how much does your vest weigh......without a turkey :)

Just weighed mine with all of my junk in it, it weighs 14 lbs. I went thru it to make it lighter and can't find anything I don't want in it.

KEY WORDS = "ANYTHING I DON'T WANT IN IT".. AS APPOSED TO WHAT YOU NEED?? HEHEHE JUST PICKING AT YA MAN..

WEIGHED MINE A FEW DAYS AGO AND ITS RIGHT AT 13 LBS

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Mine too,I never use one

Bet I'm right there with ya. It weighs too dang much. I'm getting ol gobbler pants and shirt this yr an gonna either lighten it way up or go without.

way too much...

Way to much here also...

At the first of the season, way too much but by the end of the season 0. If it won't fit in a pocket or around my neck, I don't need it

I stay very hot, I can not make myself put a vest back on after hunting without one for several years.

I tried a time or two last year, with a very small light, primos with shoulder straps. I still had that joker off within a hour or two.

You obviously don't carry enough in the woods with you...

Remind me what your talking about.

HOW MUCH DOES A HALF GALLON OF JACK DANIELS WEIGH?

It weighs about 1/4 less after I have a typical day turkey hunting...

MUST HAVE THIRSTY. THAT MUCH?HUH!

After I get my teeth kicked in by a dumb bird all day, yes, I get very thirsty...

I tote way too much. But really, what is needed other than a call or two and a gun?? That may be enough for some. Actually if your carrying woodsman-ship and patience, you could kill more turkeys without a call. Callin is just the fun part. I don't care if u stuff ol' Eddie Salter himself in your vest, without those two your season is gonna be slow as far as killin.

I have a gun with 3 shells in it,a couple more in my pocket,a few mouth calls,my slate or glass call and a crow call and owl hooter,no need to wear a vest to put that little bit in,a vest would actually be a burden on me because I will put the crawl on one if needed

No t.p.??

I carry one of everything Sucker weighs a ton but I always have what I want and need.

TP
ziplock bags
zip ties
pruners
saw
gerber multi tool
flashlight, with extra batteries
one sometimes 2 box calls
2 pot calls
6 strikers
a dip can full of mouth calls
pair of gloves
2 face masks
crow call
goose call
2 decoys with custom aluminum stakes
8 Nitros
2 turkey totes
2 bottles of water at a minimum
a couple granola bars and maybe some snack crackers
ink pen
yelper
tube call
a couple dove loads for varmints, dogs, snakes
Digital camera and case
billfold (can't stand it in my pocket)
truck keys (again, can't stand them in my pocket)

I carry 2 boxes, a slate, a crystal, 3 strikers, about 10 mouth calls, wood pecker call, crow call, and a hoot owl call even though I use my hands to hoot owl call most of the time. I carry a $4 wal mart blow up jake decoy that has been the death of many a gobbler. 2 sets of gloves, 2 masks and TP. 3 hevi mags and 2 regular federals for back up bullets. 3 hevi mags all shot in rapid succession can be expensive.

I've shot 3 nitros at someone else's turkey before and knocked it out of the air, got the bird but I didn't even tag it. That was in 2007. A redwing blackbird dove down at my shooters bird right at the time he pulled the trigger. Bird pitched straight up and to my left. I pulled up while he watched it fly and put three shells in it. Sucker fell in a swamp and he didn't even see it fall. We waded out there and he was DOA. I punched my tag 2 days later on that out of state hunt. Fun times!

I think YEKRUT bout summed it up,except for extra gloves,and face mask.

No thermacell yek????
Extra fuel and a whole bunch of the pads!!!!

Never used one before. I spray down each morning and don't wash my clothes until I have to. The stink like a SOB, but I don't get chiggers, ticks, or skeeters on me. I leave them in the garage when not wearing them

How do you owl call with your hands?

Natural voice, much louder than any call and sounds better.

Cuff my hands together and blow air through a hole in between my thumbs, been doing it since I was probably 10. I sometimes just use my voice but I'm hit and miss with doing it that way.

Been there done that and at $5 a shell don't do it any more. My lead shell is a Mag Blend followed by 2 federal #5s. I tend to miss a lot as told in the miss thread earlier.

My turkey vest makes me feel cool. Is that a good reason to wear it

Works for me.

Holy shucks,do you plan on getting lost?hahaha, Im usually pretty close to my truck so I don't take much with me,I'm a lazy turkey hunter,to hell with all that walking when I can drive to them

I have left the truck before at daylight and not come back until dark. When I go to the truck I am going home or to another farm. I just like being prepared for anything I come across. I don't get lost either, I make and read maps for a living.

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Learn something new everyday. I remember when I was a kid my dad would blow thru his hands like that and whistle but I've never heard somebody making an owl call with it. I've actually been sitting here trying to do it and I can't even make a whistle.
You need to sell some instructional DVD's

A slate, crystal, aluminum Pot calls
3 strikers
Box call
Crow call
Hootin stick
4 or 5 mouth calls
2 face masks
2 pair of gloves
Hen and jake decoy and stakes
Thermacell
License
Cell phone
Flashlight
Crackers
Water
3-4 mag blends or #6 hevi, got a buddy on their pro staff, so what ever box he has hooked me up with recently.

Yep me too. Buddies hate my clothes but it works.

let me get back to you after i pull through this weigh station.....hope it's not overloaded.

i reckon mine will change due to i am archery hunting thi year between all thr mouth call slates and box calls my war paint something to wet my whistle. no shells not taking any guns my release etc.. crossbow stay home:(more broadheads. just incase i miss. the nocturnal nock on my arrows so i can watch them disappear in the turkey.my 21 lb ground blind.bug dope. cow pies.face mask, hat black hoodie a chair. my tripod my jvc everio cam corder. to record the miss.

I wear a mask around the neck, gloves on the hands, shells in the gun.

For excess I have a bunch of mouth calls I made, a few extra shells in the pockets, and two slates in one of those promos slate call holders as well as two strikers. I also carry one of the hunt comfort fatboy seats. Its the only thing I carry thats not really needed IMO. But they are good seats.


I leave everything else in the truck, I use a decoy sometimes for midday or late evening hunts. I HATE wearing a vest. There is not one situation I have wished I had something I did not. Other than some water.

i'd drive close if they would unlock theyellow gates.

wow tube call you got to have a tube call? how about a wing bone call?

check with my dr to see if he will let me go turkey hunting?oh crap go anyway. speaking of crap don't forget the tp. no corn cobs either i need them in case i forget the tp. compas my gps, a map, just incase the turkey get lostcell phone to call for help to get all them birds out of the woods.

I don't carry a bunch of calls, but I have to have water, TP, some pruning snips and a little saw on me so I wear a vest to keep that stuff in. I'm bad to lose stuff too if I don't have it all together so it helps to have a vest to keep my turkey stuff in year-round. I'll get it out and check it in a few days and make sure all my stuff is in place a be I'll be ready to go. If I didn't keep stuff in a vest I'd have to tear the house apart looking for all if it. . I wish I could figure out how to do without one but I can't.

I carry a slate,a FA,a box call, and several mouth calls. A shotgun, some shells,mesh gloves,hat,facemask, and a Kershaw knife. I drink out of springs on the mountain and TP grows on trees.I carry my GPS too.

Only TP I've seen growing on trees up here in mid march is last years beech leaves that are still hanging on and them things are crunchy and break up in little biddy pieces when you try to use them. Been there done that I ain't going in the woods without some baby wipes.

I will lose some drawers in a heart beat. I aint using no dang leaves unless I run out of undies or socks.

I have left the house before fully clothed and came back looking like I got into a fight with a mountain lion in just my underwear! Wife wasn't sure what to think the first time she saw this, gave me the run down of questions as to why my boxers now look like a thong!

No need to use your drawers when you have extra socks stored in your pants lol.

Baby wipes and some anit monkey butt powder. Nothing worse than having all that grinding for 6-8 hours before getting home and taking a shower.

True that. Im amazed it made it that long.

Ok that is pretty Dang funny and I had forgot about it already.......guess ill just put it back in my boot.

Lol, I really had no idea it was there.

For those of you unaware. We was at the turkey convention and I had a sock stuck down in my boot. Just a extra one, I suppose it was from when it was washed or dried it got stuck in my pants. Been there half a day and didn't know it.

I told them it was my spare in case I needed something to wipe with.

I think it is a great idea and a good way to get rid of holy socks lol.

Yep somewhere to run your finger out and still have a clean sock

When I grew up we had to be tough.

Mine's mostly weighted down with Charmin Ultra Soft, Snacks (sandwiches and pbj keebler crackers) , and Powerade Zero and/or water...

My friggin' gun doesn't help either. It's pushing 12 pounds at least.