Leaving Turkey Vest in Vehicle

[sbe2shooter]

Weird topic I know. Anyone leave their turkey vest in a vehicle over night or multiple days when not hunting? Any long term damage done to calls? Just wondering. I work nights get off at 7am and hit the woods..get home and leave vest in vehicle. Haven’t noticed any problems yet.

[decoykrvr]

Don't do it!! Is your vest and the contents worth anything? The fluctuations in temperature and humidity are rough on all woods and the death of diaphragms and any latex. The vest needs to dry/air out after use.

[Chrmayo]

May be hard on them but mine usually stays in truck from opening to closer

[spider316]

I do it over a couple days.... but I always leave the windows cracked down appx an inch for venting. Every night the diaphragms come in and get rinsed and into the freezer. I try to rinse them in a diluted mouth wash that kills bacteria once a week. Strikers, pots and box calls all ring sweet when dry, just my opinion.

[sbe2shooter]

Yeah i definitely bring mouth calls in. Just wondering how everyone handled their stuff working crazy hours or whatever

[ol bob]

Not wore one in over 6 years, so no problem

[Samm4770]

I leave my vest in the truck from beginning of season to ends I’m lucky enough to make my own mouth calls so I just make new ones all season. I would rather not need my turkey vest and have it then need it and not have it lol

[CamoMan4025]

I leave my vest in my truck most all the time. I'd probably forget it if I didn't????

[Hobbes_mobile]

I typically take it in for the reasons that Decoykrvr mentions. I'm probably trying to protect mouth calls more than anything. The sun is hell on latex calls.

[CamoMan4025]

So that might explain that 2 year old condom I had in my truck and how my son came about?????

[Hobbes_mobile]

So that might explain that 2 year old condom I had in my truck and how my son came about?????

[sbe2shooter]

[Chief Razor]

So you work nights and leave your vest in the truck..at night.. Im sure its not ideal to have your gear exposed to extreme heat in a car during the day but cant imagine evening spring temps are an issue. If im out of town hunting my vest is in the truck if im not wearing it. Not had an issue yet.

[sbe2shooter]

So you work nights and leave your vest in the truck..at night.. Im sure its not ideal to have your gear exposed to extreme heat in a car during the day but cant imagine evening spring temps are an issue. If im out of town hunting my vest is in the truck if im not wearing it. Not had an issue yet.

Yes, no choice, easier for me to change into camo at work an go straight to the woods in the morning instead of going home. Haven’t had any issues, just wondering if others do the same working shift work or whatever. Gotta do what we gotta do

[Chief Razor]

So you work nights and leave your vest in the truck..at night.. Im sure its not ideal to have your gear exposed to extreme heat in a car during the day but cant imagine evening spring temps are an issue. If im out of town hunting my vest is in the truck if im not wearing it. Not had an issue yet.

Yes, no choice, easier for me to change into camo at work an go straight to the woods in the morning instead of going home. Haven’t had any issues, just wondering if others do the same working shift work or whatever. Gotta do what we gotta do

I agree. If it gives you more opportunity then its the right thing to do. I suppose if you have some expensive wood calls or there is potential to damage items in the vest, can you take those items inside in a small bag? Or even put them in a small cooler in the car to keep the temps more regulated? I dont know that I would worry about mine to that degree.

[ol bob]

The 2 worst things there is for a custom call is heat and humidity, you get both in a locked up car, and with the prices some are paying for custom calls now that's the last place I would want them.

[HunterGKS]

When I'm hunting at home, everything, except mouth calls, stays in the truck in my insulated garage so the temp fluctuation is very minimal.

If I'm in NY or someplace else, everything goes into camp.

[2nd100]

Well in my infinite wisdom I got locked out about the first day this posted... I'm back in now so my thoughts are .... I hunt alot of high end custom calls . I leave them on my truck because I hunt my was home alot of mornings . I have an old blanket that I cover my turkey vest under folded 4 x thick this has worked for alot of years . Several black chevy trucks, only had a few pot calls separate, could have been gotten wet , condensation or over heated . They got fixed ... now for the other thing nowadays you can pick up a soft sided cooler at about any gas station, just put your precious calls in it and cover with the blanket if it will keep ice for 4 days your calls will be much cooler than the superheated truck cab ... if you like use the blanket to cover them also .
It's worked for me for 35 years and by season end its 100 degrees here in south Ga . In my single cab days the aluminum tool box was cooler than the cab ,wrap then with the blanket inside the cooler and stick em in the tool box ... man that may be the best yet !

[RBMTDJager]

Yep I always do. Simply put in what ever snacks Ill eat and new bottles of water night before. Otherwise I leave all else in my vest in a appropriate sized storage bin. I do this to insure 100% I never forget any vital piece of equipment. Only exception is in warm weather I remove my small container that houses my moth calls and put them in a cooler till morning.
I usually carry face covering and gloves, two double sided pot calls and strikers, one paddle call, one shock call, four mouth calls knife, four Zeiss classes wipes, two small flashlights, three spare shells, butt wipes, permit and stamp, when the skeeters get bad small spray bottle of deep woods off, spare truck key, decoy & stake, Woodzig, Fiskers pruning shears and phone.

[ShortMagFan]

My vest stays in my truck from right before youth weekend until the season is over. My truck is rarely parked in the blazing Sun though when I’m not out in the field. Garage at home and parking deck at office. When it is parked outside and it’s hot I will leave windows/sunroof cracked to let the truck breathe

[sbe2shooter]

Yeah, appreciate the responses. I gave no choice working night shift. Throw gun and vest in there before work, get off at 7 then hit the woods. Beats losing 30 extra minutes driving home to pick things up.