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jstchln71
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:40 pm Posts: 488
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vest or no vest......
I'm bored... ready for deer season and think about spring turkey season.... soo... who on here hunts with a turkey vest.... and who hunts with out a vest. ....
Debating this year, dropping the vest and going lighter! If I use decoys then carry a mesh type bag if I want! Depending on what calls I prefer during the hunts, I'll just carry a handful if them rather than ALL of them!
What's your preference?
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 9:49 pm |
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Beard Collecter
Longbeard
Joined: Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:54 pm Posts: 172
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Re: vest or no vest......
Always have my vest, even during preseason scouting. I feel lost without it now. We have been through a lot together.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:08 am |
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vagrousehunter
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:41 pm Posts: 813 Location: WV Eastern Panhandle
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Re: vest or no vest......
In have a love-hate relationship with my vest. Tut switched to a backpack and really loved it. I may try the same next season.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:39 am |
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hawglips
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:13 pm Posts: 393 Location: Garner, NC
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Re: vest or no vest......
Vest. I usually have to walk too far and am apt to spend the whole day in the woods, so I have to plan on carrying stuff that may be needed.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:39 am |
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roscoe
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:23 am Posts: 306
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Re: vest or no vest......
Vest for me, all the game bag is now is a really big pocket for decoys, water bottles, turkey wing, thermacell, cushion, etc. Anything that doesn't fit in the front pockets goes there.
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:51 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3802
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Re: vest or no vest......
been using a small camoflague pack for maybe a dozen years +-. a lot easier to get my calls out when the pack is laying by my knee than trying to get them out of a vest where they were over-secured to keep from losing them in walking etc. I use some homemade camp coveralls with some center -chest pockets that hold locator calls, mouth calls, that are easily accessible on the move.
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:23 pm |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Re: vest or no vest......
I use a turkey vest. I don't carry nearly as much as I used to in it though. Still a great way to carry your equipment, seat, TP, etc.
_________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
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Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:03 pm |
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: vest or no vest......
Filson strap vest or sometimes a Filson tote shoulder possibles bag.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:34 am |
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am Posts: 753 Location: Hampton, VA.
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Re: vest or no vest......
Vest, Decoy Bag, Seat, Shotgun, I look like a pack mule going in the woods!
_________________ Ron
"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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Fri Jul 18, 2014 5:51 pm |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2719 Location: Bedford, VA
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Re: vest or no vest......
No vest, just 2 tubes around my neck on strings
_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:42 pm |
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beard buster
Longbeard
Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 10:25 am Posts: 231 Location: Clarke County VA
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Re: vest or no vest......
I love my vest, If you arrange everything accordingly it makes it easier plus if you kill a bird deep in the Mountains it's whole lot easier to throw the Bird in the vest and carry the decoys.
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Thu Jul 24, 2014 1:55 pm |
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