Combating tree stand boredom?
10-10-2006, 03:18 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cheyoming
Posts: 870
Combating tree stand boredom?
I would like to know what you tree stand guys do for several hours/days to pass the time? Seems like an excruciatingly boring way to hunt. But I'd like to try it sometime over a bear bait or elk wallow. Most I can sit is maybe 1.5 to 2 hours before I got to get up and "go see" what's over there. Also want to use a ground blind next year for archery antelope.
10-10-2006, 04:17 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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RE: Combating tree stand boredom?
ORIGINAL: game4lunch
I would like to know what you tree stand guys do for several hours/days to pass the time? Seems like an excruciatingly boring way to hunt. But I'd like to try it sometime over a bear bait or elk wallow. Most I can sit is maybe 1.5 to 2 hours before I got to get up and "go see" what's over there. Also want to use a ground blind next year for archery antelope.
I would like to know what you tree stand guys do for several hours/days to pass the time? Seems like an excruciatingly boring way to hunt. But I'd like to try it sometime over a bear bait or elk wallow. Most I can sit is maybe 1.5 to 2 hours before I got to get up and "go see" what's over there. Also want to use a ground blind next year for archery antelope.
Believe it or not, once you have your first ever deer come in, the boring part goes away, lol.
You are constanly on edge wondering if the next 5 mins will bring that monster into sight. This is really the case for the evening hunts, as with the setting sun, each 5 mins really does increase the chance of seeing something
10-10-2006, 05:41 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Decatur, IN
Posts: 1,425
RE: Combating tree stand boredom?
I read a book most of the time when I feel the action will be slow. I still pause every few paragraphs to scan the scene. On Sundays, I bring a small radio so I can listen to Colts games.
Other than that, I just think about things from the past, present situation, and plans for the future.
Other than that, I just think about things from the past, present situation, and plans for the future.
10-10-2006, 06:09 PM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 1997
Location: Cheasapeke and Delaware Bay Region
Posts: 10,485
RE: Combating tree stand boredom?
I watch a movie on my portable DVD player
, just kidding, don't even own one. What I really do is sit there and suffer but I do do a lot of thinking and sorting things out.
, just kidding, don't even own one. What I really do is sit there and suffer but I do do a lot of thinking and sorting things out.
10-10-2006, 08:47 PM
#10
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Noblesville, Indiana
Posts: 44
RE: Combating tree stand boredom?
First time out hunting I actually fell asleep in the stand only to wake up to three does in a row right behind me!
I like the idea of a book. widdling on wood passes the time. I'd be afraid to bring the radio into the stand though. Too much screaming at my Colts would push the deer away!
Go Colts!
I like the idea of a book. widdling on wood passes the time. I'd be afraid to bring the radio into the stand though. Too much screaming at my Colts would push the deer away!
Go Colts!