Raingear

[Twowithone]

Another vote for Cabelas mt-50

[g8rvet]

Depends mostly on budget.  The one key to remember is there is waterproof and there is breathable.  One is permanent and the other requires maintenance. 

I second Rivers West. I love turkey hunting in the rain and RW has pit zips. Price is good as is warranty. It is a fleece (at least the one I have, and takes a day to dry out).  But if it is warmer than the low 60s, I use Frogg Toggs. I know there is better out there, but I am cheap sometimes.  I have some cheap packable rubber crud raingear I carry if it is a low chance of rain. 

[Marc]

Speaking of rain gear...  How many others use a camouflage umbrella while turkey hunting?

I purchased one last season, and have a 3-foot stake taped off at the end (so the umbrella does not slide  down)...  There is no rain gear made that will keep you as dry as a good umbrella turkey hunting.

[Rzrbac]

I have a buddy that packs a small umbrella while elk hunting. He swears by it.

[g8rvet]

Speaking of rain gear...  How many others use a camouflage umbrella while turkey hunting?

I purchased one last season, and have a 3-foot stake taped off at the end (so the umbrella does not slide  down)...  There is no rain gear made that will keep you as dry as a good umbrella turkey hunting.

I had one of those "half" umbrellas for years.  You can tie it to the tree above your head.  Very effective.  Keeps the dripping from the tree off you and your calls too.  I have killed a couple turkeys with it locked on the tree above my head.  They paid it no mind.

[renegade19]

Umbrella sounds like a good idea.  I wear 10X but try to hunt out of an Ameristep blind if I can. 

[Marc]

I have a buddy that packs a small umbrella while elk hunting. He swears by it.

I purchased a rather large umbrella...  Still not that bad to carry even with a 3' stake.  (I devised a strap that is easily slung over my shoulder, and the weight of an umbrella is marginal).

I cannot speak as to how birds respond to it, as I have not seen a bird while hunting with it (possibly that in and of itself speaks poorly).  But, seeing how birds respond to and ignore blinds, and even vehicles, I cannot imagine that they will run for the hills from a camo umbrella.

I only hunted once, and it was a down-pour...  Gusting winds and driving rain, which is why the hunting was likely so poor...  But I was bone-dry at the end of the hunt, and with the wet season we are having this year, that umbrella will stay in my truck for the whole season.