The redhead bucklick vests are very comfortable. I sat in the middle of tall grass leaned back in mine to kill one this morning.
X2. I've been hunting out of this style vest for several years now. It's all I'll ever use. Primos came out with a new one this year and I bought one. I've been very pleased so far, and it seems to be a little better quality than the Bass Pro / Redhead.
This is the one I was thinking of looks like it would work great..
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Re: Turkey vests w/kickstands?
[Re: hosscat]
#2073893 03/30/1703:42 AM03/30/1703:42 AM
I want to find a tree to sit up against to break up my outline, not just to have something to lean against.
and I rarely cant find a tree.
A local sporting good store got a bunch of those ALPS NWTF vests with the kick stand, I believe. Those things were like mountaineering backpacks.
I get hot in my regular vest and it's pretty darn lightweight.
I can't imagine toting around all that weight.
90% of the time I can find a pretty good tree anyway. Otherwise you're probably sticking out like a sore thumb.
Actually, i find it to be cooler than my Super Elite 3. The way the back padding is built, there is air flow. Also, the beauty of the frame is the comfort when sitting against a tree or a large rock. You dont have to use the kick stands, its not an all or nothing type of thing. The frame gives you a nice padded even rest when you sit against a tree. The kickstands are there for those rare times you might be hiding in brush with no tree.
Weight, well YMMV, but this vest weighs less than my Super Elite 3. That tells you how much crap I used to stuff in that vest. With 3 bottles of water poured into a hydration bladder and the frame, I find it is lighter than my old vest that had water bottles and all the unnecessary crap i stuffed in it, just cause I could. I hunt Jackson county, so I am not hunting flat ground either. The hydration bladder is a blessing for me. Hated toting noisy water bottles.
