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. 😯

It's a Killer

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I try to travel light
gun
shells
few mouth calls
gloves
face mask
TP
bino's
locator call
water or soft drink
Pack of peanut butter and crackers

Carry everything in a vest in the cooler start of the season, switch to a belt type vest when it gets hot.
Both have a padded seat on them

About like me except I don't need the toilet paper or snacks. Turkey huntin is a half day affair here { legal huntin ends at noon} and I don't usually eat anything till lunch time anyway. Thankfully I'm also very regular and unless I'm sick only need to shyt once a day. Dump a load right after my morning coffee and I'm good to go.

Still using the Mossy Oak vest I got about 40 years ago, been stitched up and repaired multiple times. In its pockets I carry my gloves, good ol steel handled pruners (keep breaking the handles on the ratcheting pruners), a smaller folding tree saw, my mouth calls, a knife and some Snickers bars. In the game carrier back part of the vest, a couple bottles of water, TP and a mesh bag with a shoulder strap to use carrying a bird out. The vest has a pad on it that swings down when you unsnap the top. Most of the time I use green Army pants and the big leg pockets might hold a PBJ samich or two... Shells are just the 3 in the gun, an 870 20ga.

Turkey vest with padded seat
Extra shells 4-6 or so
Pot call
Box call
Couple diaphragm calls
Binoculars sometimes
Granola or some bar/snack
Water sometimes
Tp
License/tags
Twist tie for tag
Gloves
Facemask
Knife in my pocket always, hunting or not
Phone
Small light or headlight
Chalk/scratch paper

Pretty basic. I've carried a second pot call at times, but not in recent years. Gave up on locator calls and gobble shakers years back too.

An old vest with a pouch on the back that can carry binos & rangefider which I take out and lay by my side when I sit down. In the vest a couple of calls of course, chalk, Nab or cookie, a homemade handle with cord attached to vest for carry of bird, mask & gloves on pockets of pants, 3 extra shells, a 4lb chair on by shoulder, a pair of snips for trimming, small bottle water….that is about it. Gun is a 20 ga Fieldmaster 870 new this year…TSS handloads # 9. Have been traveling light as I can past few years and always looking for ways to go lighter. Most of calling is done with diaphragm so no movement if he getting close. My grandson has finally learned to use one pretty good and he ready this year. Got his first last year sitting by himself.

Here's my load-out:

Mossberg 500 12 GA w. Carlson's Dead Coyote choke
6 rounds of Federal 12 GA 3-inch 2 OZ #4

I gave up on a vest 20 years ago. I was taking too much. I carry a messenger bag over one shoulder and a musette bag on the other.

In the Messenger bag:

Calls:

1 Box call
2 Scratch pots w. 4-6 strikers
1 Push Pin
up to 6 mouth calls

Non-call stuff:

Ammo
Emergency Whistle
Lockback knife
License, tags, and pen for filling out same.
Pin-on compass
Flashlight, 3 AA cell, with change of batteries
2 small foam pads– 1 for back, 1 for butt, attached to bag with carabiners

In the musette bag:
Digital Audio Recorder
Sweater
poncho
walkie talkie– I switch to a cellphone when I’m all alone
Toilet Paper
4×6 leaf-cut camo blind –2sided camo (brown/green)
coffee thermos
a snack-- usually peanuts

Here's how it all looked after I took my last gobbler.



I keep that boat cushion out there all season. I have several that I pre-position in my favorite haunts.

Oh I knew I was forgetting something, I also carry a Gobbler Lounger chair. I cut the little factory strap off and put a rifle sling on it. That makes a world of difference in how it carries.

Yeah............ I just re-read my list.

Forgot my rangefinder. Case goes on my belt. Helps to make you NOT the guy who "underestimated the distance".

And, I carry my phone.

I carry one of these sometimes, too. HS Strut seat with folding legs. The peg les will sink into soft ground up to the horizontal tubes between the legs then it will stabilize. The factory strap is jut plain akward and I ct mine off and replaced it with a piece of nylon rope.

https://www.hsstrut.com/product/strut-seat/

Last year I bought one of these that was on sale for cheap. It's a little heavy but it's very comfortable.

https://www.amazon.com/ALPS-OutdoorZ-Vanish-Chair/dp/B0B72GBWHX

I always forget something anymore! Add my binos in a chest rig (just the elastic straps, not a pouch) and my phone for the camera. I consider it a win lately when I walk into a room and remember why I went into it! Lol!

You ain't alone, brother !!!

Main thing is toilet paper

Varies.

This year, it’s gonna be less as over the holiday I gave my decoys and fancy-azz turkey vest to my grandson. I picked up a cushion that has backpack straps and will hold a few things like a water bottle, or rain jacket.

No more hunting loaded down like a coolie.

FORTUNATELY.....I think.....the places I hunt I've hunted enough to "know" ranges from my favorite ambush sites.
Due to old injuries, I don't (can't) "run & gun". I just set up an ambush and call.
I'll go in preseason and scout where the birds are coming from. Turkeys are "relatively" predictable.

I had a 20 gauge with the Choatte stock like this and it was cool. I kept a survival kit in the back and carried it on my ATV.

The shotgun sucked so I sold it and wish I could have kept the stock.

Reading this, I carry too much stuff because I start out cold in the morning and stay out all day. It's MN weather so you dress for winter / spring / and summer and need somewhere to ditch layers.

Pack a lunch too.

I tried a kick stand vest and hated pulling the rug out from under my azz when getting up. Also hated reaching around for items in the pack.

Now I have a separate chair and my BWCA food barrel pack I flop down. It leaves me plenty of room to pack out a bird.

Add a book, fence style blind, and decoy and I'm a pinch point poster who occasionally moves.

Pinch Point Poster. Good description. That’s how I spent opening day last year. Alas, the two gobblers I saw stayed up above the pinch.

One other thing I carry is a Zoleo satellite tracker, my leash as the wife calls it, so they know where to find the body…..

Pinch point is about right. I hunt a lot of waterfowl production a waterfowl production areas (WPA) so you get a thin edge of trees by sloughs so the birds get funneled there.

I've done the morning sit and move to only hear a bird gobble at my old spot.

The areas also get enough pressure that they really don't respond to owl or crow calls so running and gunning isn't real effective for me.

This reminds me, gotta put a call and facemask in my pocket next week during the Mountaineer Heritage Season. Deer, bear, or turkey; or all three!🙄

L.F. Cox trumpet
1 or 2 diaphragms
Beretta a400 20 gauge
Handful of shells

Other than that it’s just same stuff I always carry pistol/spare mag,knife,wallet,phone,maybe a snack.

I don’t pack that much gear for an out of state trip. You’ve got me beat.

Gotta concur...............

You're getting into the realm of needing a wheelbarrow, there.......... 😁😁😁

Knife lives in my pocket. Couple extra shells in my pocket. Some times a spare knife on my belt. If it’s crappy weather I’ll leave the box call in the truck.

I have this chest pack. Everything is easy to grab in a hurry. The pack is always semi-snug to my body and not flopping or sliding around.
Gloves and mask in a cargo pants pocket or in the pack.

If it won’t fit in the pack, I probably don’t need it.

TP
Pruners
Headlamp
10’ paracord
Couple zip ties
Bottle of water
Couple mouth calls
Venison jerky & snickers
Few wraps of electrical tape around a Bic lighter.

The pack has a pocket just for a pot call and striker.


Sometimes I’ll bring the whole rig and sometimes just the cushions.