Vest choices

[Tom007]

The thing I learned most on this forum about vests is this: The first person to come out with a vest that fulfills every Turkey hunters requirements will be one wealthy human being.......for sure......

[the Ward]

The thing I learned most on this forum about vests is this: The first person to come out with a vest that fulfills every Turkey hunters requirements will be one wealthy human being.......for sure......

So true!

[davisd9]

Just got the Sitka and love it.

[Archivist13]

Ok...ok.. y'all sold me on the Sitka.  It's on its way.  Now school me on hydration bladders or what ever they are called? What size? How often do you re use them?  How do you clean them?  Thanks!

I have a two liter and a three liter water bladder. For deer I use the 2 liter and turkey I use the 3 because I tend to drink a lot of water during turkey being it is warmer and I'm traveling long distances. Mine are just the Walmart brand and they work fine. They are meant to be used over and over. I only clean mine at the end of the season, but probably should clean it more. I just put some dishsoap in it and rinse it out and leave it outside to evaporate.

[bigdrumnc]

With the clear hose?  All I found at my Walmart was the bladders with a clear hose. Kind of looks like it would stand out .

[TurkinTone]

May have already been covered somewhere, does anyone have any experience with the Ol' Tom Gunslinger? Pros/ Cons.

[ScottTaulbee]

May have already been covered somewhere, does anyone have any experience with the Ol' Tom Gunslinger? Pros/ Cons.

Had it last year, tried real hard to make myself like it but couldn't. Real shiny material, felt and looked cheap in hand, the slings for the straps don't actually work like the claw sling and wants to slip. I wore the one I had on probably a half dozen trips. And didn't like the fit of it. I'm 6'2 and last season was 200 pounds even, cinched all the way down it was still loose and floppy.


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[Archivist13]

With the clear hose?  All I found at my Walmart was the bladders with a clear hose. Kind of looks like it would stand out .

Yeah, it has a clear hose. I haven't found the clear hose to make any difference at all. You could always tape it if you wanted.

[bigdrumnc]

For every one that used the Sitka vest last year did you use a hydration bladder?  What color hose?  I think the bladder is a good idea to help with the sound of a water bottle crunching when I sit on it or adjust!