A large paperback novel is the only thing to pass the hours away. I'm am doing some premarriage counseling for a young couple before I wed them Oct 1. I used the time to read the books we were talking about. Self help books are good...like how to "Romance Your Wife"...I figure I will need some of that after being gone for hunting season.

The key to staying in your stand is comfort, comfort and more comfort. Bad seat and you will want to come down. COLD!!! and you will want to come down. The wind started blowing last Saturday and I had all my clothes on and I was still freezing...I came up with excuses why NOT to sit there and climbed down early [:'(]. I drink therefore I peee so make sure you have a bottle otherwise you won't want to stay up that tree. Make sure you are not facing the sun. As mentioned you will need snacks and lunch. Make sure they are noise free. I like to take diet meal bars or energy bars for snacks. I take them out of their noisy wrapper and put them in a zip-lock bag. Jerky is a hunting stable. I will fess-up to taking my PDA with me this weekend. It is a cheap model so it doesn't have a lot of games but it did help to run the time away. Be sure to practice putting away the book or PDA or whatever and getting into shooting position before the animal shows up. Practice.

Comfort, comfort, comfort...is the key