wearing a watch when you hunt
05-29-2007, 11:40 AM
#41
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
ORIGINAL: Len in Maryland
A cheap digital watch (with extra large numbers for these old eyes)is attached to the backof thebow's riser with industrial velcro. All I have to do is glance at my bow situated in front of me.
A cheap digital watch (with extra large numbers for these old eyes)is attached to the backof thebow's riser with industrial velcro. All I have to do is glance at my bow situated in front of me.
Today, I carry a digital compass/watch/altimeter/etc... in my pack
05-29-2007, 11:54 AM
#42
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
Me and this watch have been through some stuff. Won't leave home without it. I do most of my hunting undersome kind oftime constraint (before/after work, scheduled around social functions), so time is always of the essence. If I didn't know what time it was, I'd either be fired or divorced (or both).
Technology is great
05-29-2007, 12:44 PM
#45
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,933
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
Wearing a watch is important if you want to know the exact time of a shot / how long you want to wait to track, etc...
Also - personally - I want to know what time I'm sitting til in the morning. Sometimes, depending on previous hunts, movements, and moon phase - I want to know I am in the woods long enough - or if I'm just wasting my time.
Also - personally - I want to know what time I'm sitting til in the morning. Sometimes, depending on previous hunts, movements, and moon phase - I want to know I am in the woods long enough - or if I'm just wasting my time.
05-29-2007, 12:54 PM
#46
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
My watch was a wedding gift from my wife 7 years ago. The only time it comes off is when I go to bed. I feel naked without it.
I do a lot of still hunting and walk quite a ways back in the bush. I need to be able to tell the time so I know when I have to start heading for the boat or quad.
I do a lot of still hunting and walk quite a ways back in the bush. I need to be able to tell the time so I know when I have to start heading for the boat or quad.
05-29-2007, 01:01 PM
#47
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location:
Posts: 1,438
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
I have to have a watch for the reasons stated above. My internal clock isn't very reliable. I've been bored and played guess the time on the stand and been way off before.
I used to have a smelly sweat infused leather band watch and I worried much more about the smell than the bling factor. Who knows if this cost me a nice deer. After complaints from the wife I got a metal band watch last year. It is shiny, so I make sure it stays under gloves or shirt sleeves.
I think that is gonna be the difference this year.
But, there is a lot of other shiny objects in most hunting set ups, think about broadheads, cams, or reflection off your scope and binoculars.
I used to have a smelly sweat infused leather band watch and I worried much more about the smell than the bling factor. Who knows if this cost me a nice deer. After complaints from the wife I got a metal band watch last year. It is shiny, so I make sure it stays under gloves or shirt sleeves.
I think that is gonna be the difference this year.
But, there is a lot of other shiny objects in most hunting set ups, think about broadheads, cams, or reflection off your scope and binoculars.
05-29-2007, 03:05 PM
#49
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: milwaukee
Posts: 153
RE: wearing a watch when you hunt
I like to wear a watch for all the previously mentioned reasons. I also play the guess the time game and yes I cover it up to avoid the shine. I also don't wear my wedding ring for the same reason, as well as it makes noise when carrying or grabbing my bow.
