Reading while on stand or in the blind

[Walt Francis]

Uncle Barry once told me he doesn't read on stand but Gene does.

That makes me think it is a matter of preference.

I don't but Hunter does.  Here is a picture of the buck Hunter took with a selfbow while sitting in a treestand studying for a micro biology class a few years back:

[Yooper-traveler]

Walt I remember studying while on the stand lol. I think I took a nice one while preparing for my medical microbiology class. Not that big!!

[Walt Francis]

Tony,

That was when he was getting his pre-med masters.  After getting his masters, he became an elk hunting guide for three years.  Finally decided being an elk guide is not elk hunting, he started vet school last month.

[Yooper-traveler]

Congrats to him!  My oldest is preparing for med school (under grad) as I text. She will be studying in a blind this fall as well.

[shag08]

I read quite a bit while bowhunting. The deer need to be inside of 30 yards to shoot at anyways and I can hear them coming at that range. I bow hunt with my ears as much as with my eyes. Reading on stand is actually one of my favorite things about bowhunting.

Now when the guns come out, the books go up. My kill range is a lot farther than I can hear, so I'm all eyes then.

[John Scifres]

I read most of the time on a Kindle and have the app on my phone.  I read from time to time on long sits.  I love to read and doing it while sitting in a tree holds a special appeal.  Crunchy October days are the best but I've still had deer sneak up on me.  But I've had them sneak up on me when I thought I was playing complete attention   They're sneaky like that.