What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
09-02-2003, 08:47 AM
#22
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 352
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
I relax and enjoy the hunt. I won' t do anything (reading, listening to music, playing video games, etc...) that I feel would distract me from the hunt.
09-02-2003, 07:58 PM
#23
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 147
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
like others, i just watch squirells etc..Im always bending my neck and turning to look behind me-most of my hunting is ont he ground. I had 2 deer almost run me over when another hunter drove them through to me, it was ont he moose hunt though, the same day I seen a nice bull but had no tag![:@] If I get really bored, I like to stare at one spot and space out for awhile, thats only on the really long, cold hunts though!
09-02-2003, 10:25 PM
#24
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 60
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
Man... The sound' s of nature just put' s me out in la la land, How many times have you guys read the serial numbers on the barrel? You know it buy heart after a couple of weeks huh?
09-03-2003, 06:44 AM
#26
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 801
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
I get my gear situated perfectly for when I' ll need it.
Guess the ranges of every prominent land mark in my vicinity and then use the range finder to verify it.
Glass every shadow, bush, hill side, field in my viewing area.
When I am sure there are no deer in my area at that moment I' ll practice drawing my bow and rehearsing shots at different ranges and targets.
Maybe make 1 or 2 very quiet grunts then wait 15 minutes motionless expecting a deer.
When I have made it through that routine it is usually about time to run through it again, keeps me very ready and I find the time goes by to quickly.
Guess the ranges of every prominent land mark in my vicinity and then use the range finder to verify it.
Glass every shadow, bush, hill side, field in my viewing area.
When I am sure there are no deer in my area at that moment I' ll practice drawing my bow and rehearsing shots at different ranges and targets.
Maybe make 1 or 2 very quiet grunts then wait 15 minutes motionless expecting a deer.
When I have made it through that routine it is usually about time to run through it again, keeps me very ready and I find the time goes by to quickly.
09-03-2003, 02:32 PM
#28
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 147
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
ive never thought of this before but I just got thinking..next hunt im gonna bring a skethpad or something like that and draw..anything or just the forest/fields itself, you' ll always be looking up so you wont really lose attention.
09-04-2003, 10:57 AM
#30
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: sardis ms USA
Posts: 561
RE: What do you do to pass the time while sitting in your stand ?
i pretend i have just been given a million dollars and i begin to determine what i would do with it.if i have been in the tree until noon,i make sure my safety belt is under my armpits and i doze off.