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Author Topic: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?  (Read 1282 times)

Offline Stump73

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #60 on: June 07, 2012, 10:48:00 PM »
Yep!
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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #61 on: June 07, 2012, 11:32:00 PM »
Absolutely!
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Offline huntmaster80

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #62 on: June 07, 2012, 11:40:00 PM »
better safe than sorry!!! take it
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Offline LimBender

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #63 on: June 08, 2012, 12:05:00 AM »
Yes, except last year in a downpour my rain jacket didn't perform too well when I left the pocket flap open.  Tried rice and the oven but failed to resuscitate it.  Fortunately I was at the end of my phone contract.  So bring a ziploc baggie.  

I've also been busted holding my phone at weird angles trying to get a gps signal in a stand - that felt pretty stupid -- so I try to keep it stashed.
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Offline Hoyt

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #64 on: June 08, 2012, 12:13:00 AM »
I have a heart condition and would but they won't pick up a signal around here so I dropped the service.
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Offline LONGSTYKES

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #65 on: June 08, 2012, 12:16:00 AM »
Yes, As a safety net. I hunt by myself a lot. My wife appreciates my call, on the start for home.
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Offline NC BowBender

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #66 on: June 08, 2012, 12:16:00 AM »
Don't own one, don't want to own one.
Was on call 24/7 for 19 years.
That's why I don't do that anymore.
Just want to be alone with myself when in the woods.
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Offline Bjorn

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #67 on: June 08, 2012, 12:26:00 AM »
I have never hunted where there is service.
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Offline Richie

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #68 on: June 08, 2012, 01:10:00 AM »
Yes its always with but usually off and I seldom have service.
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Offline rdoggsilva

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #69 on: June 08, 2012, 02:56:00 AM »
Yes
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Offline Mongo

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #70 on: June 08, 2012, 03:24:00 AM »
Not always.  If there is service I'll take it and leave it off until I need it.  If there is no service then why bother.
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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #71 on: June 08, 2012, 05:15:00 AM »
Yes, but only because my Wife wants me to. So I turn it off and pack it along so she don't worry.Makes you wonder how we survived before cell phones ?
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Offline Izzy

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #72 on: June 08, 2012, 05:29:00 AM »
Always, its my main camera and a great safety tool.
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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #73 on: June 08, 2012, 05:33:00 AM »
Most definately.  With my medical condition, I also went and got a phone with the gps tracking and 911 feature.  All I have to do is hit one button, and they can come within 3 or 4 feet of me if I get in trouble.  Really makes hunting and outings a lot more pleasurable knowing I can get help if needed.
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Offline 59Alaskan

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #74 on: June 08, 2012, 06:08:00 AM »
Yes.  Obviously only useful when there is service, which isn't always.

Before I enter a tree stand I verify I have two knives, my phone and at least one screw in step if I am in a climber.

I carry two knives in  case I need to cut the safety line for any reason.  I carry two because it would be hard to pick up a knife you dropped from 15-20ft while fumbling with it while in a nervous rush.
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Offline TooManyHobbies

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #75 on: June 08, 2012, 07:00:00 AM »
I don't wear a watch, so it's my only time piece. Just a basic flip phone, so I can't do all the fancy stuff, but it's good to have for emergencies, or tell the wife I made a shot and will be late.
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #76 on: June 08, 2012, 07:11:00 AM »
Wish I had a dollar for each time I said, "I Hate This Darn Phone!" But take it in the woods with me? You bet I do!... Keep it turned off inside a zipper pocket of my vest...

... mike ...
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Offline Caddo

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #77 on: June 08, 2012, 10:37:00 AM »
I hunt alone a lot so my wife absolutely insists that I take it. Of course there's no service so it's in the truck turned off, but I have it!  :goldtooth:  

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Offline muley40

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #78 on: June 08, 2012, 10:56:00 AM »
I didn`t carry one till I turned 70, now I wouldn`t go to a stand without one!
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Offline RkyMtn Joe

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Re: Do you take your cell phones with you hunting?
« Reply #79 on: June 08, 2012, 10:57:00 AM »
I've never carried a cell phone at all but now that I am older (be 72 on 19th of this month) and a multiple by-pass survivor, I have decided to stick mine in my haversack "just in case".  It will stay off except in an emergency.

Joe
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