Vest or no vest ?

[dejake]

everything i have goes in my backpack.  Temps dictate that i usually have to wear a coat, so i think a vest just wouldn't feel right.  guess i just never had the urge to try one.

[born2hunt]

Well I guess I'm not alone. Who knows, maybe one day I might try a vest but Ill stick to my pack for now, it carries all my crap and then some.
Thanks..

[idratherb]

fanny pack

[albrubacker]

Backpack for me.

[GSLAM95]

Depends as I like to be diversified it depends on the weapon I am using, terrain, distance traveling and weather.  Sometimes it's a vest or small pack, sometimes nothing but a few calls and sometimes it's a pack that carries a blind, bow and stool.

[appalachianassassin]

Ok, I see the topic of "whats the best vest" is pretty much wore out by now which has got me thinking.
I have never used one, nor have I felt the need. But I don't carry a ton of crap either. I normally hit the woods with a diaphragm in my mouth, a locator and pot of choice in my pocket, a turkey chair slung over one shoulder and a few extra calls and necessities in a back pack. I can set up quick, lay the pack just to my right and have access to my other calls and gear. I am confident, I never feel unorganized and I do very well with my method .  I just always saw vests as one of those things that every new turkey hunter runs out and buys because they think ya just gotta have one if your gonna be a real turkey hunter.
Now... Am I missing out on something that is indeed that useful ?  And am I a minority here or does anybody else take the vest-less approach ?

if you carry a backpack and a chair you might as well have a vest, lol. just sayin.

[tha bugman]

This was me.  I really liked not being worried with the vest but found myself really missing having more "tools" with me. 

I got away from a vest for a year or two but I do too much sitting and leaning against trees to not have a nice seat and back pads.

[Bigspurs68]

I wear a light vest with not much in it. It's just a habit to grab my vest every morning and know that all my stuff is there. Plus it gives ma a pouch to put bags of morels in.

[Swamp Hunter]

I use a vest for all the reasons previously mentioned and I also use it to pack my turkeys out after the hunt. It is a lot easier and less bloody to carry a 19lb tom in a game bag rather than hanging over your shoulder on a mile long hike out of the swamp.  I have done it both ways and I will never hunt turkeys without a vest again.

[beagler]

No vest. I use a fanny pack with  box call /slate holders on the belt. No need for a vest.

[Gooserbat]

I keep my vest stocked with calls, shells, and necessities like baby wipes, and powder.  I find it much easier to pick up a vest and a shotgun to head to the woods than stocking each shirt and pant pock each time I head afield.

[born2hunt]

I keep my vest stocked with calls, shells, and necessities like baby wipes, and powder.  I find it much easier to pick up a vest and a shotgun to head to the woods than stocking each shirt and pant pock each time I head afield.

oh trust me, all I might need is kept in my pack.Even a hydration bladder.  I don't need to grab anything else but my gun.  I'm just wondering if vests keep things at hand that much better. I've just never tried one out.

[Green Trumpeter]

I use a vest but have considered ditching it, I usually sit in a gobbler longer anyways so I don't need the seat and I could store the calls I need just as well in a belt style pack like the one RutnNStrutn posted.

I would definitely prefer the vest to a backpack just for organization and ease of access to calls, shells, etc.

[tomstopper]

I keep my vest stocked with calls, shells, and necessities like baby wipes, and powder.  I find it much easier to pick up a vest and a shotgun to head to the woods than stocking each shirt and pant pock each time I head afield.

^^^This

[Turkeyman62]

I mix it up between a vest , fanny pack and back pack.