What is your favorite MUSIC that you like to play while on your hunts?
By far the one CD I only play during hunting is the sound track from the movie Last of the Mahicans. Some others is Dances with Wolves sound track and because I grew up in the 80's I like rock n roll from that era. And of course lots of country music puts me in the stealth mode for stickbow hunting.
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My favorite comes from nature and it's called silence. The birds make up the chorus.
I like the natural sounds. Sometimes a song will get in my mind, and I "hear" it over and over. I never bring a music machine or a book to the stand.
I tried playing "ride of the Valkyrie" from my stand but nothing came by that day.... Better try something more soothing.
I don't listen to music out in the woods. I can't hear well enough without distractions. Besides, have you ever been sneaking thru the woods and heard something awful and strange, snuck up on it only to find some old guy with headphones and singing with the music ? And maybe doing some disco moves ?
ChuckC
Seriously, my music is the wind in the trees and the sounds of nature. Playing what passes for music is the last thing I would want on a hunt.
I'll be listening to bowhunting songs on CDs by Chad Slagle, Jim Bowman and Mark Baker during my two-day drive from Wisconsin to Idaho for my elk hunt this year. They pretty much keep things at a low boil. :gold tooth: Never take music, cell phone or the like into the woods with me.
I listen to the ringing in my ears, usually on auto repeat.. Kinda funny, just about the time I was starting to appreciate silence, it went away.
I don't listen to anything while in the woods.
but...
It's a tradition to listen to Ted Nugent's "Fred Bear" on the way to bow hunt with my Buddy.
Silence works for me as well. No music please.
My arrow slicing thru the air is my favorite music. The deer don't seem to care for it though. ;)
You seem to be the odd-man-out here. I never thought about music while hunting. Don't want any distractions. Have a difficult enough time as it is hearing what I should be hearing. On the way to and from is a different story. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, need I mention what kind I like? Truly amazing how rock and roll has endured all these years while other styles have come and gone.
Been hunting for over 30 years and I never even thought twice about listening to music while in a stand.
Silence is golden.
I'm pretty sure hes talking about music during hunting season/ getting ready for the hunt :readit: not while on stand :thumbsup:
Ive played music as a part time gig for a while now so its in my head anyways. Its Bluegrass classics.
He may mean while at camp or on the way. I like the first one mentioned. And I'm more of a heavy metal guy.
If not, I don't like listening to anything but the wild. And my favorite is the great horned owl calling off in the morning or evening. Man that gets me. Love it
White Zombie, astro creep
As some have mentioned before me, I believe the original poster is talking about in the vehicle on the way to camp or perhaps while in camp. I sure hope so anyway haha.
Myself I listen to a lot of classic country... It's about 45 minutes from home to the closest WMA for me....some private properties that I have access to are much closer but those are limited time and sometimes not at all! With any luck my neighbor will allow me on his property this year, should give me about 12 acres of my own back yard when the orange army comes out.
None, I am hunting and that is serious business, plus I don't listen to music very much, never had.
Don't listed to music....listen to the woods, wind and game....
If I wanted to mix music while hunting I'd watch hunting shows....don't care for head banging 'ramp up/amp up rants'...so I don't watch hunting shows.
Ok here is the deal.. I listen to the sound track from "Chicago" for the last fifteen miles on the drive to camp. My CD is old, scratched and skips but it gives me mojo. Well I think it does..... so it does.
After I get in camp then the wind, the coyotes, the elk bugling are my music.
Joe
Aim small
I usually like to sing along with my favorite tenor while driving when hunting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4B2vCxmtFo
But then I went and heard this guy, even though I am a classical guitarist, I thoroughly enjoyed it and can even play this one. It just sounds like hunting' music to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlyksWa6oBk
The music I here most when hunting.
You been busted by snort wheeze.
Or the classic.
you're to far away by distant bugle.
My all time favorites.
Hey kevsuperg what about Blow and Stomp by the Old Does?
I like the quiet driving to hunt. Usually if I have a buddy or brother riding with me we are talking about hunts past or hopes of deer we might see.
If any of you knew Chris, you wouldn't even be able to imagine him sitting in a stand!
Why would you EVER listen to music??? Driving (for several days) -- NOT! Hunting, NOT! Fishing, NOT! What a waste!!
Arne
A close Bugle
Music is a waste? I listen to a lot of music on my way to the hunt. I like to listen to the into the wild soundtrack from Eddie Vedder. and I will go there. I have listened to podcast in the stand on a whole day sit before.
Zwickey blowing through ribs
Terry
Chattering of pine squirrels, elk bugling and mewing, scolding of jays. The hills are alive with the sounds of music!
My favorite sound is the wind through the Pines and spruces. I was fortunate in 2014 to learn what the wind in the camelthorns is all about.
X2 on Fred Bear by Ted Nugent. I listen to it every Oct.1
WOW, lots of different opinions. I never thought about playing music while on stand or still hunting. I love the silence of the forest too. But after a couple of hard days of pounding the mountains with no luck. Sometimes I tend to get negative thoughts and head chatter. While I'm driving to the trail head a favorite song like our National Anthem or podcast or CD, it can snap me back to my positive self. The opening song on Last of the Mahicans is "The Elk Hunt." Just giving a little insight. Love everybodies input.
Don't listen to music in the woods but always to and from. Certain country songs bring me back to particular years, stands, places, road trips, etc. I love hearing a song that I haven't heard in a while and having my mind take me right to the time of year or particular hunt.
A little Waylon on the way up to the shack always strikes my fancy!
The sounds of the forest. Especially when a light breeze moves through the trees.
The birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees...I listen to audio books or music in my tent at night but wouldn't think of polluting the sounds around me with music while in the woods hunting.
Well like everyone else I can't imagine listening to music while hunting. On my way to the woods especially in the early morning it's Metallica. Between that and a monster my bloods pumpin and I'm all fired up. I'm not a big morning person so I need some serious stimulation to get me woke up and ready
Yep - None
Seriously??????? Almost beyond my capabilities to understand! :smileystooges:
Elk bugles, bird songs, crickets chirping, brooks babbling, trees rustling in the wind, oh and the sound of silence isn't bad either!
On stand or still hunting - sounds of the woods.
At camp, or enroute to hunt site - anything from old school punk to grateful dead....
Am a HUGE advocate for music in schools, and encouraged all my kids to enjoy, listened to thier choices (some I didn't/don't approve of, but its their choice).... music helps you to get into a "frame of mind".... music is also the great "common denominator", can help to bring us together... too much negativity in the world.
Peace
I have to tell ya something funny. I usually have lots of music stuck in my head while on stand... And most dads can relate because it's usually some kids movie or Disney soundtrack from a movie my son just watched 5 times in a row the night before! Lol
"We play both kinds.....country and Western"......some of you older guys will get this..... :goldtooth:
When I first read this thread, I assumed it applied to music while on the stand. Otherwise, I always have music playing in my truck whether going hunting or not. Some years ago, my son got me really hooked on classical guitar when He began taking lessons. I combined that with my love for 50's and 60's rock and roll. So I bought a box set by Esteban who plays that era music in a classical arrangement. So Pavan is a classical guitarist! I would like to hear you play. About the only thing else I listen to is Scottish bagpipes played loud. That would never fit in for playing on a stand. Bagpipes make you want to leave or to get up and start a fight. Reckon what would happen if I played them during the rut?
I have severe moderate hearing damage from 30yrs of playing in punk & rock n roll bands but when i'm on my stand I just listen to all the ringing in my ears its pretty loud,, because of that I got used to hunting with my eyes and honestly it keeps me from moving around alot because I'm not investigating every little sound anymore.
on the way "TO" the hunt,, opening day maybe Pennywise-BroHymm , UK Subs-CID & Warhead, maybe some Slapshot ....
on the long ride home when its time to relax it can be George Jones, George Strait or Jamey Johnson,,, anything thats traditional country..
I must be weird. When I am on my way hunting, I want to be able to come to deep thought and concentration about the hunt....even on the drive there. I dont need any loud music or even good music taking away from that, or even talking, or any other thing that distracts me away from concentrating on the coming hunt. Its a time for mental preperation...i dont need amped up, i want calm...I'll be plenty amped up when deer are headed my way a little later in the stand....and Im a music lover, and been in music and playing seriously for 40 years.
Well said Shadowhunter .
The pitter-patter of feet.....
When I hunted with a big van, in the early preflight, all could ever think about is how that back seat was more comfortable than my bed and how nice that old quilt and feather pillow was that were on that seat, just calling to me. I remember one time, I was way early, so I snuggled down for just a few minutes. About 11:15, I woke up with the sun in my eyes and hungry.
Sitting in the woods, natural sounds. Around the campfire, the crackling sounds. When I am in the mood for music, anything from Judas Priest to John Denver to Led Zeppelin.
Liz, are you sure you are old enough to remember John Denver or Led Zeppelin?
Driving to my hunting spot I like bluegrass(especially in NC) or country. After a successful hunt, as in taking game, I like hard rock or metal. If I'm really excited I listen to music from the metal band I used to play guitar in(whose name is too offensive for most adults:)
The only time I've listened to music on stand was live from a nearby winery while I was hunting pigs. It was a classic rock cover band. Watching pigs at the feeder listening to Lynyrd Skynard is about as good as it gets, in my book.
I had a friend that I used to hunt with years ago. He would pick me up at 4:30 am with the fastest, loudest, heavy metal music blaring from his truck.
Nothing can get you more focused for the hunt than listening to Slayer at high volume! :)
A curious thing about it though was he drive BELOW the speed limit on the way to the woods. I still don't know how that's possible.
I notice in the stand the quieter I get the louder nature gets. After about fifteen min of settling into camp or a stand I have my soundtrack.
I am truly one of those rare specimens who could easily go his entire life without ever hearing music and not miss it. Must be missing that gene.
I find noise other then nature's own intrusive and objectionable. My music this year will be the stream in front of the tent and a moose grunting in the distance.
Mike
On the way to the hunting spot, I like the window down and just the sound of wind and me slurping coffee. Even if something was on the radio, I wouldn't hear it anyways because I usually am in deep thought or lack there of.
I never thought about listening to music while actually hunting??? it will probably never happen.
Oh I almost forgot. I like to listen to KLOVE or any of my gospel songs download on MP3 or flashdrive plugged into my deck:) That really takes my mind off work or anything bothering me on my way to my hunting spot.
In the truck, anything from George Strait to Slipknot. Pretty much anything with guitar. Always feel like it's going to be a good hunt when Fred Bear comes on.
On stand, never - ears are too busy trying to hear that leaf crumple a hundred yards away.
I listen to music or the tigers on radio all the time while in back yard shooting.
None!!! Natural sounds are too wonderful to miss