Ask TS --turkey vest?

[greenheadgrimreaper]

I have the Cabelas Tactical Tat'r with the seat. I love everything about the vest. I cannot tell you how many times I have has a bird hammer close and be unable to seal the deal because of uncomfortable seating/no spot to sit. Not anymore.

[ACEINTHEHOLE]

I have to Ol Tom overalls and they hold more gear than I want to carry. Dont carry a seat cushion unless it has been raining.

Edited to say I am not knocking any of these other things, the chair looks awesome, have used a lot of vest. I am just fat and get hot way to easy so I go the less is more route just for comfort.

[greenheadgrimreaper]

I wanted a vest that suited me and the way I hunt. I hunt almost exclusively in the Tombigbee hills. Occasionally I hunt a few properties that have fields, but a turkey thundering on a ridge top in shaded upland hardwoods/pine is where it's at in my opinion. With that being said I have, over the years, become more appreciative of setting up and calling. After going with a fellow who kills his 3 every year, I saw just how much of a woodsman it takes to NOT move. Moving is moving and noise is always a result. I hope to be able to setup and sit still like he can one day.

Now, setting up in that perfect spot against the perfect tree is a rarity. I basically have a vest that has a built in lounge chair that give me the ability to forego finding that perfect tree. In hilly terrain that has low numbers of trees, sometimes setting up against a tree that gives a good back rest can mean the difference between seeing the whole picture or seeing just a little. You don't setup camp without first clearing the footprint of the tent of all obstructions, no matter how tiny do you? The same goes for settin up to optimize your ability to sit perfectly still. I always clear my spot out (while checking for creepy crawlies)- no seat will take the place of that, unless you're toting a chair around. So, in sit and call situations, I am much more flexible in my ability to get in that perfect spot ( with all else being equal like safety, background, etc).

As far as the way I like to go about turkey hunting, I prefer I stay all day if given the chance. I personally feel it is one of the great tragedies of the outdoor's world that so many outdoorsmen do not know the spring woods. They are so much more intriguing than the dead and lifeless winter woods that most hunters know and think of. The spring woods are much less hostile than the hot, mosquito stricken woods of the summer. The spring woods make even the most skeptical of humans question the validity of the possible existence of a Creator. Who wouldn't want to spend as much time there knockin' around? I work in the woods, a lot of the time, and play in them and the woods in the spring are the best time to do both.

If free time is mine to waste, I am outside- especially in the spring. I needed a vest that I could pack some all day essentials into, which I got with the Tactical Tat'r. It gives me a comfortable spot to setup and eat lunch or sit in the shade. If I am going on a before-work hunt, I just unpack the all day stuff. I gave an Old Tom Time and Motion vest to a fellow's son on this forum. It was light and airy and served its purpose well. That's my only gripe with the tactical tat'r is its a bit hot later on in the year. But not enough to be a deal breaker. When you're huffing it up and down hills hot is hot, no matter what you got on. But that's why some topo map reading skills are handy, just follow the ridges . The old tom vest didn't allow me to pack all day stuff without looking and feeling like the Michelin Man.

I think it all depends on what kind of hunting you do. All day running an gunning, setup and call, both, duration of hunts, etc. If you think about it, a vest to turkey hunting is no different than a boat is to fishing or hunting: They all will serve the general purpose, but choose one that fits the bill 90% of the time and make do with the other 10%. If a turkey lounger suits you, so be it. In all actuality, the tactical tat'r is a chair built into a vest. Just like duck hunting (even more so)- if you ain't comfortable you ain't sitting still, if you ain't still you ain't killing birds.

Not that I'm killing birds or anything.

[JLT]

I said in an earlier post that I have a Super Elite, but I was wrong. I have a Cabelas Tactical Tater without the chair and I love it. Like all Cabelas stuff, it is well made and I hope it last as long as the last one that I got when I was 12 and used until I was 32. All I know is that it was a very simple Mossy Oak vest. It finally rotted so bad that every seam came apart.