Reading while on stand or in the blind

[Soonerlongbow]

I fidget....a lot! So a while back I started reading while in a stand or in my blinds. It helps me to keep still and quiet. Anybody else try this?

[jrbarnes]

I always read a book or 3 during season! Though, I've slowed up since having a buck bust me!

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[Cyclic-Rivers]

I read Monty Browning's book while in the Antelope blind. Next time I'll bring a smaller book. It sure helps pass the time on the all-day sits when there isn't much action

[Cory Mattson]

I tried it once a book by Bob Kirschner a million years ago - I couldn’t do it- I found the scenery and wildlife totally captivating and this remains so to this day in fact Monday I had a hummingbird buzzing in front of me for 20 or 30 seconds he would look me in the eye then look down ?? Took me a moment but he was staring at the bright yellow and orange fletch on my lap thinking they might be food - I’m bad about texting though LOL
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[Soonerlongbow]

I tried it once a book by Bob Kirschner a million years ago - I couldn’t do it- I found the scenery and wildlife totally captivating and this remains so to this day in fact Monday I had a hummingbird buzzing in front of me for 20 or 30 seconds he would look me in the eye then look down ?? Took me a moment but he was staring at the bright yellow and orange fletch on my lap thinking they might be food - I’m bad about texting though LOL
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I wrote this while waiting for the sun to get lower and sitting behind a GhostBlind with a CRP field to my front and a recently tilled wheat field on public lands behind me.     

[Trenton G.]

I read the entire book The Traditional Way by Fred Anderson last year on the firearm opener. It rained all day, and being trapped in a blind with one window would have been really dull without it. I've tried doing homework in the blind, but that's a different story.

[Orion]

I read inside my pop-up blind while turkey hunting, but never when on stand for deer.  Do write in my journal occasionally though.

[Stumpkiller]

Nope.  I love to read, but I can read all year.

Deer season is too short not to pay attention every minute I can spend in the woods.

[Sam McMichael]

No, I try to focus on keeping a sharp lookout, but sometimes I do fidget too much no matter how hard I try to concentrate.

[Friend]

I take a book with me to the blind. Some hunts, I am to able to read while many hunts, the anticipation is much too high. I will likely do a dozen all-dayers this season. I generally get thru quite a bit of material on those hunts.

[Cavscout9753]

Book or phone, I just can’t. Not on principle or anything, its just that when I look down too long and then up my eyes take too long to re-focus. Plus I’m on the ground so the less I’m doing the better. Sometimes I have to reapond to a text or something, but I try and limit it.

[stevem]

If my sit is longer than about 2 hours I have to read- my makeup doesn't allow me to sit all day with nothing to do.  I have wasted a few good opportunities by reading- look up and an animal is already close and I get busted moving to get ready for a shot.  But, I have decided that getting busted occassionally is better than fidgeting.  I will stop reading during the last hour of a day,or whenever my vibrations tell me I need to be paying attention right now. 

[BAK]

 
Yes, I enjoy re reading old Lois L Amour  westerns while sitting on stand.  I even made a camo book cover so they don't show up from the ground.

[Yooper-traveler]

Sometimes I read, especially on all day sits. I also have been known to hone my cribbage skills on my phone.

[Howitser]

Whatever the season I always keep the weapon in my hand, ready. I figger the less movement the better.
Heck, there's always 4 movies running in my old deficient cranium to watch anyway.

[Gen273]

I keep my kindle in my backpack for reading while hunting. Sometimes I read, and sometimes I don't, just depends on the situation and my mood..lol. However, you do have to be careful not to get so wrapped up in reading that you get caught off guard by a critter.

[goingoldskool]

The bear camp I used to frequent had whole "library "...... sitting in a tree for up to 6 hours where you can only see 20 yards in any direction  will make you fidget unless you have something to occupy your mind.

[Bill Turner]

Did it all the time when rifle hunting in an enclosed blind. Tough to do with bow while hunting on the ground. Just to much movement. With that said, I usually have a paperback with me during all day stays in the field. 

[TooManyHobbies]

Never. I'll read when I get home. Season is way to short to waist looking at a book.

[J. Cook]

I read sometime and generally try to STAY distracted.  Deer seem to only come when I'm distracted and unprepared!  LOL

When I'm focused and ready, I never see any!