What are your top 5 turkey hunting essentials?

[Wigsplitter]

Wing— baby wipes— ziplock bags (mushrooms) - turkey tote- rangefinder

[mountainhunter1]

You fellows with the exception of Lawrence are going to starve to death. Number one essential with the water is some food. Usually an orange or two, a peanut butter or a ham and cheese sandwich and some small snacks like raisins, granola bars or something. Yes, that stuff weighs some, but it will all be eaten so the pack is getting lighter all day long and the weight is gone on the way home. I can hunt the mtns. from daylight to dark with food and water, but will play out by around lunch or early afternoon without it.

The guys nailed the rest so I wont be redundant - but do not go without baby wipes, they are good for a lot of things (do not leave them in the woods though).

It was only mentioned once in this thread, but Permethrin sprayed on your clothes and left outside to dry before wearing them is critical and way beyond an essential. And don't go light, soak the clothes, and once allowed to dry before wearing, the treatment will last longer than you think. Ticks are no joke.

Here hunting is sunup until noon, I eat on my way there and then eat at the truck at the end of the day. I do not take food into the blind because I do not want coon or skunk in the blind. I do keep a gallon jug of purified water in each blind.

When we run out of turkey tags, it sounds like we need to come to your place and put a hurting on the coons and skunks. There is no way I am sharing anything with a skunk. LOL

[MK M GOBL]

I ditched the vest for this, easiest way to trim what you carry, I do have a seat too. Basically, this is the Run & Gun pack, now if I'm hunting from the blind, I have a bit more.


MK M GOBL

[Sir-diealot]

You fellows with the exception of Lawrence are going to starve to death. Number one essential with the water is some food. Usually an orange or two, a peanut butter or a ham and cheese sandwich and some small snacks like raisins, granola bars or something. Yes, that stuff weighs some, but it will all be eaten so the pack is getting lighter all day long and the weight is gone on the way home. I can hunt the mtns. from daylight to dark with food and water, but will play out by around lunch or early afternoon without it.

The guys nailed the rest so I wont be redundant - but do not go without baby wipes, they are good for a lot of things (do not leave them in the woods though).

It was only mentioned once in this thread, but Permethrin sprayed on your clothes and left outside to dry before wearing them is critical and way beyond an essential. And don't go light, soak the clothes, and once allowed to dry before wearing, the treatment will last longer than you think. Ticks are no joke.

Here hunting is sunup until noon, I eat on my way there and then eat at the truck at the end of the day. I do not take food into the blind because I do not want coon or skunk in the blind. I do keep a gallon jug of purified water in each blind.

When we run out of turkey tags, it sounds like we need to come to your place and put a hurting on the coons and skunks. There is no way I am sharing anything with a skunk. LOL

It is a wet area, it may be considered a wetlands but I do not honestly think so. Always moist there and coon and skunk seem to love that kind of stuff. We were going to trap it this year but it was so wet we could not get to it. (It is about a half mile in I guess.)

[Gooserbat]

A butt cushion be it attached to my belt, vest,...
Wet wipes
Cough drops
Compact binoculars (8x32 are my go to)
Map, areal photo, onX, Google maps...

[g8rvet]

Of course most of us carry a lot more and would miss items not in the top 5, but the top 5 would be necessities to me.(Gun/shells/license/face mask are musts)

Thermacell
Water bottle
Phone (with maps)
Seat
Knife (I would not count this normally as if I have my pants on I have a knife in my pocket).

Of course I usually carry snacks, but the above 5 would cause me to turn around if I realized I did not have them. Only that which would make you turn around should be considered an essential - anything else is comfort/convenience.

[TJR]

I'm very superstitious so if have a number of things I must have in my vest but I'll try and narrow it down.

1-Lucky quarter my daughter gave me
2-TP
3-My granddaddy's face mask
4-Thermacell
5-Water
6-Grizzly wintergreen long cut


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[Cut N Run]

My top 5 turkey hunting essentials are;

1. Comfortable chair...age and a wonky back requires it.
2. Dude wipes/ T.P.
3. Snacks...trail mix, dried fruit, nuts.  I don't eat before hunting, it makes me meaner to be hungry.
4. ThermaCell...our 'skeeters are hungry, plentiful, and relentless.
5. Water.

I left out knife because I carry one everywhere I go.  It is a life essential, not just turkey hunting.  I only need to use binoculars ~50% of the time. I also carry a spare facemask & gloves in case my buddy or I lose ours...It has happened enough to make carrying them worth doing.

Jim

[Muzzy61]

Snakeboots
Thermacell
TP
Water
Phone (OnX)

[yelpaholic]

Thermacell , cushion , paper , non crinkle water bottle

[WildTigerTrout]

water and snacks
bug spray(late season)
my turkey seat
tp
binoculars

[snoman4]

Thermacell, binoculars, rangefinder, water, and a good thick butt cushion.  I live in Florida so the Thermacell is a must.

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[Bingoman]

20oz coffee
Hand and toe warmers
Phone charge bank
TP
Pruners

[g8rvet]

Funny to see the folks that hunt the southeast all have Thermacell on the list! 

[Old Gobbler]

1) the ability to get far...far away from other turkey hunters ***for real .. nothing good comes from crowded woods !

2) the ability to get near a gobbler that those previously mentioned turkey hunters don't know about

3) the ability to listen to turkeys and emulate realistic turkey sounds ..and not sound like a turkey call salesman

4) the ability to shoot where your aiming

5) the ability to have a family that understands turkey hunting is one time of year ..leave you alone

With that said "ability" doesn't come on a shelf from China ..it can't be bought but it's certainly earned ..most times with a lifetime of dedicated insanity, lol