Setting up & Clippers

[Flounder]

Went this morning and thought about this for beginners.
I keep a small set of clippers in my fanny pack and almost always use them to trim small branches out of my way. No noise,very quiet and helps fine tune my setups when time allows.
I know this is something else to carry but I don't leave home without them. You can turn an ok setup into a good one.

[SFCSNOW]

Yep. I also take advantage of some of the foliage I may trim and use it for cover out front.  Nothing better than a few well placed palmetto fronds to hide small movements. Usually use two about three feet in front of me. Close enough for overlapping coverage. Clear shot between them or swing to either side. Pruners go with me to the woods every trip. Scouting, hunting, checking cams...

[outdoors]

HEY CLIPPERS IS PART OF MY LUGGAGE WHEN I Go IN THE WOODS   

[TauntoHawk]

I just told my father that besides the shotgun and a mouth call the next piece of gear I'd take is a pair of clippers

Very useful

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[renegade19]

Me too.  Sometimes, I trade them out for a folding saw but they're for sure quieter and usually quicker.

[Ericbrooks]

Yep! I carry my small fiskers as well. Great advice


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[Tennessee Lead]

My EZ KUTS are a great piece of equipment to have in the vest. I've used them on each hunt


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[Geechie]

My pair of clippers is one of the most used tools in my vest. From cutting to make quick blind material or to clear shooting lanes. Happens all the time,  I sit down and one or two branches bother me until I cut them.

[Sevenyearsandcounting]

My dad stuffed a heavy duty pair of clippers in my vest for clearing brush and if lucky enough cutting tags and turkey bone.

[g8rvet]

Gun, shells, face mask, thermacell and trimmers are must takes on every trip for me.

I use them more than I use my gun!  I wish it were not true. 

[TRG3]

I agree with others that they do add a little more weight to carry to the field, but then again you don't have to worry about brush obscuring you view from the location you've chosen as your set-up spot. In the three Southern Illinois seasons this spring, I used the clippers at least once in every season from clearing a shooting lane to snipping sprouts to place by my decoys to keep them from spinning in the wind. Clippers are much more handy than a saw unless you've got a 1" diameter tree to remove, etc. I suppose that you could also create a brushy blind if need be.

[Natty]

Me too. Always carry clippers with me.

[LaLongbeard]

Gotta have the clippers. Trimming brush or adding some to breakup your outline.

[GobbleNut]

This is definitely one of those items that you don't know how beneficial they are until you start carrying them and using them.  They make all the difference in the world in terms of making a bad or so-so set-up into a great one.  Wouldn't be without 'em.

[paboxcall]

Agree - priceless if you need to sit down quick and make a couple adjustments.

I use these all day long sometimes. If hunting a location with heavy thorns and briar bushes, having them handy allows you to cut your way through. Countless times chasing birds down over side hills I end up swallowed up in thorn bushes and need to cut my way through or out.