This thread is temporarily locked until I can edit it. Please do not take the disagreement to other threads.

CalHunter
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Okay. Rules violations have been edited out and the thread is open again. There are at least 3 members who should NOT reopen the flame-war.

CalHunter
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I have 2 questions:
1) How many of you hunted prior to cells phones?
2) How did you prepare for an emergency?

I did. My wife knew the area where I was hunting in case I did nt get home in a reasonable amount of time. I suspect, that is what others did as well. Hunting is an old avocation, cell phones are new on the scene and life was fine without them.

EXACTLY what I did!! IMO it aint hard to get along without a cell phone in the field. But I one feels more secure carrying one by all means do it!!

Before cell phones I simply hunted without a cell phone. If we didn't have cell phones now I would be more at risk of being out hunting and having an emergency with my family that I didn't know about but because we do have them I choose not to take that extra risk. even though I don't have service 90% of the time 10% is better than 0

I'm seeing an awful lot of "...Edited by CalHunter..." throughtout this thread! Must have missed it all! Lmao!

Just another flame-war put out. Other than that, you didn't miss much. :s4:

I was in the woods before push-button phones were even popular (yes I'm an old fart :) )

Basically I just let people know the general area that I was going to be hunting in (still do that) and carried a basic e-kit that consisted of water, fire kit, a little food, and that was pretty much it.

I really don't believe the original poster was trying to say that cell phones in the woods are a bad thing, I think what he was trying to get across was what these people are actually doing in the woods with these (smart) phones such as texting, playing vid games, and all the other things that takes their attention away from the actual hunt. Yes sitting still in a blind or a stand CAN be boring at times but if you actually let go and put every one of your senses to use while sitting there, you may find that the natural world can offer MUCH more REAL entertainment than any computer could ever deliver. I can't count how many times I have sat there giggling like a crazy person watching a couple of squirrels chase each other and wrestle around and while watching the ruckus a majestic white-tail just appear as if by magic. If my head had been in a (smart) phone, I would not have seen it since with all the noise them little buggers were making I'd never have heard it approaching.

I personally don't hunt for the "kill", but I hunt to be out in nature and enjoy all the beauty of our world that is rapidly going away.

[QUOTE=super_hunt54;4191372]I was in the woods before push-button phones were even popular (yes I'm an old fart :) )

Basically I just let people know the general area that I was going to be hunting in (still do that) and carried a basic e-kit that consisted of water, fire kit, a little food, and that was pretty much it.

I really don't believe the original poster was trying to say that cell phones in the woods are a bad thing, I think what he was trying to get across was what these people are actually doing in the woods with these (smart) phones such as texting, playing vid games, and all the other things that takes their attention away from the actual hunt. Yes sitting still in a blind or a stand CAN be boring at times but if you actually let go and put every one of your senses to use while sitting there, you may find that the natural world can offer MUCH more REAL entertainment than any computer could ever deliver. I can't count how many times I have sat there giggling like a crazy person watching a couple of squirrels chase each other and wrestle around and while watching the ruckus a majestic white-tail just appear as if by magic. If my head had been in a (smart) phone, I would not have seen it since with all the noise them little buggers were making I'd never have heard it approaching.

I personally don't hunt for the "kill", but I hunt to be out in nature and enjoy all the beauty of our world that is rapidly going away.[/QUOTE


Too bad there aren't a lot more of us out there with that philosophy!