I have used one for 2 years...Previously I had used a fannypack and before that a backpack...I prefer the vest...Every pocket is accessable and all your stuff is out of the way when you pack in your tree stand...seems that a fannypack was always sliding down my fanny and always in the way of packing in the tree stand...Plus...unless you slide a fanny pack around to the front you have to remove it and a backpack to retrieve anything...

I wear mine all hunting season...If you hunt with a inline, you have plenty of pocketsto include one for quick loads and 209s, one with a baggie with cleaning supplies, etc...They work well...

PS...Even used during turkey season...used vest for calls, gloves, mask etc...And my backpack for decoys, attached a butt pad to my pants belt and I was ready to go...