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Old 04-19-2009, 08:19 PM
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Reading on stand

I was watching tv were the guy was talking about takeing a book on stand with him and reading.
At one time i youse to stay on stand all day and take books and food and water and coffee?
And was wondering if anyone else does this and if so what do you take do you take papper and magazines or just a book?
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Old 04-19-2009, 09:13 PM
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I do all the time... sitting in the bear stand from 6 till 10 can be a long wait... the book or magazine makes the time go by faster... Some nights you may not have one bear in... the next you could have 20... the book is for the night that there is not many.

I do read in the deer blind as well... again to pass the time until something comes by.
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Old 04-20-2009, 08:05 AM
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I take a paperback book- not too bulky, and it helps to pass the time.
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Old 04-20-2009, 08:16 AM
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I have a small walkman and like to listen to the race/football game on stand in deer season. One earpiece down low.

I will take a book and have been know to study for tests back when in school.

Now i tend to still hunt more than stand hunt. So the book is a no go/
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Old 04-20-2009, 10:54 AM
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I take a apaper back, and also look through the internent on my phone.
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Old 04-20-2009, 07:27 PM
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Old 04-26-2009, 07:52 AM
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I read a lot on stand for deer, especially on evening hunts for some reason. I have found I fidget less while occupied with something and when the hunting is slow reading helps. I usually keep a small Bible in my pack anyway and it gets used a lot but if a unread magazine is in camp I will pour over it.
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Old 04-27-2009, 08:14 AM
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I always read while on stand. And I fall asleep!
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Old 04-27-2009, 09:44 AM
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Guess I squirrel hunt way too much. I enjoy watching them little buggers more than I do looking at paper on the stand. So no I don't do it, but I know others who do.

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Old 04-27-2009, 11:09 AM
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I try to take something to read. Its about the only peace I have in my life anymore. Then again there is nothing like a good nap when your on stand.
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Old 04-27-2009, 11:16 AM
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lol now I HAVE been guilty of falling asleep on the stand. It's very VERY restful out there. No phones, no cars, no electric hums, nothing.

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Old 04-27-2009, 01:51 PM
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I to have fallen asleep something about a early morn blind both my sons dose off while they are hunting we even have it worked out as to how i will wake them if a deer comes threw.
Squirrels are great just as you seem to be falling asleep that is when you will here them running threw the trees.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:19 PM
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Speaking of fallin asleep. I rarely if ever fall asleep while hunting, BUT just this weekend I was watching over a nice field I knew a couple of longbeards liked to hit mid morning. The sun was up, pushing mid to upper 70's..nothing gobblin..about 11 am, and I find myslef dozzin' off under this big ol hemlock I'm perched up against. All of a sudden I feel something jump off my boot...wakes me right the heck up. After some bark hits me in the head, I look straight up to a pine (red) squirrel staring down at me 5 ft above my head. I'm sure we both starteled one another...That's what I get for sleeping on the job.

It was comical though. I wish I could have seen him bounce off my boot, instead of being so rudely woke up that way.

As for reading...no. I do carry a Dell Axim palm of which I pull SD card from trail cams on the way into a stand. I like to view what I've been missing while not in the stand...plus it's got some cool games on it! This is only during early archery when you can sit on a stand for hours and not see anything.
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Old 04-27-2009, 04:06 PM
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I suppose it's a good idea not to take along any reading that's especially interesting or else you might not look up often enough and you could miss something.

It reminds me of a time I went duck hunting with a friend. I didn't have camo gear at the time so I sat next to a tree away from the water. I had some reading to keep me busy while my friend waited for the ducks to arrive. He didn't have anything to read and so he waited, and waited and a few hours later when he got really bored, he came over to see what I was up to. That's when the ducks showed up. Of course when he tried to get back into position they scattered.
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Old 04-27-2009, 10:25 PM
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I youse ground blinds most the time becouse i dont like to dozz of in a tree stand.
Yukon i actually have a system when reading on stand i read a page and look around then read the next page.
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