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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911410 10/06/17 08:14 PM
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The only thing I gather from this is that I need to put my phone down and quit reading posts like this while I am hunting.

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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911425 10/06/17 08:22 PM
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I use my smart phone to send pictures to the guys at work so they know what they're missing. roflmao


Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911566 10/06/17 10:51 PM
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I never turn mine on until the sun is up at least. I don't want the blind to look like a light house.

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911625 10/07/17 12:10 AM
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I will text my friend who is hunting in Michigan. We report whatever walks by, she always wins when complaining about cold.


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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911670 10/07/17 12:49 AM
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Never look at my phone but I used to take a book with me.


Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: ErnestTBass] #6911720 10/07/17 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted By: ErnestTBass
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What I do (absolutely use it) and what I might have a kid who spent too much time on the phone do, are entirely unrelated.


True.

The kids need to be finding the Playboys under the carpet and looking at them just like we all did. grin


Darn straight. Go find some Penthouses in the creek, son. That fancy googling just makes you lazy.


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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911826 10/07/17 03:18 AM
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I always take my phone to the stand with me, but only for text messages back and forth with hunters in other areas or emergency. It's in my pocket 99% of the time. I have been known to take a book or magazine with me. Like NP, I can stay in the stand longer.


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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6911973 10/07/17 12:29 PM
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I don't own a cell phone! cheerleader

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: White Falcon] #6911978 10/07/17 12:32 PM
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I don't own a cell phone! cheerleader


Same here and don't want one. It's hard enough dodging them with both eyes on the road.


One shot is all it should take.
Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6912056 10/07/17 02:12 PM
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If there is an accident, like tripping and injuring yourself, I want my phone, but most of the time I don't use it. Trying to escape when I'm out in the field. Enjoy nature. That being said, I agree it is no different than a book.....


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Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6912077 10/07/17 02:36 PM
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Good to have for taking pictures and emergencies.

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6912178 10/07/17 05:02 PM
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My property owners always knows where I am. Had a work cell phone, rang 24-7.

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6914114 10/09/17 04:46 PM
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I have mine with me but only take it out to snap pics of deer I'm not going to shoot and of course a ton of pics of deer I do knock down



Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6916337 10/11/17 09:01 AM
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Sometimes I text, but mostly I nap. Some of the best naps I've ever had were in a deer stand. I had some buddies on a lease in the 80's laugh at me one time. I had a rope near my wooden plank nailed in the tree fork. They asked about it and I told them it was so I wouldn't fall out of the tree when I went to sleep. I actully was sleeping one day with the rope holding me in and drooling on a doe below me. That was an awesome nap. A few years ago I was doing a College paper with my wifi in the stand. It was hard to consentrate. sleep2

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6917396 10/12/17 01:46 AM
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I've written some of my best"ditties" while in a stand. Always carry my phone. Missed some animals Im sure.


Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it.
Don't text and drive.
Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Erathkid] #6917411 10/12/17 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted By: Erathkid
I've written some of my best"ditties" while in a stand. Always carry my phone. Missed some animals Im sure.
Whats that one you wrote about a member on here? roflmao

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Nogalus Prairie] #6917429 10/12/17 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted By: txtrophy85
What's difference in being on a smartphone and reading a book in the blind?


Signal strength

Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: Texas Dan] #6917530 10/12/17 03:38 AM
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

Snap chat, twitter, FB...... smartphone is a misnomer. Only one getting smart is .gov.

If you don't know Mr. Faraday Cage, your phone is smarter than you are.



Re: Hunting and smartphones [Re: aerangis] #6918695 10/13/17 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted By: aerangis
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What's difference in being on a smartphone and reading a book in the blind?


Signal strength


roflmao

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