...to pass the time when in a stand/blind? I get bored out of my skull in no time flat. Reading puts me to sleep. What do you do to stave off boredom?
Chad
__________________
"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
I have a couple of electronic games, yahtzee and sudoku, that stay in my backpack. If I'm going to hunt from my pop-up blind I'll bring my nintendo ds. I move around way too much when playing games like mario cart to use it in a tree stand. A couple of old arrows to fling at squirrels is always a good way to keep things interesting.
__________________
Diamond Justice 65# 29"DL
Gold Tip XT Hunter 5575 27.5"
Spot-Hogg Hunter Hogg-it w/wrap
QAD Ultra-Rest HD, Limbsaver M6 Quiver
Custom Stab w/Limbsaver modular nodes and QD
If you're that bored (or reading, playing games, etc.) you're probably not paying attention, like you should be, anyway. Take a nap, move out and still hunt for a little while, till you feel alert again. The boredom is the killer, though, not just in deer hunting.
I can't recall how many times I've asked someone why he didn't shoot that buck that walked under his stand earlier only to get an answer like "I got bored so I was ..... (fill in whatever you like).
Lately it's been pretty dead. The woods are still green and thick, and I'm hunting from a blind. Vision is limited, the most exciting thing I've heard lately is acorns dropping--not even any birds or squirrels. I know this is a good spot--just for some reason it goes cold now and then, but always fires back up.
I can only stare at nothing for so long--after a few hours I need visual stimulation. Don't have a "smart" phone, so no games.
__________________
"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
Lately it's been pretty dead. The woods are still green and thick, and I'm hunting from a blind. Vision is limited, the most exciting thing I've heard lately is acorns dropping--not even any birds or squirrels. I know this is a good spot--just for some reason it goes cold now and then, but always fires back up.
I can only stare at nothing for so long--after a few hours I need visual stimulation. Don't have a "smart" phone, so no games.
__________________
"We can have no '50-50' allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all."-- Theodore Roosevelt
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Ecclesiasties 10:2
The last four letters in American..........I Can
The last four letters in Republican........I Can
The last four letters in Democrats.........Rats
I have a hunting journal I write in sometimes...but this got me in trouble earlier this season. I was writing when I glanced up and saw a shadow of something moving behind me. I slowly laid my journal down and started to grab my bow...too late, there was a doe and fawn already looking at me 12 steps from the stand on the other side.
Sometimes trying to pass the time will get you in trouble, like it did me.
__________________
"Watch where you're going, remember where you've been, that's the way I see it, I'm a simple man."--Charlie Daniels
What Do You Do...
