Text messaging and bow hunting!

[Finlander]

Last year while I was hunting Ripley my son text messaged me at 8:00am. And just about when I was returning my message to him, here comes a buck. So I don't have a glove on the hand I hold the bow with, so by the time I put the phone back in my pocket and grab the bow then proceed to arrow the buck, my hand was frozen. But it didn't take long to warm up after that!

That was the second time that has happened to me. Texting = deer!

Anybody have that happen to you?

[frogtosser]

Ive had a deer staring at me when I have been texting before for who knows how long. When I am sitting for a few hours I get restless sometimes, it helps keep me in the tree when nothing is moving. It does get chilly on the fingers when its below freezing though.

[gardn184]

I had the exact same thing happen to me last year, I had just shot a doe, and was texting a buddy to come help me track it from my stand, he was a half hour away so I figured I'd just relax in the tree, I turn and look behind me and there was a really nice 8 pointer 15 yards away, after some tricky moves and a 15 minutes of cat and mouse, he was toast. I agree, just like fishing when you are least prepared, the animals will come. Hence why I try to stay at least 15 yds from my layout blind while goose hunting. If I have to sprint back to it we always see more geese!

[goblueM]

gotta be careful when texting when hunting... not only the un-ready aspect, but i believe you can be nailed for using electronic device/communication to aid hunting

[Jameson]

Only if it aids you in hunting.

My brother and I were texting back and forth last year. He saw that a nicer buck was moving in my direction, and didn't text me about it. When I got up to relieve myself I scared the buck away as I was climbing down the ladder. My brother could have texted me about the buck coming my way, but knew the law and followed it.

[MNice]

And people think they can text & drive, and not be distracted.. go figure

[musky hunter]

Sounds like your son has impeccable timing. But then, you didn't say if you were one of those who send 10,000 texts a month either. If so, that really doesn't settle the text attracts deer theory.

[harvey lee]

If one texts enough in a stand, a deer should walk by sooner or later.

The odds are with you if you text alot.

I have texted people when in the stand and had deer walk by but that is due to the fact that I was in a high traffic area for deer and could text alot of times and have one walk by.

[gr8icefishinmind]

Don't you hunt to get away from all that other junk like texting and so on?? Funny how people can't seem to go without cell phones these days!!

[Wanderer]

Try this:

Take a phone pic of the buck standing below you and the vacant stand your daughter was supposed to be in that morning. She didn't want to get up and go out that early so she only got to see the deer via a text.

But yeah, I'd rather not see my phone during a hunt unless I'm checking time.

[juniordo1]

I almost always leave my phone at camp since my stand is only a couple of hundred yards away. Last year I forgot and shoved it in my outside coat pocket. When my phone started vibrating/buzzing I sure jumped because there were deer right under my tree and they never flinched or looked up. I sure thought it sounded loud but they weren't bothered by it.

[bobbymalone]

I agree, just like fishing when you are least prepared, the animals will come. Hence why I try to stay at least 15 yds from my layout blind while goose hunting. If I have to sprint back to it we always see more geese!

I always thought waterfowl were creepy perverts since they like to come around when i have my waders pulled down taking a leak.

I'm convinced my junk works better than a robo-duck.

[sticknstring]

I always bring my phone out with me for safety reasons but it's always off. The only time I'll have it on is if I'm hunting with a group in an unfamilar setting like Ripley or out-of-state someplace. Being out in the woods admiring nature is all I need to pass the time.

[Meat-Run]

^^^ x2 what he said...

[vister]

im guilty of texting from the stand, as im sure most of us are. however, my texts usually have a picture message of myself sitting in my stand with a quote that says "this is what getting skunked looks like"!! but usually i check my phone hourly to see what the barometer is doing. dont know why, but i rely on barometer for hunting more than anything.

[luckydog25]

Bobby that is hilarious Sometimes it's a nice wakemeup to text family or friends while in the stand. I will often sit a full day on the opening first 2 days (except a lunch/bathroom break), and it is nice to check the weather too.

[bottom-bouncer]

my phone is always with but always off. But it is nice to have along in case of emergency or if I stick one I can get some help on the way before I even climb down.

[matchset]

textin.....bleeeet! draw....whack!!!!! happened twice last fall!

[hunter322]

never had it happen when textin, but have had it happen A LOT when smokin.

[skee0025]

never had it happen when textin, but have had it happen A LOT when smokin.

same here, could be curiousity or they could just be from the shallow end of the gene pool.

[BLACKJACK]

Don't you hunt to get away from all that other junk like texting and so on?? Funny how people can't seem to go without cell phones these days!!

+1

Good? cell phone story for you. I had been hunting a nice wide 10 point a couple years, never saw it except when I was pheasant hunting, neighbor kid ends up seeing it on opening day, shoots it, knocks it down, instead of hustling over and finishing it off, he gets on the cell phone and tells his buddy about the big buck he had just shot - and then the buck gets up and runs away!!! They never found it. If he had been attending to his hunting instead of talking on his cell, he'd have had a trophy.

[RumRiverRat]

I always thought waterfowl were creepy perverts since they like to come around when i have my waders pulled down taking a leak.

I'm convinced my junk works better than a robo-duck.

LOL!

That is the truth!

[rbs]

I know you can't use radios or cell phones in aiding you to take deer. Has anyone ever been caught on the texting part of the law? Do they have the means of intercepting text messaging?

[hunter322]

blackjack, was he bowhunting or firearm? did it just drop or run? usually wouldnt you want to let it sit for a while and let it die? sounds to me murphy was there in the woods with him that day!

[BLACKJACK]

blackjack, was he bowhunting or firearm? did it just drop or run? usually wouldnt you want to let it sit for a while and let it die? sounds to me murphy was there in the woods with him that day!

Gun hunting. If it was a bow shot and it ran off, give it some time, but if its nice deer and you see it drop, get over there and make sure its dead!!! Then get on your phone!!!