I'm looking for a new upland vest. I hear nothing but good things about the Wing Works vest. It does however appear to have almost too much to it, if you know what I mean. The hunting I do I only need enough room for shells, birds, a couple of water bottles, and a spot to tether my whistle and transmitter to. The WW vest looks like it has a LOT of storage room for stuff, almost too much.
Does anyone have a WW vest? Are there any better options for something a bit more low profile?
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I have worn a WingWorks vest for 2 seasons now and it works very well for the type of hunting I do. I will spend hours out chukar hunting in Oregon or Nevada and I appreciate all the room that vest gives me.RichK wrote:I'm looking for a new upland vest. I hear nothing but good things about the Wing Works vest. It does however appear to have almost too much to it, if you know what I mean. The hunting I do I only need enough room for shells, birds, a couple of water bottles, and a spot to tether my whistle and transmitter to. The WW vest looks like it has a LOT of storage room for stuff, almost too much.
Does anyone have a WW vest? Are there any better options for something a bit more low profile?
I have also used it pheasant preserve hunting and in that type of hunting at least for me it can be more than you really need. Sometimes depending on the weather when I'm preserve hunting I'll break out my old Filson strap vest because it fits the situation much better for me.
As for the construction of the WW vest I cant's say enough, this thing should be the last vest I'll ever buy it's that well constructed
I shoot left handed and 1 modification I made was I stitched a 2" wide strip of Velcro (the fuzzy side) on the right strap that was about 6" long I then took the scratchy side of the Velcro and stitched it vertically onto the back of a nylon Tri Tronics G3 transmitter holster after I had removed the 1' wide nylon strap that came with the holster. I also stitched a chunk of 2" Velcro that wrapped around the vest strap and secured to the back side of the vest strap so the transmitter is secured in 2 directions with Velcro. I works far better for me than anything I've tried before. It keeps the transmitter directly where I can find it without fumbling for it
After trying this out on my WW vest I sewed a piece of fuzzy Velcro on my Filson strap vest too so I have the ability to secure the transmitter to either vest I used . It works really slick IMO
Again I cant say nothing bad about my WingWorks vest and would recommend it highly !
Nick
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It will be easy to find a vest with less than a Wing Works vest.
You will never find one that has more quality. It has been well thought out for the hard core bird hunter.
Follow Wing Works directions for a perfect fit.
Also get their water bottles.
You will never find one that has more quality. It has been well thought out for the hard core bird hunter.
Follow Wing Works directions for a perfect fit.
Also get their water bottles.