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Old 03-30-2006 | 10:05 AM
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Default RE: Turkey Vests

A novel thought - forget the vest and go with a backback.

I used the vests for several years but switched to a backpack about 7 or 8 years ago. Depending on the size it can carry more gear and, this is the best part, carry it more comfortably. I wear an old Mossy Oak turkey hunting jacket that has pockets for all the important stuff: diaphrams in an old Grizzly can, two slate calls and two strikers, shells, compass, map (if necessary), gloves and a mask. That's really all I need to hunt. The rest of the stuff goes in the backpack, like raingear, decoys (I don't use them often however, food and water, emergency shelter, knive,matches, etc. I can stay out from daylight to dark with this set-up. The biggest advantage to me is that it is unobtrusive. Vests have all those pockets with stuff hanging out of them to get caught on every vine, branch or briar. I can slip through the woods more easliy, and the backpack makes a great backrest if you have to sit down quickly.
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