Are you a pocket person? Or not.

[LongBow'erman]

Cargo pockets for me. I put my wallet, dip and striking paper in them. During turkey season they will carry calls, gloves, face mask and the other stuff.

[Rick P]

One of the reasons I like to make/modify my own gear is to add pockets. Instead of just a single large area I add a zip down pocket with several smaller pockets, looks kinda like a cloth first aid bag when open. By having a place for everything you can store small gear more conveniently with less shifting and noise. I also move the pockets a bit higher to prevent them from interfering with knee movement. Fit should be loose but not baggy. Clothing thats to loose snags on brush and rocks to easily.

[lpcjon2]

Do trim pants that go where your legs go make you look fat,I am really self conscious about my weight when hunting...LOL  

[Mike Gibbs]

I like jeans. If it's cold, I wear fleece pullover pants over the jeans. All my hunting stuff goes in one shoulder bag. That way, I don't have to search the house looking for gear before I go hunting. It's all in one place.

[fixer]

I would rather carry a small pack or fanny pack, when I'm looking for something I would rather remove the pack and look ,not trying to remember which pocket on which leg I put what I now want. I know I should have a longer memory LOL. Also I don't like things banging on my legs as I walk.  

[Whip]

Yep, I'm another pocket guy.  A pocket for everything, and everything in its pocket.  Well, at least the things that I use on every hunt.  Shooting tab, bracer, gloves, hat, face mask, arrow holder toothpick, maybe a grunt call.  Each has its own specific place and always goes into the same pocket so I know where it is.  Everything else stays in my pack.

[greg fields]

Nothing goes in my pockets except Kleenex and gum.  Anything i ever put in my pocket while hunting is now laying along some trail or heavy brush after it fell out because I did not put it in the pocket properly, or was yanked out by a branch or thorns.  

Fanny pack for anything not being worn while actively hunting at that moment..

[ChuckC]

Very similar to Guru's system, except I am righty.  I don't carry a knife or similar in the pockets,they bang and get lost, I wear a small belt knife,  All my soft gear,  gloves, tab, face mask, used strips of orange tape (to be re-used) etc go in the cargo pockets.  Compass is ALWAYS in my left waist pocket, lighter and sometimes other stuff in right side. When I go up a tree I have a clipper in one side and folding saw in the other and I know where everything is.

I have a fanny pack as well, but I can get to this stuff right now without taking the pack off !

ChuckC

[Jon Stewart]

BUD's =lots of pockets.  Thats all I wear for that reason.

[scottm]

There is no way I could have too many pockets!

[sj_lutz]

I use old BDU pants for hunting, so kinda by default, I've got cargo pockets.  I don't use them much at all, every now and then throw a glove or a hat in one is about it.

[don kauss]

have I got some pants for you...order yourself a pair of fleece camo pants from the Company "Nimrod"...I use their binocular harness system, and love it so much that I thought they must make a great pair of pants too...well, after paying $70 or so, they arrived...I couldn't believe it...they not only had no pockets, there wasn't even a ZIPPER...and belt loops? what kind of crazy hunter wants BELT LOOPS on their pants??!? I was late for an Elk hunt, so I wore them anyway, and I have never been so disgusted in a piece of clothing...I am in the process of scavenging from an old pair of GI BDU's, and adding pockets, zipper, belt loops, and more pockets...too bad I already started, I would have made you a deal you couldn't refuse...

[rraming]

Pocket because I don't carry no purse

[varmint101]

I LOVE pockets!!  The more the better and big too.  I don't carry a backpack most times.  You probably won't catch me hunting without cargo pants.

[hawkeye n pa]

I'd just as soon have the pockets and leave the pack at home.  Besides this trad thing isn't suppose to take as much gear?

[Rufus]

If you be short legged like me, baggy britches legs are nothing but trouble when trying to cross barbed wire fences. My hunting area has lots of fenced pastures and I'm always ripping my cargo pants on the fence. So, rarely do I wear baggy. Also, trying to get through patches of catclaw brush is bad enough without more material to get grabbed hold of.

[Sam McMichael]

I like pockets, but I try not to overload pants pockets. I always wear my hunting vest, and that's where I put most things. Some times I use a small back pack, too. I like slightly baggy hunting pants. Tight pants are just not comfortable to me, and I can't stand jeans. Yeah, I know that last satement is downright un-American to many. However, I don't want things too baggy, though - more the relaxed fit. Since I seldom hunt far from home, I just don't need to carry a whole lot of stuff, so there is no need to overload myself. Besides, I use far fewer scents, and calls and other "tricks" that seem to fill pockets.

[frankwright]

I love them and can't ever see being without them.

They are actually the main reason I wear camo, because that's the color cargo/BDU pants come in.

I don't stuff mine full but they hold important stuff for me.

[Magnum in Ms]

Pockets for me

[Earthdog]

My hunting jacket has heaps of pockets,but my pants have none.
I carry a few things I might need if I spend an unplanned night out in a small day pack and my emergencey kit and knife on my belt.
Never really thought about it that much,but I could carry a few days worth of stuff in just my jacket I guess.