What are your top 5 turkey hunting essentials?

[Zobo]

Phone
Hand pruners/ knife
Piece of camo netting
Thumbtacks/ Rubber bands
Binos

[Zobo]

Water
Something to safely clean my glasses/scope
Thermacell though I have never needed one since I started to use Permethrin I still have one in each blind. I use them more for fishing to be honest.
Scale & measuring Tape
Pain killer of some kind.
Small solar chargeable battery that I can set up to keep battery charged for phone in case of emergency.

Your camera?

[Sir-diealot]

Water
Something to safely clean my glasses/scope
Thermacell though I have never needed one since I started to use Permethrin I still have one in each blind. I use them more for fishing to be honest.
Scale & measuring Tape
Pain killer of some kind.
Small solar chargeable battery that I can set up to keep battery charged for phone in case of emergency.

Your camera?

Oh yes, always the camera now, but it was asking strictly the hunting items so I left that out.

[Gobbler428]

Beside my gun' ammo and calls I carry the following in a Glenda satchel

License
Pocket Knife
Clippers
Snack
TP
Cell Phone
Glenda Seat
Turkey Tote

[Happy]

Alright Happy.  Why the pocket knife AND multi tool?  That seems to be overlap.  And why a multitool at all?

The multi
Tool is fairly small. It fits in a leather pouch with a lighter in the back of my belt. I always carry some sort of pocket knife out of habit every day. The multi tool is just in case I need to work on something on my  gun, pull a splinter, cut a small branch ect.

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[ScottTaulbee]

For me, other than calls and a couple shells, I carry a fire starter, a leather turkey strap, a sandwich bag of baby wipes, and a press style water purification bottle.


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[fmf]

bug spray
tp
clippers
phone
binos if I'm hunting any fields, cutovers, etc

[Zobo]

Alright Happy.  Why the pocket knife AND multi tool?  That seems to be overlap.  And why a multitool at all?

The multi
Tool is fairly small. It fits in a leather pouch with a lighter in the back of my belt. I always carry some sort of pocket knife out of habit every day. The multi tool is just in case I need to work on something on my  gun, pull a splinter, cut a small branch ect.

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A multi tool is always a good idea, luckily I had one with me on a recent fishing trip, my buddy got a treble hook through the hand, we had to cut the hooks with the wire cutters to remove it. Good thing to have for sure, you never know, you know?

[mcw3734]

1. Vest with comfy seat
2. Smartphone w/ mapping software highlighting public/private boundaries
3. Pruners
4. Wet wipes
5. Gaiters

[aclawrence]

The obvious items that don't count
Gun, Vest, face-mask, a few calls

The extra items if importance
-Toilet Paper
-Water/snacks
-OnX
-Binos
-Bug Spray, I don't think I've ever actually used it turkey hunting but one time scouting for deer I looked down at my itchy hand and must have had fifty seed ticks crawling around it. Luckily I had some bug spray and gave them a direct blast. So I carry some turkey hunting now.

Sometimes I'll throw a turkey hunting book in my vest


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[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.

[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.

[eddie234]

Alright Happy.  Why the pocket knife AND multi tool?  That seems to be overlap.  And why a multitool at all?

I carry both as well. The multi tool is in case if gun repair. The knife on the multi tool doesn't compare to my pocket knife


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[falconiii]

Great post topic

1. Google maps
2. Water bladder
3. Thermacell
4. Mosquito headnet
5. TP & Babywipes

And a turkey tote when I'm feeling it. 

[RH1]

Getn old...I need a comfortable chair thats lite