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Anyone using a turkey vest for their gear

I don't use a "turkey" vest but I have hunted with a vest for a couple seasons now. IMO much better than carrying a backpack or fanny pack. Military surplus has lots of options of vest that have molle system over the entire vest so u are able to attach pouches or whatever u want wherever u want. Easy to add pistol or battle belt to handle heavier items...u can attach ur saddle to it if u like.... Lots of options...
 
I've used my turkey vest as my primary pack for years. I started while I was hunting out of my Summit. Having the majority of the gear on the front side of me actually made packing the climber easier. I also like having separate accessible pockets for stuff as it saves me from having to dig around in the main pocket of a pack.

Where it really excels for me though is using it with the saddle setup. The big pouch on the back is perfect for packing in my outer layers and platform. I can put my one stick in it too, sitting vertically between my shoulders. That way all the metal stuff is inside fabric and won't clang off any brush Once in the tree it hangs right in front of my draped around the tree so it doesn't present much a profile on the tree. I primarily sit knees to the tree in the saddle and the vest doubles as a knee pad. A benefit of wrapping it around the tree is all the pockets are accessible just as if I was wearing it.
 
I’m running the Alps Little Bear Fanny with the turkey front pockets/nylon turkey game bag kit. Same concept and I think it’s going to be wonderful. Little Bear only weighs 1lb 9 oz, little more with the pockets and game bag, but easy under 3lbs and it has the shoulder suspension and hip belt. I think it’s a combo that will be hard to beat.
 
I use one of my old turkey vest sometimes and it works really nice.


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Anybody know if the Alps game bag kit is big enough to haul deer quarters? It looks like it is designed to stuff a turkey in, but if it could be used to pack out a reasonable amount of meat, I think this would be the ideal pack for me.

I used the Horn Hunter Slingshot this last season (I think they are now discontinued, got one on Ebay), and it was fine, but I did not like the single strap for longer walks. Looking at the turkey vest because I climb with bolts a lot of the time and I want to find a way to easily carry them in front of me.
 
Wolnut said:
Anybody know if the Alps game bag kit is big enough to haul deer quarters? It looks like it is designed to stuff a turkey in, but if it could be used to pack out a reasonable amount of meat, I think this would be the ideal pack for me.

I used the Horn Hunter Slingshot this last season (I think they are now discontinued, got one on Ebay), and it was fine, but I did not like the single strap for longer walks. Looking at the turkey vest because I climb with bolts a lot of the time and I want to find a way to easily carry them in front of me.
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I’m thinking that it would be too much weight for the attachment points. Game bag is great for clothes and other light to medium weight items.…but I’m not too sure about stuffing 50lbs of meat in it.
 
Wolnut said:
Anybody know if the Alps game bag kit is big enough to haul deer quarters? It looks like it is designed to stuff a turkey in, but if it could be used to pack out a reasonable amount of meat, I think this would be the ideal pack for me.

I used the Horn Hunter Slingshot this last season (I think they are now discontinued, got one on Ebay), and it was fine, but I did not like the single strap for longer walks. Looking at the turkey vest because I climb with bolts a lot of the time and I want to find a way to easily carry them in front of me.
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Those alps packs are trash. I got the big bear pack to try once and I hung my sticks and platform on it and the strap snapped when I put it on
 
Was just testing out my Alps Super Elite vest for that. I like having my tether, range finder, grunt call, and gear retriever on my front. Unfortunately none of the pockets were big enough for the tether. Awesome vest for turkey hunting though! Generally, I find the Alps stuff to be thoughtfully designed and a good bargain.
 
6DF42C08-C30C-4ACB-B014-33A925589BA1.pngThis is the backpack that I use and hands down one of the best that does not cost a lot. My platform goes on the bottom two straps of the pack and sticks go on the front of the pack. Plenty of storage and great pack.
 
Picked this one up recently on SH Classifieds and made some mods
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Seems like a great idea if you can access everything without having to take vest off or struggle to un buckle/clip anything over your shoulder. @Boynebowhunter has a slick vest system where he can unpack what he needs as he climbs.


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