i aint got time to be fkn with a blade of grass. suckin on the back of my hand works fine. and a knife is lighter than a rifle. your welcome.

Ok U win.

skinney and slicker, GREAT conversation--has me laughin

You guys are giving me some GREAT ideas to minimize my loadout! Thanks

I stalk them bare naked. Then, I run them down and choke them out MMA style.

Top that!

Need? What the heck does need have to do with it? I laugh at your "need."

As I get older the less stuff I pack out with Me...a few assorted mouth calls on my lanyard,a light Accurate Rifle with a Caliber thats not putting a gapping hole in a Predator and I'm good to go.


If I'm going out to Deer Hunt I may pack my mouth calls in case its slow and I try a little Predator Calling to spice up the day!

Rifle or shotgun, never carry both. Shooting sticks with the rifle, calls around my neck and a Fanny pack with calls, ammo, a knife and gloves. I don’t like hunting with people that need 5 minutes at the truck to gather everything before walking out.

I did forget one thing, now that I’m older a stool. Sitting on the ground gets painful.

Depends if I'm huntin alone or not. I try not to carry a lot of stuff if I'm by myself and might have to carry a coyote or coyotes out of the field. There have been times when I had to set all my stuff down at a location (except my rifle),go get my coyotes then go back and get all my stuff. That's where huntin with a buddy really shines.

I used to wear a turkey hunting vest w integrated seat. Have since switched to a alps predator pack with integrated seat. It has the ability to pack water/ food for a full day hunting. Ect. I keep it loaded with my mouth calls e caller and drag. I like having a seat/ back rest and I hate carrying things in my hands. I take rifle calls, shooting sticks and drag on every set. Sometimes I need snow shoes, shotgun food/ water.... sometimes I hunt 100yds from truck sometimes I'm hiking miles from the truck every stand is different.

Everyone got their style that's for sure. I used to be a turkey vest guy with a harris bipod on the 243 and the foxpro in the turkey vest with calls around my neck,shotgun in one hand, drag rope, and a butt cushion. Now it's all different. I don't get far from the truck maybe 400 yds at the farthest. I usually carry calls around my neck, shooting sticks, butt pad, rifle or shotgun not both anymore. I prefer the shotgun. If hunting with buddy I always grab the pump. I now also carry binos I call pretty open stuff and my eyes are getting to be a problem. I am going to add some sort of chair and not a short one either. Maybe a bucket with swivel seat. Also, going to start calling with big bore PCP air rifle this year.
Jon

Ummm i tried that last winter on a crippled big male and it didn't work out well! I definitely don't recommend that!!

Thank God I had on super big mittens that got destroyed, ended up beating it to death with a 9" Cresent wrench and that was still not safe or easy! My girlfriend watched the whole thing go down and after it was over she said "That's a side of you I wish I never seen!!!"

Less is better. Never over think things. Keep it simple. Hunting coyotes is not easy. But, marketers have complicated things.

+1 on the Ground and Pound chair, light quick and simple; I put some pads in the bag on the back for more elevation when needed. Add a gun, sticks of some sort, and calls thats all thats needed.

So I guess you could take the chair off the list if you wanted to sit on a prickly pear, stick tights, yucca leaves, snow, mud, etc. Could take the sticks off if your using a shotgun or want to freehand. I dont want to do any of that.