Reading on stand?

[Iowabowhunter]

Does anybody here read an actual book on stand? If so, I found a website that will send out a "pack copy" of the Bible that fits perfectly in a daypack-and its in camo!

[roundbal]

I keep a bible in my back pack and read when the action is slow.

[Jeff Strubberg]

An actual book?

I read ebooks when I hunt.  Can't make room for one book anymore whenI could carry a hundred in the same space.

[Bob B.]

I read all the time, helps break up the slow times, but I also remain very still and notice slight noises acutely.

Bob.

[ronp]

I recently got one of those "Nooks".  I may bring it along with me this fall, but I don't know.  I'd hate to miss some movement in the woods while I was reading, though.

[Iowabowhunter]

I ordered mine from Trinity Archery.com, and the nice thing is it was free. I bought my wife a nook last year for Christmas and she seems to enjoy it.

[longrifle346]

I have three backpacks, each specific to the hunting type I'm doing at the time...bow, black powder, or regular gun. That way I can grab and go. I keep a small camo Bibles in each one of them. I'll read it, and other books too, especially on all-day hunts.
The Nook sounds like that might be a good way to go too....

[non-typical]

Always stock up on paperbacks for hunting season. Reading just adds another level of enjoyment to being out in the woods. Natures Library.

[reddogge]

I prefer to read at home. When in the woods I spend the time listening and watching.

[Mongo]

I read constantly on a stand.

[Bernie B.]

I love to read, but only during turkey season when I'm in a blind.  I tried it once while deer hunting from a treestand, but felt I was missing too much around me.

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[Hoyt]

When I'm on stand or in a tree all I do is hunt. I'm about deaf so my eyes are constantly looking for game. I can't even remember ever dosing off while on stand..or in a tree.

[Rob W.]

Once in the woods I'm too on edge to read. Nervous anticipation? Tuned in? whatever you call it reading doesn't go well with it.


Rob

[joe ashton]

yup  I read.  and look around at the end of every page.  Read all three of the "Hannibal Leckter books while camped out alone in the boonies.  One big scary bugga.
Joe

[Butch Speer]

Iowa, thanks for the tip on the bible. Mine is in the mail

[stagetek]

I've read in a turkey blind as well, but never in a deer stand. In the area I hunt, I don't see deer coming from a long way off. They're suddenly right on top of me. Little or no time to put down a book and grab the bow.

[sweeney3]

Mood dependent.  Sometimes I do.  I find it helps keep me more still, but it detracts from my attentiveness slightly.  I understand the arguments about not having a book as it distracts from the experience, but I usually have a good time either way.

[owlbait]

My time in the woods is to precious to waste reading! I might be spending some time re-thinking the recent events but most of my time is spent just enjoying nature and "reading" the woods.

[Terry Lightle]

Never

[arsurveyor]

Never during early bow season.  Too much to see, and my ears don't work that well anymore.