Turkey pack essentials

[bow boy]

Hey,

Putting together my turkey pack for this spring. I have all my necessities and I was wondering what yours were.

What are your top 10 turkey pack essentials?

~Bow Boy

[irishevox]

whats your list?

[turkeydancer]

Here's my dirty dozen ---
1) Extra Ammo
2) various Calls - 1/2 dozen Mouth Diaphragms, 2 ea Pot Calls with Extra Strikers, 2 ea Box Calls, Tube Call, 2 ea Push-Pulls, Wing Bone, 4 or 5 ea Locators, etc.
3) Water/Pop/Sport Drink/Food/Snacks
4) Knife, Ratchet Pruners, and Saw
5) De-Liar (weigh and measure)
6) Extra Face Mask and Gloves
7) Tag String & Small Round Nose Scissors
Seat/Cushion
9) Dekes
10) Bloodless Orange Turkey Carry Bag with Straps
11) Toilet Paper
12) Small Binoculars (10 x 32)

[Hangfire]

No shot gun? or extra shotgun?

[bow boy]

Mine are:

1) 8 or so diaphragm calls
2) Small binoculars
3) Orange vest for walking out after hunt
4) Toilet Paper
5) Zip ties for attaching tag
6) Camo canvas for makeshift ground blind
7) Twin/para-chord
Hunting knife and leatherman
9) box with all my broad heads, string wax, etc
10)headlight/ flashlight

Then I will have a survival bag and first aid kit.

[Jonathan_S]

Why would anybody bring more than 2 diaphragm calls?

Is this a funny thread that I didn't get or do turkey hunters actually pack all that crap around?

I was thinking of trying to arrow a turkey this fall but it sounds like I'm grossly under-equipped.

[Karl Blanchard]

I'm a minimalist.  In my vest I have the following:

1.  gps and headlamp
2.  3 diaphrams, 1 box, and a couple extra rubberbands
3.  extra long sleeve for those cold morning sits  ( I never pack a coat)
4.  bottle of water, sandwich, snickers
5.  knife and ziptie
6.  1 extra shell
7.  decoy ( I don't know why because I almost never use the stupid thing!)
8.  Travel pack of wetwipes and a little travel size gold bond.

     You pretty much can't cut this gear list down anymore and my vest still weighs a ton!  I swear manufacturers sew lead weights in them or something!   

      Also to answer your question about why would ysomeone carry so many diaphrams.   Different diaphrams sound like different hens.  Say you work a bird in the morning but it falls apart or worse he busts you.  Do you think that same exact hen sound is gonna work later on? Probably not.   Back off of him and come back in a few hours from another direction and hit him with a different tone and you just might be able to stuff him in the vest!

[wastickslinger]

Toilet paper, Pepsi, candy. The other 7 don't really matter.

[kevinlisa06]

Contents in my vest include
2 box calls one is waterproof
2 slate pot calls
1 aluminum pot call
1 crystal pot call
1 crow call
4 strikers
1 pilleated wood pecker call
Gobble shaker
TP
3 extra shells
Drink and snacks
Head lamp
Knife
Hen decoy never had success with it but I have it.
Zip ties and license
Head net and gloves

[NWTFhunter]

Can never carry too many calls ! Or the extras that go with those calls...
sandpaper
chalk
couple strikers
pot conditioner stick
few extra shells... Or arrows this year !
knife
light
lighter and fire kit/first aid
extra camo gloves/face net
Thermos of Joe !
snack, maybe ?

[ghosthunter]

Toilet paper, Pepsi, candy. The other 7 don't really matter.

 

[irishevox]

1 MOUTH CALL
1 POT CALL
1 BOX CALL
1 HEN DECOY
2 JAKE DECOYS
2 FLASHLIGHTS
1  .357 MAGNUM SIDE ARM
ZIP TIES
1 BLIND
1 CHAIR
1 REMINGTON 870 (TURKEY CHOKE)
1 EXTRA BOX OF SHELLS
SPRITE
WATER
SNACKS (NOT SURE YET)

I THINK THATS IT.....

[Gobble Doc]

Hey Bow Boy,

All that stuff sounds like what I've got in my pack.  Hey, that is my stuff.    -dad

[mallard79]

Way too many calls
Gps
Gun/Bow w/ extra ammo/arrows
Small pair of binoculars
Map
Extra gloves and facemask or paint
Water and snacks
Decoys
Small wall type ground blind
2 way radio
TP
Headlamp w/ extra batteries
Small first aid kit
Magnesium fire starter
TICK KEY! I hate those little *censored*s! 

I know I am forgetting some things. I always go over prepared but we have been known to hike WAAAY back behind the gates to get away from people.

[Diehard0123]

2 Slate calls +3 strikers and conditioning tool
2 box calls (one raspy one high pitched) and extra chalk
4 diaphram calls
three locator calls
extra shells
extra face mask and balaclava
two extra pairs of glove (one heavy and one light)
two flashlights (one headlamp and one handheld)and extra batteries
camo pancho
water bottle
survival kit
compass
digital camera
3 decoys (2 hen and one Jake)
lipbalm
1 roll of toilet paper and one package of wet ones (aka baby wipes)
2 lighters
rope and string
1 ball point pen
Leathermans tool and pocket knife + mini sharpener
snacks
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