Kind of a dumb question but for those of us who read while in a tree stand, what do you do with the book when a deer comes along? Do you just put it on the platform, in your pocket? I've never done it and was thinking of what to do when I was in my stand a couple of days ago.
JW
I have a Kindle. I just balance it on a limb or something similar...each tree stand set up is a bit different.
I don't get it. Why do you go to the woods and read a book? How can you concentrate on the sights, smells and sounds if you're in Blackthorn Texas chasing cattle rustlers?
Maybe it's just me.........
I enjoy taking my Bible out hunting with me and reading it during those less active hours. As soon as the sun hits a point when animals really start to move, whether that's in the morning or evening, I put the book down. I can only watch the same squirrel for so long.
trouser pocket / last one i read during a 3 days hunt was Dalva from Jim Harrisson
I haven't been doing any reading....but when I did I just kept my pack open and slipped it in. This year though I've been just sitting out. I find myself missing things if I'm not looking around. I may find I need to move my stands a few hundred yards b/c the deer or turkeys are moving in another part of hte woods.
I hang my back pack on the tree with it splayed open and something soft inside to put the book quietly on. Be sure look around every few paragraphs.
Joe
Like Biggie, I don't undrerstand, you must miss so much.... And a kindle, that I couldn't do.
So I guess it is not just you Biggie!!
Reading in the stand! I have a hard time staying awake let alone read, sometimes I think I hunt just to get a uninterupted nap.
I don't think anyone is saying that they go to a tree and just read ofr 4 straigh hours. I, too, enjoy watching birds, squirrels, coons, and all the other little creatures. I also like to read. Big deal. Hunting is what each person makes it to be. No harm if someone does it a bit differently.
I read my bible too.
I download ebooks onto my iphone to read when sitting long stretches. Usually I just set it on the ground, or slip it into the small pouch I have hanging on the rail of my climber. But, I did have deer appear real close once, I stuffed it up my sleeve. I like it because its small, and I can turn the page with just a slight swipe of my finger. No pages rustling etc. Like mentioned previously, when the busier time of the day approaches, i shut it off.
Download books onto my IPhone..
I read all the time, doctors office, waiting for any appointment, slow time while in a tree.. The phone slips into any pocket or hand muff..
I have a pocket Bible that I read but not consistently. More read a little, meditate a lot while enjoying creation. When I see game I slip it in my left jacket pocket. It's a really small version and slips in their quickly.
Kindle reader on my phone...turn the screen brightness down real low.
MicW ever been told you look like Fred Bear :campfire:
QuoteOriginally posted by TxAg:
I don't think anyone is saying that they go to a tree and just read ofr 4 straigh hours. I, too, enjoy watching birds, squirrels, coons, and all the other little creatures. I also like to read. Big deal. Hunting is what each person makes it to be. No harm if someone does it a bit differently.
Now don't get riled up. Nobody said there was anything wrong with it. 8-)
Just this past Monday evening my buddy Bruce and I were across each other in deer stands near a feeder and Bruce was reading the latest issue of Traditional Bowhunter...I heard all this racket and saw his magazine tumbling to the ground and I just :biglaugh: cracked up as he went down to retrieve his reading material...Two minutes later I grunted on my grunt tube and went to lay it down on my seat cause the string got lost and I heard a noise hit the ground so I looked over to Bruce and now he's :biglaugh: :laughing: cause my grunt tube rolls off and tumbled to earth...
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QuoteOriginally posted by TxAg:
I don't think anyone is saying that they go to a tree and just read ofr 4 straigh hours. I, too, enjoy watching birds, squirrels, coons, and all the other little creatures. I also like to read. Big deal. Hunting is what each person makes it to be. No harm if someone does it a bit differently.
Now don't get riled up. Nobody said there was anything wrong with it. 8-) [/b]
Not to worry, my panties aren't in a bunch....yet :)
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What if you're reading, and a 160" buck is moving through the woods about 75 yards to your left?
You'd never know to move your stand over there to his trail.
If your reading Playbuck magazine then you flash him the centerfold doe and stop him in his tracks till you get over to shoot him...LOL
Me - I read the sign: wind, cover, sound, sight. That's enough for me. I'm not in the dentist office.
iPhone with books recorded or music. Can't stand the thought of them appearing any less expected than they already do.
S0me times I read in my OL' Man tree stand, if the wind is not blowing and the leafs are dry. I tie a nail apron across the front bar , it holds my paper back and a Snickers.
Another vote for reading in the woods. I enjoy it, usually its a bible and reading something to think about. A hunting journal is another good way to pass the time.
I have a nook all decked out in ASAT camo. Read all the time. I hang my pack on the tree and either drop it in there or lay it on the treestand seat. Sometimes when I hunt not even the squirrels are moving.
Sometime I don't read but a couple of pages but I always carry it along.
I only hunt from the ground and am kind of fussy about uneccessary movement so no reading for me
I'm an avid reader (non-fiction, war) but sorry, no reading during the hunt for me.
There are few places I feel closer to God than in the woods with a bow in my hand. Personally, there's no better place to read Scripture; no cell phones, tv's, traffic, yard work... I look forward to time in my Bible while sitting in a tree or in a ground blind.
I use my seat or the ground if something approaches.
I carry a back pack with me and hang it from my stand. The main pocket stays open so I can drop it in .
I generally read when it is slow or when I am antsy. I can stay in the stand an extra hour or two past when I might normally get down easily if I have a book. Like others, I slip it into a pack when I need to.
Is it any wonder I hunt by spot and stalk! :bigsmyl:
I read a llttle bit while on stand. Use my phone to read. Mostly I log onto tradgang while in my stand. Keeps me up to date on how you are all doing. Plus my wife likes to text me once in a while to see that I'm OK. Gives her peace of mind, or maybe she's hopeful I'm not coming home? ?? Either way I stick it in the pocket of my safety vest if something comes. Always on vibrate.
Reading, sleeping, eating, etc. Not me, I go to the woods to hunt and don't want to miss a second of it.
QuoteOriginally posted by BRONZ:
There are few places I feel closer to God than in the woods with a bow in my hand. Personally, there's no better place to read Scripture; no cell phones, tv's, traffic, yard work... I look forward to time in my Bible while sitting in a tree or in a ground blind.
I use my seat or the ground if something approaches.
That's exactly how I feel. :thumbsup: One huge thing I enjoy about hunting is spending time with God, what better way to do that than read His word and pray. :campfire:
I used to bring my son hunting with me a few years back until he lost interest. But I would set him up in blow down not far from where I was sitting so I could keep an eye on him from about 15 yards away. Well one time while he was reading a book a doe came to about 10 feet from where him and scared the crap out of him because he was so into what he was reading. I sat and watched the whole thing unfold and it was all pretty funny.
I read if I'm going to be on stand a long time (all day) and I start getting fidgety, read a page then look around, read a page look around, repeat...............helps get through the "dead" times of the day. Just slip it in y open pack if I catch movement in the woods.......