,paper towels, spare battery for red dot.
3-shells
Extra shells, 2 mouth calls. 2 pot calls calls (1 soft finishing slate call and 1 loud sharp toned glass pot)
2 box calls, extra batteries for scope, wipes, knife.
More than I need, that's for sure.
I bring a ceramic pot, slate pot, box call, four mouth calls, mask, gloves, shells, knife, small flashlight, toilet paper, water bottle, sandwich, nuts, candy bar, phone, sand paper, chalk, dang sounds like a lot hahahaha
In order of importance.
Pot call with two strikers, Haint gobble call, tp, and a bunch of crap I rarely use.
No vest, i have a bag: Box calls, Pot calls, Strikers/Roll up, mouth calls, Trumpet, crow call, Binos, conditioning stuff and rain chalk and reg. chalk, Compass, Gloves Head Net light weight toboggan for those cool windy morning, Water, Snacks, Decoy, Shells, TP, Thermacell...Large black plastic garbage bag folded. Most everything i have i use depending weather and stuff...cell phone with a extra charging stick always. Small little first aid kit and aspirins and Ibuprofen, couple zip lock bags, extra rubber bands, small pen light extra batteries, lighter. All my carry items are mostly small items...
2 boxes
4 pots
A lot of strikers
1 trumpet
4 diaphragms
Knight and Hale Conditioner chalk scotchbrite and sandpaper all in one
Thermacell
Gloves and mask
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Most of what I carry is more related to survival if something bad should happen in one of the remote ridges or hollows I frequent than actually killing a turkey. Two pot calls , two strikers, a scratchbox, diaghrams and maybe something else on a lanyard around my kneck. I typically have a hen decoy in the vest but it hasn't seen much action the last five years or so. Wife bought it for me and I carry it more for sentimental reasons than anything. Matter of fact I have become convinced a decoy hurts me more than it helps me. It does make leaning against a tree a bit more comfortable tho.
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Probably dust. Haha !!
Quit using a vest several years back. Went with a little waist pack. I hunt light.
One box
one slate
2 strikers
2 or 3 diaphragms
Chalk & scuff pad
3 shotgun shells
Pen
License
Butt wipes
About it
Gloves & Face Mask
Wet wipes
Thermacell
Owl & Crow calls
2 box calls
4 pot calls
Striker Rollup full
Conditioning kit
Water
Binos
Range finder
Shells
Snacks
Small sandwich bag with tags and marker
Probably a few thing I'm forgetting,but I do know this ,there is a lot more in it
the first day of season than there is the last...
Good thing I use a limbhanger vest
TP
Binoculars
GPS/phone
3 extra "bullets."
Scratch box call (or two) with strikers
2 box calls
chalk
numerous diaphragm calls (actually worn in a diaphragm tote necklace).
snacks and water
Extra gloves and facemask
Thermacell (sometimes)
The string
The Key To Success
Tinks Turkey Lure
Rattling Spurs
Old Turkey Feathers
Dried Turkey Blood
And a quarter.
I switched over to a bag from Brossie
Knife
Compass
Tags
TP
3 extra shells
Turkey tote
Halloran Twisted Sister
Halloran one piece macassar Ebony striker
Hooks gobblestix persimmon striker
Piece of scotchbrite and drywall screen
Harrison synthetic owl hooter
Gooserbat Bacon and Classic Hen
Spare trumpet in bag, main trumpet around my neck
Thermacell
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Gloves
Mask
1 pot call
2 strikers
6 shells
small pruners
Bug spray
Knife
Thermocell (late in the season)
4-5 diaphragms in case around my neck
Crow call
I used to carry binoculars, a box call, and a gobble tube. Then one day I realized that I never really used any of them. Took that stuff out and haven't missed it.
Mouth calls
Shells
Crow call
Baby wipes
Water
Cliff bars
Thermocell
Flashlight
A couple new Mark Sharpe Wingbones to try this season.
Plastic bags for mushrooms and bloody turkey heads :)
No vest here but I usually carry 2 or 3 calls, a crow call, knife, clif bar, TP, in my pockets. Wingbone call around my neck. Camera and tripod in my hand
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Gloves
Mask
3 pot calls
3 strikers
1 box
Way too many mouth calls
Crow call
Bottle of water
Snacks
Knife
Radio (if no service for phone)
Thermacell
Extra shells
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One buckeye and one penny - it's a habit
Small pocket knife that I carry everyday
TP
Water
Gloves / Face mask
License / ID / Tags
1 pot - 2 strikers
3-4 mouth calls
1 trumpet
either 1 scratcher or 1 box call
4 shells in gun
Small pair of pruning clippers. What a great idea. Glad I read that.
I carry your basic turkey hunting items. But, one morning just before sun up. I was digging for a snicker bar leftover from the day before. You never know when hunger will strike. I found a binky and a set of big plastic keys lol. Apparently my daughter figured I needed them.
Owl hooter
Crow call
Hand full of mouth calls
Couple of pots
Usually 3 strikers
Box call
Chalk
Wing bone
Wet wipes
Two pair of gloves
Two headnets
7 shells
Thermocell and refills
36" tape measure ( if the spurs are under an inch an 1/4" I toss the bird to the yotes and shoot another one.)
Quote from: Gooserbat on February 26, 2017, 11:14:24 PM
Owl hooter
Crow call
Hand full of mouth calls
Couple of pots
Usually 3 strikers
Box call
Chalk
Wing bone
Wet wipes
Two pair of gloves
Two headnets
7 shells
Thermocell and refills
36" tape measure ( if the spurs are under an inch an 1/4" I toss the bird to the yotes and shoot another one.)
Granted, I hunt in mountain lion country, so I leave the truck with three shells in the gun... But 7 shells in the vest adds up to 10 shells... You shoot 10 shells turkey hunting and that is either a really good day, or a really really bad day...
One or two pot calls.
Three strikers.
Water.
Breakfast bar and mini-PayDays.
Thermacell and refill.
Wet wipes.
Pen and string for filling out and attaching a game tag.
Primos Slick stick for call maintenance
Sometimes a 4X4' sheet of leafy cut camo material.
Sometimes a box call.
Sometimes pruning shears.
The mouth calls are in a pouch around my neck. And a trumpet will join them there this spring.
Quote from: Marc on February 26, 2017, 11:23:20 PM
Quote from: Gooserbat on February 26, 2017, 11:14:24 PM
Owl hooter
Crow call
Hand full of mouth calls
Couple of pots
Usually 3 strikers
Box call
Chalk
Wing bone
Wet wipes
Two pair of gloves
Two headnets
7 shells
Thermocell and refills
36" tape measure ( if the spurs are under an inch an 1/4" I toss the bird to the yotes and shoot another one.)
Granted, I hunt in mountain lion country, so I leave the truck with three shells in the gun... But 7 shells in the vest adds up to 10 shells... You shoot 10 shells turkey hunting and that is either a really good day, or a really really bad day...
Nope four of those goes into the 870. I am habitual and s very long time ago I started carrying seven shells in my vest. No reason why. I just did. Now I start the season off with seven every year. I will deplet those to four or five before I restock to seven but it's always been my habit.
I quit the vest a few years ago, took some time to really figure what I use to take turkeys. I have changed over to a hip pack and here are my essentials.
Badlands Pack
Cody World Class Slate
MAD Glass Call
4 Strikers
Sanding Stone / Emery Cloth / Scotch Scratch Pad
Diaphragm Calls
Crow / Owl / Peacock / Goose
Wing
5 Shotgun Shells
Binoculars
Pruner
LED Light
Knife
Water Bottle
Bag for Morels
TP
MK M GOBL
Quote from: guesswho on February 26, 2017, 06:06:20 PM
The string
The Key To Success.......LMAO
Tinks Turkey Lure
Rattling Spurs
Old Turkey Feathers
Dried Turkey Blood
And a quarter.
Quote from: guesswho on February 26, 2017, 06:06:20 PM
The string
The Key To Success
Tinks Turkey Lure
Rattling Spurs
Old Turkey Feathers
Dried Turkey Blood
And a quarter.
No wonder my success rate has been so low. ::) I need to start putting some rattling spurs in my vest. Thanks for the help Guess Who. :icon_thumright:
In my vest I carry.....
Two facemasks, one mesh, one solid
Gloves
Two pots
3 strikers
Conditioning supplies
1 box call
3-4 mouth calls
Hooks hootin' stick
Gobble Tube
Small camera
3 Shells
Water Bottle
TP
Small flashlight
Thermacell if required
Cell phone, wallet, and knife go in my pants pockets
Gobble
Quote from: nyhunter on February 26, 2017, 03:54:05 PM
everything but the kitchen sink...
i use a super elite 3 vest
2- box calls
2 -pot calls
6+ strikers
8 -mouth calls "all in a small 3"x5" plastic case"
1- tube call
1 crow call
box call conditioning kit " chalk ,sand paper, brillo pad"
compass
therma cell
gloves, head net,
decoy
small pruning clippers
tags,pen,paper towels, spare battery for red dot.
3-shells
the same except only 3 mouth calls and no tube call.
Nothing. I just bought a new vest. But when I do load it up. I will have one box call,two pot calls, 6 strikers. Extra shells, QPS if need. Binoculars, limb saw, pruners, toilet paper, water, snacks and a knife. Gloves and face mask plus one extra of each. Driver Licences and hunting licences and turkey tags. Rain jacket if needed. This year I will be caring one Avian X Hen decoy if needed. Plus I will have extra mouth calls too. I will have a few different locator calls. I will use a combination of the following depending on where I hunt. Owl,crow,peacock,goose,woodpecker,Sandhills crane and coyote. Plus a range finder if I am crossbow hunting. There other types of turkey calls I use. I wear those on a lanyard. But I may store them in my vest. I will usually have one or the other on a yanyard around my neck. Trumpet or a wingbone. From time to time I use a tube call too. It is also be on a lanyard. I will also have either a bug tamer jacket or bug spray. There maybe things I left out.
vest contents seem to vary as the season progresses, but as of right now I have the following:
hand wipes (not for hand use)
gps with extra set of batteries
Dead End Glass Call w/accompanying striker
Longbeard Life Slate w/accompanying striker
Woodhaven All weather striker
5- 3" Longbeard #6's
Primos call conditioner w/chalk
Cluck and Purr One Sided Box Call by Eckel Smith
3- Mouthcalls (Gooserbat D.T.W., Woodhaven Copperhead II, Strut Commander Gobfather)
Flextone Standing Hen Decoy
James Harrison Hoot Flute
Woodhaven Crow Call
Quote from: Gooserbat on February 27, 2017, 12:45:58 AM
Quote from: Marc on February 26, 2017, 11:23:20 PM
Quote from: Gooserbat on February 26, 2017, 11:14:24 PM
Owl hooter
Crow call
Hand full of mouth calls
Couple of pots
Usually 3 strikers
Box call
Chalk
Wing bone
Wet wipes
Two pair of gloves
Two headnets
7 shells
Thermocell and refills
36" tape measure ( if the spurs are under an inch an 1/4" I toss the bird to the yotes and shoot another one.)
Granted, I hunt in mountain lion country, so I leave the truck with three shells in the gun... But 7 shells in the vest adds up to 10 shells... You shoot 10 shells turkey hunting and that is either a really good day, or a really really bad day...
Nope four of those goes into the 870. I am habitual and s very long time ago I started carrying seven shells in my vest. No reason why. I just did. Now I start the season off with seven every year. I will deplet those to four or five before I restock to seven but it's always been my habit.
thats a good habit...be prepared
This same topic comes up every year, and I got tired of typing it out. So I took a pic, saved it to Photobucket with a list of items under it. ;D
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Thermacell with extra pads and fuel, peacock call, HAINT gobble call, crow call, owl call, box call, glass and slate pots with multiple strikers, water bottle, snacks, diaphragms, headlamp with dim single red LED, call conditioning tools, range finder, toilet paper, small measuring tape, hunting license and tags, compass, lighter, green STYLUS pen light, lens cleaning tool, pen, knife, and old man reading glasses.
Last season I also started carrying the new quarter that has a flying turkey on it. Hopefully it continues to bring me luck!! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: guesswho on February 26, 2017, 06:06:20 PM
The string
The Key To Success
Tinks Turkey Lure
Rattling Spurs
Old Turkey Feathers
Dried Turkey Blood
And a quarter.
Guess I carry way too much then!!! ;D :lol: :toothy12: :TooFunny:
a lot more than I use
Way way too much stuff. That is for sure! Funny how the beginning of turkey season it is always a lot heavier than at the end though!
In my pockets, gloves, crow call, couple of executioners, ole yeller pot, couple strikers, water. If I go far and long I'll wear vest and add an owl hooter couple shells and an apple to the sticks,leafs,rocks and stuff already there.
Before I ditched the vest, seemed like this............
Quote from: owlhoot on February 28, 2017, 04:36:10 PM
Way way too much stuff. That is for sure! Funny how the beginning of turkey season it is always a lot heavier than at the end though!
Indeed it is!!! :agreed: :icon_thumright:
A capital one card :TooFunny:
I've got two vests and a recently aquired Primos freak seat. The vest are carrying various Yingling pots and a few assorted others. The seat has my sneed pots and Schaffer atomic 13.
Box calls: vests currently have a Reynolds lil Jenny and spring creek bloodwood over cherry. Seat has a Mabry walnut/purpleheart combo. Have an SS and other Mabry's that will see time as well as a gooserbat cedar box. This box is as solid as any other fellas.
Also must add that I got a Dunfee hooch box that's awesome and will see time in my vestless shirt as well as an enticer aluminum and one of the Yingling cast acorn cap copper pots. I'm ready this year.