Originally Posted By: Uncle_SteveVarminterror,
Can you post a pic of your set up?
For the record, the left "coyote pack" is fully loaded, ready to walk out the door for a set. The right pack is my "other game pack," and is empty in the pic, got washed after spring turkey season (right breast is empty for my bow string clearance), about to get loaded up for archery deer season that starts next week.
In my Coyote pack:
Upper right breast: The double 40mm pyrotechnic grenade pouch holds a wind meter and small LED light (3 function, white, red, and "blood light).
Right waist-line: 3 mag shingle takes my wallet and Iphone (threw a couple stitches in the pouch midway down to keep it from sinking to the bottom), 3rd slot is empty, or takes an AR mag for balance, or 00buck shells on a homemade shellholder. The Canteen pouch holds rubber gloves, snickers bars, bottle of water. Mag pouch in the middle takes my padded coyote drag. The mag pouch near the center is empty.
Left breast: Grenade pouch holds a rangefinder, the other (green) grenade pouch holds my blackberry (work phone). There's also a pocket knife tucked in the webbing.
Left wasitband: 3 mag shingle with 2 AR mags and a Foxpro remote underneath a canteen pouch that holds a foxpro Spitfire, one mag pouch holds a blackjack decoy motor unit and stake, and the grenade pouch holds the blackjack decoy "head".
Padded seat is hard to see on both. Folds up between my back and the vest while walking, flips down to sit. Usually I'm too lazy and just leave it flopped down while I'm walking too.
The one on the right is set up pretty similarly. The right breast is empty because I was using it during turkey season with my bow (left handed).
When set up for turkeys: the left waistband holds pot calls in the canteen pouch and diaphragm calls on the sides of the canteen, then box calls in the 3 mag shingle behind it. Rangefinder and LED light (blood light) on left breast. Right side canteen pouch holds my release, rubber gloves, allen wrenches, string wax, etc. Shingle on the right side holds my wallet and Iphone. Right side mag pouch holds turkey drag.
When deer hunting, the right side stays the same, but I change out the right side for my "deer stuff" (bleat can in a grenade pouch, grunt call in a mag pouch, etc). Also on the right side is my holster for my revolver, should I be carrying it (usually do during firearm deer season).
I change things around a bit between bow hunting and rifle hunting, but mostly that's about string clearance.
Both have a long narrow "bag" along the rear waist line too. It will hold umbrella blinds pretty handy, or bottles of water, etc. Both will also take a Camelback on the rear chassis as well.
I put anything I'd use during a hunt under a snap or a buckle (grenade pouches, 3mag shingles, canteen pouches). Stuff that would be after the shot, or at the truck can be under velcro (the single mag pouches, sides of canteen pouches).
I have around $175-225 in both rigs, including all of the "spare parts" I have to make interchangeable "kits". I use 3 mag shingles as the "chassis" for each kit, then load the shingle and the front pouches mounted on it with specific stuff.
The best part of vests like this, or the Foxpro vest, or the Cabelas vest, is that everything is up front and accessible. No loading anything in your backpack where you can't reach it, or loading stuff in pockets on your coat or pants. Throw it on and go hunt. I leave mine loaded all year round.
