Home Forums Birds & Dogs Turkey Hunting What do you carry ???

Gonna try this............ We'll see how far it goes before somebody turns it into a $hitshow.

Aside from your basic clothing (pants, shirt, jacket, hat, boots)...........list EVERYTHING you typically would be carrying when you're hunting spring gobblers.

As for me:

NEF 20 gauge single
4 shells (one in it and 3 in a pocket)
shooting/walking stick
3-legged stool (I hang it on the gun barrel when walking)
pocket clip folding knife
binos on a chest harness
facemask
gloves

small belt pack with:
TP (first and foremost)
1 box call
1 slate over glass
1 striker
2 mouth calls (one in my mouth constantly and a new one in the pack)
license
chalk
scuff pad
pen
3 small zip ties (tag attachment)
small Stanley tape measure
spur gauge
couple Zeiss lens wipes
extra 2032 battery

I think that's it

We'll see how far it goes before somebody turns it into a $hitshow.


Browning BPS 20 gauge
Low, sling-style turkey seat (backpack straps, typically leave it in my first spot if I start moving, and pick it up on the way back to the truck, unless I'm making a wholesale move to a whole different area)
Small caping knife
Multi-tool
Facemask
Gloves
Hat

Turkey Vest:
3 extra shells (3 in the magazine)
2 box calls
Chalk
1 slate
1 striker
Sandpaper square
1 Mouth call (not a diaphragm)
2nd pair of gloves
6' of paracord
Paperback book
Water bottle
Some combination of jerky, protein/snack bars
First Aid kit
License
TP

Remove the


Toilet paper
slate call
striker
scuff pad
zip ties
Tape measure - WTF ?
Spur gage - WTF x 2
Bino's
Lens wipes
Stool
Walking stick

And add a bottle of water in my game bag.

I don't carry that much shyt when hunting anything.

Sounds like a lot more stuff than what it really is.

If it won't fit in my pockets and game bag, it ain't going with me.

Toilet Paper is THE first thing I check for!!!! 😜

"Usta" tote a vest that probably weighed 35 pounds!
As I age, I've pared it down considerably!

Rem "Sportsman" 16 gauge loaded with 3 rounds.
Five extra shells in each front pocket.
1 - "turkey tote".
1 - slate call w/ striker & scuff pad
1 - push/pull call
1 - home made wingbone yelper
1 - tripod*
1 - collapsible hen deke
1 - bottle of water
I "usta" carry a camera. Now I include my phone and a charger. (check my avatar!)
Face mask(s)
Gloves


* - my "tripod" is three, 3 foot, 3/4" dowel rods. Painted and banded together on one end. Very easy to adjust for height and a place to lay your gun if the ground is wet or muddy.
Works great when sitting on the ground. My vest has a sitting pad attached.

Winchester 1300 12 gauge with 3 Winchester Longbeard shells
Jeff McKamey kwila/butternut longbox
Pot call of some variety
Maybe a decoy
Swisher Sweet cigars. I'm not a smoker but it's a tradition to smoke one after a kill

That's really about it

if I go Xbow 2 bolts thermacell sit in deer stand on side of tater field were they strut when fly they down , smack the first one then smack the one that comes to fight it . tagged out tell the fall time to fish

Thermacell. Left it off the list.

Definitely can’t forget the thermacell in FL and S GA.

Shotgun
5 shells
Wingbone
Trumpet
Double Reed mouth call
Slate friction call
Two strikers.
Water, snack
Pruning shear
All the above stuffed in ol tom vest with thick padded seat attached.

Yeppers! Don't forget the pruning shears!
Make a quick hide.
Killed more than one that way! 😉

Yep. Edit mine to add a Thermacell when in Osceola country.

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What?! Nobody has mentioned Snickers candy bars yet! Am I the only one?!

The peanuts would get stuck in my diaphragm call.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Shotgun with 3 shells in it
Extra box of 5 shells in my bag
4-5 pot calls
6-8 strikers
Long box
Hen box
Short box
Box call chalk
Scotchbrite pads
Crow call
Owl hooter
Turkey totes
Water and snacks
Binos in a chest harness
Folding saw
License and tags
Toilet Paper
Phone


Think that's it....I carry a lot of stuff and I'm a mobile hunter too. But I like being able to throw different tones out there. All this stuff fits in my new Glenda Green satchel as well.

Benelli
Owl hooter
Cox trumpet
Box call
Facemask and gloves
Gobbler lounger
Shootin stick

Vest (w/ fold down seat) containing:
7 rounds of ammo, 3 in gun
One box call
Two pot calls - one slate, and one glass or aluminum
One wooden striker, one diamondwood or laminated striker, and one acrylic or graphite striker
Three diaphram calls
Scotchbrite pad, 120 grit clothback sandpaper, box chalk
Roll of blaze orange tape
Small handheld LED flashlight
LED headlamp after I get where I'm going
Lighter
Folding knife
Pruning sheers
Bottle of water
2 protein bars
Thermocell
Camo military poncho if rain is a good possibility
Occassionally up to three collapsable decoys w/ stakes
Occassionally a throwdwon blind
Wallet, keys, phone
A stack of brown paper napkins I get at 7-11 when I do the below ritual.

I bring a big cup a bold brew black coffee. And then I stop at 7-11 and get another tall cup of strong brewed Honduran coffee, a couple of breakfast bites, and a sweet roll. I drink enough strong black coffee to have Spidey-senses by the time I get where I am going.

Go less and less every year.

Foam seat
Water bottle
Multi-tool
Case knife
trumpet and a Jordan style cane
Snodgrass longbox or mini boat
Gooserbat 3-reed
Harrison crow call
Mossberg 20 ga. and 3 handload TSS shells
Braided turkey tote
rain chalk and scotch brite
Wet wipes
Collapsable trek poles
small pruning shears
cell phone
trail bars
lighter and small green led light
face mask and gloves

Get one of these----- My NEF 20 ga. wears one. I have no problem with recoil but the thumb hole helps. Extra mouth calls -- TP--- Shells-- small multi tool - chalk stores easy.

That's a pretty wild lookin' stock. 😯