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been watching lits of turkey hunting on youtube. Really enjoying watch ming the videos, but i have been amazed by how much stuff people pack in on a hunt. Huge vests with multiple pillows hanging of them, Massive back packs, camel backs,waist packs, 30 calls of every type. I guess im minimalist. I usually take 2 calls, a camo pair of under armour athletic pants and s long sleeve tshirt and a 5 pound shotgun and a pair of tennis shoes or field blzer mucks if its wet. What do you tote?
 
I normally take a couple of pot calls and a hand full of mouth calls... I do wear a vest because the older I get the more I appreciate that cushion...
 
A few years ago my wife bought me one of the turkey hunting chairs. I genuinely thought I'd never use it. But then I tried it and loved it. My 50+ year old knees don't hurt quite as much using the chair. Plus you don't always have to find a tree to lean up against. They are great to just plop down in the middle of a brush pile.
 
A few pot calls, a box call and several mouth calls. Extra face masks and gloves in case someone I'm taking doesn't have them.
 
1st set of the morning- RNG 200 turkey vest, 2 pots, 2 strikers, 2 mouth calls. Usually rubber boots if walking through grass with dew. Always light binoculars, facemask. Gloves if cold.

The rest of the day I ditch the vest, change to hikers, carry 1 pot, 1 striker, 1 mouth call, a small piece of thin rope for a turkey tote. Bottle of water if it's hot and snacks for lunch.

I average 5 miles a day down here, don't want or need to lug a ton of crap all over the place.
 
Glenda Green bag ( the small one).
Inside the bag 3 pots, multiple strikers, 1 small box, 1 hooter, 1 crow call, therma cell, turkey tote,
Benadryl/ bee sting kit. Head net and gloves. Bottle of water. Fatboy lite cushion. And a .410.
 
-Five or six mouth calls in a pouch hanging on my neck, tube call around my neck.
-Vest has a pot and two strikers.
-binoculars
-Gloves and mask.
-Flashlight and knife.
-Tums and cough drops (I get very nervous and excited before every hunt and get to coughing bad and have heartburn usually on my way in)
-Sometimes I go no vest and just hang the calls around my neck and bring a turkey chair.
-Bottle of water almost always, snacks of blue berries or boiled eggs sometimes
-toilet paper always
 
MR Yote said:
Glad to see I'm not the only one that carries TP in a zip lock!!🤣
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We do a 60 lb crawfish boil each opening weekend of turkey season. I learned long ago that using leaves while it feels like you have a match lit on your @$# before light with a turkey gobbling less than a 80 yards from you on roost can really put a speed bump into your morning :eek:. I now carry a little bag of it on every hunt!
 
JCDEERMAN said:
We do a 60 lb crawfish boil each opening weekend of turkey season. I learned long ago that using leaves while it feels like you have a match lit on your @$# before light with a turkey gobbling less than a 80 yards from you on roost can really put a speed bump into your morning :eek:. I now carry a little bag of it on every hunt!
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do yourself a favor and look up Dude Wipes on amazon. Will change your life for outdoor "moments" hahah.

can get a 48 pack for like $3.
 
Depends on how long I will be out, sometimes I will hunt until 2 in the afternoon or stay out all day and try to roost them. If it's going to be a long hunt I will bring a vest, pack with some water, snacks, TP (don't want to be wearing my boots with no socks). And I will bring a turkey lounger chair also. I have had better luck after 10 to just sit still and call occasionally and bring them to me. Couple pot calls a box call and a couple mouth calls.

Short hunt done by noon vest with pot calls box call couple mouth calls. Throw a couple bottles of water in the back of my vest and call it good.
 
catman529 said:
Whatever fits in cargo pockets and a wingbone call around my neck. If it's cold I'll have extra pockets in my hoodie which work great for Vienna sausage and little debbies. Water bottle in my right pants pocket
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I hope I get to make a couple of those wingbone calls this year!

And on a side note no one mentioned their edc😁
 
Unfortunately, my Eagle Scout deal is still too close to the surface with the "Be Prepared" mantra. Thus, I look like a bag lady heading in. Fortunately, it isn't as bad as it looks.

I'll have a turkey lounger on a Claw sling on one side, and my shotgun (12 to start the season) on a Claw on the other. Doing it that way seems to balance out the weight real well.

I use a lumbar back with shoulder straps to haul the calls and "stuff". There will be 3-4 pot calls, several strikers, maybe a box call, water, a few extra shells, and a small survival kit with a compass. I hunt some pretty rugged areas at times, and I'm normally by myself. The pack has some compression straps on it that let me strap down coats as I'm walking hard to keep from sweating up. I've learned through the mistakes how to get down and set up in a hurry.

All told, it weighs less than the weight I have lost and kept off since I gave up my evening bourbon and snacks a couple of years ago. It lets me stay all day if the birds are playing right, and doesn't seem to bother me heading up and down some of those Stewart Co ridges.
 
Me and my buddy ( who is from Indiana) are doing a trip to Indiana this year. We are going out to a state forest and humping in MRE's, tents, water, jetboils etc. Plus all our hunting gear needed for 2 1/2 days. Guessing we will each be carrying 80-100 lbs. He said we would be going in about 7 miles to get away from everyone else. Going to feel like Ranger School again.
 

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