I take mine with me every time I head out. But, I don't listen to music with it. I listen to "books on tape." I'll put one of the ear buds in my right ear (since I'm right handed and can't shoot in that direction easily) and keep the volume to the lowest I can hear. This allows me to listen to a book that I would normally be reading while on stand without the sound of pages turning or worrying about dropping the book if something sneaks up on me. Plus, in the woods where I hunt, I at best may get only a 40yd shot, so, I'll more often still hear them coming long before I can see them. And, with the ear bud in, I can spend more time watching.

Cheers!
MadOtis

lol I love being in the woods....I dont need anything to help pass the time but my brother was listening to sum oldies like he was listening to "im mr lonely" when he shot at a doe kinda funny

50% or more of the time I pick up on deer, its because I hear em.. ipod=blasphomous hunting in my opinion.

I've, on occasion, brought a small transistor radio with an earpiece to listen to College Football.

I like to listen to all the other wild life it keeps me entertained cause its really relaxing.

i used to bring my mp3 player...iit definatly helps pass the time on those days when the deer are seldomly moving. I lost my mp3 player so i have no means of listening to music. I do however love to play tetris and pacman on my phone...that passes the time really quickly...except for when i gete eaeten by those damn lil ghosts...be careful not to get mad and start cursing and scare all the deer away...or stand up quickly in awe that one of those lil ****** ate you. happened to me yesterday >=/

Now that I have one that has the radio built-in...the Packer game would be the only thing I would be tempted to listen to while in the stand. Even then, I'm not sure I'd do it. I'm still one of those "pack it in and stay all day" types at 38 years old and the best part of stand hunting for me is waiting and listening to everything going on....like the first shots in the opening morning of gun season. In fact, I rarelywill evercover my ears up unless it's REALLY cold out. We (8 of us) all stay in contact with each other a couple times a day with the Motorolas, and even that earpiece bugs me in no time flat.

Anything that causes me to not focus on listening and looking for deer is a distraction. I guess I'm old, but I'm there to hunt...period.