Cell phone while hunting.

[LimBender]

Texting beats the pants off walkie-talkies when you need to coordinate with other hunters.  I finally got a signal where I hunt and it's been nice.  I can also send a nice text to my wife to help ease the guilt.        

That said, I usually turn mine off until I want to use it.

[MI_Bowhunter]

I carry mine but it is normally set to silent or vibrate.

[Bjorn]

No reception in any western areas that we hunt..............no problem.  

[BOWMARKS]

Would not go in the woods without it,on vibrate in the easyest reachable pocket.

[B/W lvr]

Wow!!!! I never would have thought so many people would be afraid of their own shadows! I hunt in part for the solitude it afford me and I take the chances that any other "hunter" would take when doing so. I had a heart attack last year elk hunting and had to get out of some tough country on my own. Couldn't have called anyone if I had a phone since I hunt in country not serviced by those damn things. I am self sufficient and love it. Try it you might like it. FRJ

[emfunk]

I always have mine on me, keep it on silent, for safety sake and to stay in communication with my hunting partners when we are all out.

[xtrema312]

I always have mine and have it on vib.  I can't see not having it just in case.  I don't worry about what if, but can't see not taking and easy precaution.  It makes my old dad and the wife feel much better.  I hunt from trees, and I am not so young anymore.  That makes a big different in their comfort level.  They never worry if I am ground hunting.  

I also use if for my alarm clock, watch, camera, video camera, GPS and so on.  All of which are handy to have out hunting.  I also have a lot of bible version on it so I can catch up on reading or prep for teaching when things are slow.  Then there is the occasional peek to see what you are all up to on TG.

It is really handy to use to call to a friend to meet me in the field for some tracking and dragging.  I don't hunt with anyone close to me.  We are typically miles apart.  When the pre-rut and rut are going, and we are setting longer hours, we sometime send short text like "saw a 6pt at 8".  Kind of cool I think to know what your friends are seeing and when deer are moving for them.  It gives me hope deer will be moving around me.

[xtrema312]

Originally posted by YORNOC:
Yup, wife and kids want to know if Dad is okay out there. Sometimes I forward pics of deer to them too. They love it. So do I.

My kids are elementary age so they love to get those e-mail shots of deer, coons, squirrels and such along with hunting updates.  Makes them feel part of the hunt.  Soon they will be going out.

[wvtradbow]

It's just becoming part of my regular equipment now,solely for the camera...

[JimB]

I've never carried one so don't even know if it will work where I hunt but I think they are a very good thing in case of an emergency.I hunt alone and often no one knows exactly where I am.I have been meaning to change that and reading this thread will do it.A lot of people in trouble have been saved by cell phones.I just think it's a good thing.If you aren't coordinating hunting efforts(which would be illegal here)it isn't changing the way you hunt,so don't sweat that little bit of technology.It just may save your life or someone else's.

[Roninrus1]

Originally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
Go hunting. Turn your cell off and forget about it.

Yes people hunted for years without them, but better safer than sorry.

There it is!
My sediments exactly!!!

[MikeW]

I carry it turned off, it's for an emergency and to call the ole lady when am done and headed home so she isn't worrying about me.

[PaPa Ron]

I always have mine, but I do not like to talk on the phone, even when I'm not hunting.

I will say that I had a ladder stand colloaspe out from under me and I'm glad I was able to get help only because of my phone.

It's funny how people pick and choose technology use while hunting. You can get bashed pretty quick if you use a Ozonics.

[Pete Patterson]

"Part of the reason I hunt with traditional equipment"

Heck, if you're wanting to be traditional, shave with a straight razor like I do.....it'd be safer than hunting without a cell phone.

[YORNOC]

Originally posted by B/W lvr:
Wow!!!! I never would have thought so many people would be afraid of their own shadows! I hunt in part for the solitude it afford me and I take the chances that any other "hunter" would take when doing so. I had a heart attack last year elk hunting and had to get out of some tough country on my own. Couldn't have called anyone if I had a phone since I hunt in country not serviced by those damn things. I am self sufficient and love it. Try it you might like it. FRJ

????  Huh? Seriously?

[Rick Wiltshire]

If I did not have mine my wife would not have been able to get hold of me in my stand to let me know her father was passing away and I never would have made it to the hospital in time to be there when he passed.

You can talk tradition, self-sufficiency, and no technology all you want.  Problems arise when you let technology control you NOT when you use it to your benefit.

[30coupe]

Originally posted by BOWMARKS:
Would not go in the woods without it,on vibrate in the easyest reachable pocket.

Yup! Longbow, wooden arrows, back quiver, wool plaid, HSS harness, and cell phone. Being trad is tough when you are dead. Be trad but be safe!  

[PaddyMac]

Same here, turned off and packed away. Wife would skin me alive if I didn't take it with me.

[vermonster13]

I have mine on vibrate. Family trumps hunting if they really need me(they know to call only if they really need me). I also went through the ice one year hunting and almost froze to death, a cell phone would have come in real handy back then.

[TIM B]

I always have mine- it doubles as a camera- video camera- and walkie talkie to communicate silently w others I'm hunting with.
TIM B