What is the least amount of stuff you can get away with?

[deerbasshunter3]

I am one of those people who will pack everything I have just because I "might need it...". I will finally convince myself to leave most of it in the truck, but will end up taking it anyways because "what if...?". Most of the time never end up using 90% of the stuff I take.

I think budtripp said it best: shotgun, 3 shells, camo, favorite mouth call.

If only it were that easy...

[CMBOSTC]

I stopped fighting myself over all of the gear last year. I do limit my vest to a crow call, owl hooter, 1 trumpet, 1 slate, 1 box call, 1 nail call and a scratch box. Thats pretty much it besides a therma cell, gloves, mask and a knife. I'll be using a crossbow this year.

Chris

[alclark2]

I've narrowed it down to me, my vest, my gun. I can't believe I carried all that stuff in the past. I've tried carrying blinds, decoys, and cameras. It's too much.

[CMBOSTC]

I forgot to mention that I carry a zippered pouch around my neck with mouth calls in it. I only use decoys and a ground blind if I am in a fixed position. Chris

[Dtrkyman]

Mouth call shotgun and butt pad!  Of course I am clothed in camo.

[WildTigerTrout]

Camo ,shotgun,5 shells,several favorite mouth calls and most of all my turkey seat!

[Rokhal07]

Most of the time I like to take all the stuff I can get into my vest and pockets. When I'm going into "stealth mode" camo, shotgun and a mouthcall will do.

[Snoodsniper]

Shotgun, dip can full of mouth calls,head net, gloves head to toe camo. Maybe a sixer to calm my nerves.

[neal]

Gun, my Ol tom shirt, hooks zebra wood pot call, and 2 strikers, and tube call. Don't need anything else

[flintlock]

double barrel 12 blackpowder w/both barrels loaded.  water bottle.

[g8rvet]

When I am in bare bones mode (long walk, very warm day) I take: mouth call selection, glass pot call and striker, binoculars, thermacell and reading glasses.  Usually a couple of small water bottles.  Oh yeah, something to sit on always. 

I can leave the binoculars and not walk back, but I really like having my little pair of Nikons. Keeps me more engaged while hunting - glassing things other than turkeys too.  In the woods sometimes, I see something that looks like a bird and like to be able to glass it. I glass turns in the road before I step out, glass fields before coming to the edge, etc. It slows my pace a lot and I think that is usually a good thing. 

[birdman561]

I had a vest but the dang thing had so many pockets I could never remember where I put everything I went back to a backpack with a bug tamer mouth call and a slate and a coshin connected to my pack