hunting vest

[rickyp]

how many of you use a turkey hunting vest while handgunhunting?
I use to carry a daypack now I got a turkey vest i think i may be taking the vest inplace of the daypack

[hans g./UpS]

If you have some loop on the vest,a belt holster and some"Alice clips", you ought to be able to hang the holster[use a piece of webbing with narrow loops for the Alice clips,run the whole process through the holster loop and onto the loops of the vest.Or if you have a 4"revolver or an auto pistol,use Bianchi's UM 84/65 holsters,and use those holsters'metal fastener to attach to your vest.Alternatively,wear a shoulder or bandolier holster for large sidearms.
Good luck.

[rickyp]

For small game I use a ruger mark 2 with 5.5 bull barrel and a 10 inch contheder in 410/45 and 22 lr for big game i mostly use my 209x50 Bullbarry barrel.
I like the idea of the built in seat and all the pockets.

[Duffy]

They work good for goose/duck hunting too! Beats sitting on the wet ground! Lot's of pockets for calls, shells, sandwitches, ect. Only problem with all the pockets is I forget where I put everything.

[KYODE]

i been thinkin on gettin a turkey vest to use for coyote hunting. the seat would be nice to keep your hinny dry and plenty of pockets for calls and such.

[coltfan]

I have the Mossy Oak elite turkey vest and started using it for archery last year. Its the greatest thing since sliced bread. Lots of pockets for your grunt tube, different scents, and of course most importantly snacks. I especially like using the vest, because it keeps things seperate and you don't have to go rooting around in your pack to find the item you want. I believe it makes a big difference in minimizing my movement while sitting in my treestand. The vest is also great for distributing the weight of all my gear evenly over both shoulders, it is more comfortable than using a pack. I must admit however, that the pack is handy to set on top of a tree branch or rock and be used as a steady handgun rest.

My son and I are fortunate to be able to hunt some private property for archery, however there are homes too close to allow us to hunt this land with any type of a gun. Therefore, we hunt some of the state game lands here in PA., and let me tell you, they can get mighty crowded. So during the rifle / handgun season I wear as much floresent orange as possible. This means back to the orange packpack, and the turkey vest stays at home. But if I were hunting an area where the number of hunters was substantially less, I'd be using the vest

[S.B.]

Most of the turkey vests I've seen are camo, here in Illinois, blaze orange is the law for outer wear, of this size. We have to wear a pre set number of square inches of the stuff to be legal in the deer woods.