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Just wondered what you all find usefull out there?

I carry a pair of snips all the time,
Binoculers
Water Bottle
Walker game ear

Anyone else use something handy for the hunt???? ...BT

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I carry the same, less the game ear(havent' got one yet) but I also carry my little gerber bone/wood saw. Incase I want to make a stout blind or move a bigger limb.

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...After a few years behind me,myself have made the load lighter...:D

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I always carry bug repellent since I hunt in the swampy south. Also carry branch clippers to clear limbs or construct a quick blind. Also carry a map, toilet paper (always comes in handy in a pinch), water, a some type of mid-morning snack.

Andy

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Motorola talkabouts in case me and a friend want to split up
pocket saw
clippers
calls
mosquito head nets
extra gloves
decoys
12' X 3' material blind
binoculars
insect repellent
Toilet paper!![&:]

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My list is too long to submit again, and I have done so on recent posts, but in the context of "tools", I carry a GPS, cell phone, compass, aerial map and a laser rangefinder, as well as the customary pruner, saw, headlamp (Streamlight Trident with green light), blind (on occasion), wet wipes for tp and way too much more to list.

Every year I find new toys to add, and every year at this time I vow to pare back my list. I wear an Elite vest which is full of gear and also carry a backpack full of "necessities". If I elect to carry a blind, that is additional.

Oh yeah, and somewhere in all that crap I also manage to tote a gun!!!

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All I know is I weigh 350 lb with it on and 200 with it off. [&:]

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Wow if I carried all that stuff I wouldnt be able to move. I carry a thing of insect spray with me, but I am gonna get Thermocell here soon. If you havent tried that you need to. It is quite amazing!

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What's Thermocell?

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dawei,

A Thermacell is an instrument for repelling mosquitos. It's about the size of a flashlight (D cell) and it's more or less flat. It comes with a small container (about an ounce or so) of butane gas that screws into it and it also comes with 3 chemical pads. You light it with a button, kind of like on some gas grills and when it lights you can look into a round window on the top end and see it glowing. It has kind of a small grill on the front that you slide one of the chemical pads under and it is heated by the butane gas burning inside. The pads are blue, when the chemical repellant is gone the pad turns white. You slide it out and put another in. When it is burning, it heats from inside and will not burn you, it'll be warm to the touch. The gas and 3 pads will last about 12 hours and you can buy refills. Thermacell has a web site, Thermacell.com, or you can see them in Cabelas', Wal-Mart, CVS Pharmacy, and some Ace Hardware stores carry them. Thermacell web site will give you a list of stores that carries them. For mosquito repellent, it's the greatest thing since peanut butter.

Almost forgot, they come in white or camo.

Now, as for as equipment I carry when turkey hunting: Stool, mask , gloves, two calls (l mouth, 1 slate w/striker) , thermacell or liquid mosquito repellent, gun, and 2 or 3 extra shells, camo from head to toe. That's it, nothing else, I like to hunt lite and be able to move fast and quiet. I wear snake boots because where I live and hunt we have, copper heads, cottonmouths, and diamond backs and timber rattlers.

We have mosquitos so big they tried to breed our turkeys. i.e. Thermacell

dog1

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I dont carry much. My 870, 3 shells, 1 mouth call and a slate or a glass and the most important thing my chapman low boy...

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Thanks guys; I'll have to look at one of those!

Six Days & A Wakeup Till The Hammer Falls On Tommy Three Toes!

Yelp, Yelp, Yelp, Yelp, Yelp.................BANG!

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I carry:
2 decoys
slate call
2 push buttons
mouth call
gobble
box call
owl call
crow call
shotgun
camo cover
face cover

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gun few extra shells lil duece slate granola bar decoys

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Dog, I just got one but haven't used it yet. Where do you put it when turkey hunting. Is there a chance it will catch the leaves on fire?

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I carry my 870, 5 shells, 2 decoys, 2 box calls, 2 slates, 3 mouths, 1 push button, crow call, hawk call, owl call, gobbler, tp, gps, headnet, knife, brillo/sandpaper, chalk, and chapstick

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Hawgnman,

I sent you an email about where I place the thermacell, but just in case you didn't get it. I put a nylon string thru the grill so that I can hang it around my neck, and I let it hang down on my side. It doesn't get hot enough to burn you, leaves, dashboard of your vehicle (I lay mine there alot waiting til it gets close to daylight) with windows down. I also use it in my boat when river fishing, and I use it during archery (deer) season. It doesn't seem to bother the deer. I sometimes carry it in my pants side pockets and light it when I get where I'm going.

Just remember, place it on your upwind side if there wind. If you was to have a real strong wind it won't do any good, of course you usually don't need it then anyway.

Hope this helps.

dog1

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Thanks for the info Dog

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I tote almost everything mentioned above in my vest with the exception of one item-

I've got this thing about Fudge Rounds- I cant Turkey hunt with anyless then about three in my vest at "ALL" times[8D]

I dont know why, just gotta have em thou..

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All of the above . . .

. . . and a wheelbarrow for the additional stuff I absolutely must have to ensure success!;)

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Turkey vest with 28 pockets & at times I swear all of them are full:D !

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I carry my decoys, calls, rangefinder, water, and maybe a few other things depending on how long I plan to be out.

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Read the spring 2004 issue of turkey&turkey hunting Mail pouch. A reader has some strange tools that he like to take in the turkey woods