How many non-vest users.

[callemquacktn]

This is what pops in my head every time I hear of someone wearing a fanny pack. Lol. Awesome post!

 

[callemquacktn]

I personally like to be prepared. To me a vest is a must-have item along with my backpack, cooler, full-size chair and sometimes a soft pillow.

lmao

Always hunt with a vest. Like said before, back rest, butt pad , carries everything you might need on a hunt. Calls , facemask, gloves, folding saw, pruining shears, tp, empty trashbag, bottle water, food, thermacell, gps, decoys, shotgun shells and even a rainsuit some times. When you hunt public land as much as I do you learn the need for this stuff. I too use a turkey sling to carry my first bird but some times you have a second bird and need to use the back of the vest to carry the second or even a third one.

dang that is a LOT of stuff, and I hunt public land a lot too.

I think what might set us apart is the size of the area we hunt and length of time we spend on a hunt. As long as time permits I will stay out all day to kill a bird. Some of my best spots I walk an hr before I even pull a call out. Most people I know are casual about turkey hunting and do it to have something to hunt while waiting on deer season. For me I feel like I have too.
Good thing about it is I do what works for me and you do what works for you. Nothing wrong with either style.

I take turkey huntin pretty seriously but it sounds like you might hunt bigger and tougher public land than I do. I don't usually go more than 2 miles from the truck and often find turkeys long before then. I killed one last year 1 1/4 mile from the truck. The next day, I killed one a couple hundred yards from the truck, on the other side of the same road.

I'd probably be packing a few extra things if I hunted where you do

Some days I think I do it out of tradition. Lol
I got a new vest last weekend and just got everything moved over out of my old one. I'm already feeling guilty leaving my old one at home. 14 yrs with the same vest. That thing has been through it all.

 

[REN]

This is what pops in my head every time I hear of someone wearing a fanny pack. Lol. Awesome post!

Hahaha yup just the word FANNY PACK sings that pic