I am presently reading Barrys book that I picked up from him on Saturday in K-zoo.I have never read a book in the woods up to this point.

do you like that thing?  I think there may be alot more electronic format in the future with the release of the I tablet!?

Besides all the posts on Tradgang?

Atm I'm reading "Nation" by Terry Pratchett and "The Traditional Archer's Handbook" by Hilary Greenland.

Will soon be re-reading "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge

Chris,

I own three readers now.  I go through 120+ books a year.  Carrying them around isn't really practical anymore.  My current favorite is the Kindle, although my old reliable Palm is what goes out on stand with me, since it has a built in backlight and drops into a shirt pocket.

I don't think the iPad is anything other than a gimmick, myself.  There are much better readers out there, and I already suffer from the delicacy of an iPhone (I've had to return the phone for replacement four times in six months!).

I have the kindle and have found many out of print archery books you can get for free.

http://www.gutenberg.org  has some

or
http://www.archive.org/  type in saxton pope and you will get a few old ones

There is a program called stanz for converting stuff for Kindle.

i always take a book in my possibles bag if im out for more than a few hours . sitting atop a mountain , brewing a coffee and reading Tolkien or perhaps Whitman makes perfect sense to me ...

Ben ...

QuoteOriginally posted by Chris Shelton:
O I forgot to say the current book, lol.  I am reading Fred G Ashbells book, "Stalking and still hunting"!

Excellent book.  

I am currenty reading Eusebius: The Church History. But this past weekend I ordered Barry Wensel's book, Once Upon A Tine. Also, a couple of months back I read a review in TBM of the Bernard Cornwell novel, Agincourt, and just orderd that book as well.

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abby (if you appreciate those who don't choose to "fit in" you'll like this book. His description of  what desert dryness is like is the best I 've ever read)

We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich ( ye olde Maine backcountry)

Challenge the Wilderness by Clayton Klein (not a fun trip)

Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Dana Jr (you'll gain new appreciation for sailers on square rigged ships)

Joshua, not argueing about who reads what where. To each his own.

Sorry Gene, but I am currently reading Barrys new book first, "Once upon a tine" Only a few chapters into it, Great book Barry. Gene I will get to your book later.   :D

Witchery of Archery, Thompson.

KJV

I don't read while hunting.  I go there to think and enjoy nature in many ways.  Now my buddy Jack will read all day I think which is fine with me.

However, I am reading(in the house) some book called..what is it..Buckskin and Bone?  Something like that.  It's ok.  

I know that there are some of you guys that can sit day after day from dawn to dusk and see nothing.  I ain't one of you!  :rolleyes:  
After about 3 hours, I am ready to get down.  BUT, if I have a book in my bag I can pull it out and maybe stick it out for another hour or so.    That has paid off for me in the past.

Right now I am reading The Witchery of Archery for the first time.  I love it.

You have a lot to choose from---Ruark, Hemingway, Faulkner, Capstick, etc.  Some good fiction out there too.  If you haven't tried the People of the...series by Michael and Kathleen Gear you should give it a try.

I usually have a hunting magazine with me.I nap,I whittle,I eat whatever it takes to stay out there.I prefer magazines because I dont feel as bad when they get beat up when I use the pack as a pillow

"Arctic Adventure" by Peter Freuchen (1935)

I never read on the stand. Instead I hunt hard as long as I can, but then wind up getting tired and taking a nap. Some times I think reading might be better, but I consider a book to be just one more thing to carry.

I just finished "Love of the Hunt" by John Winsor. Really good book. Now, I'm on G Fred's "Stalkin and Still Hunting.

Orson Scott Card's spectacular sequel to his seminal work 'Ender's Game,' titled 'Speaker for the Dead'
His Ender anthology is some of the most emotive, well written prose to ever grace a page!

Rob, " ender's game" is on my bedside table . never read any of his stuff but looking fowrd to it .
Ben

I have tried to read on stand but just don't like.  Looking up every 30 sec cause I felt like something was coming in.  Alot of my stands are in tight spots and I hate getting caught unprepared, same reason my bow rarely leaves my hand.  But then I don't sit all day...5hrs tops.

I think the time "doing nothing" in the stand is valuable.  It's great  mulling and figuring time.