I use a cheap string pack to carry all of my calls and other hunting gear.

I use a cheap string pack to carry all of my calls and other hunting gear.

A rubber band will keep your box call from making to much noise but an incovinent squeek can cost you a bird. If you really want total silence keep a dish cloth between the box and the striker.

This morning marked the 3rd time I have been set up on a longbeard and been walked right in on. This particular property there is only 1 place to park (unless you go below in which you have to drive past the truck). The landowner does give other people permission to hunt. Thats not the issue. Opening morning these kids set up 40 yards behind us. However I was successful still that morning. This morning it was well past light and these kids come I guess we will say "sneaking" in regular clothes no facemasks fingers on the trigger ready to shoot out of the tree.

I'm jumping on a soap box for a minute... I'm sick and tired of reading responses to the question "What is the best hunting shotgun for a woman" in which guys - yes men, I'm talking about you - tell us women that we should resort to using youth models. For the love of ladies everywhere, stop doing it. There are plenty of high quality, lightweight 12 gauge's out there that barely recoil. Women, just like men, need a shotgun that is versatile enough to hold a 2 3/4" 8 shot for shooting wobbler at the range and a 3 1/2" magnum for nailing turkey in the spring.