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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 08:57:04 PM

Title: What do you guys read?
Post by: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 08:57:04 PM: So I'm going on a 4 day solo hunt. I usually don't hike alone for more then a day or two. Not by choice anyways. I will be this time.

I'd like to take something to read a bit, especially if I can't sleep. I'm always feeling guilty I don't read my Bible enough. I thought about taking it. But that's a lot of weight. Those small Gideon bible's are hard for me to read.

Maybe I'll print out a dozen pages of my bible to take. Anybody else take something to read in the backcountry? Any suggested chapters?
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Post by: norsepeak on September 12, 2013, 09:08:15 PM: Just read Lone Survivor by Marcus Latrell for the third time on my Nevada backpack deer hunt. Probably gonna read some Patrick McManus on my backpack goat hunt in Montana next week.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on September 12, 2013, 09:09:48 PM: elknuts play book.
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Post by: Northway on September 12, 2013, 09:15:12 PM: Louis L'Amour books always make for easy reading on trips.

I had an enjoyable time reading "The Barbary Wars" while camping last night.
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Post by: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 09:15:34 PM: Quote from: Naches Sportsman on September 12, 2013, 09:12:34 PM
Last back pack trip I took "born to run" with me. What a great book. I would recomend it.

"Born to Run" is a fun read. Sometimes I thought the author had a Phd in Marketing, but that made it all the more interesting to read. I especially liked hearing about Jenn and Billy. Well worth the read, whether you run or not.
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Post by: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 09:16:18 PM: How light are some of these books, any thin paperbacks? Trying to keep the weight down.
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Post by: snowpack on September 12, 2013, 09:19:16 PM: the regs
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Post by: elk247 on September 12, 2013, 09:24:02 PM: Patrick McManus x2. They come in paperback.
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Post by: stevemiller on September 12, 2013, 09:30:42 PM: Just get some paperback bible stories from your church,they should have some in the youth or teen sections.Plus on your first choice of reading. :tup:
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Post by: 3nails on September 12, 2013, 09:37:12 PM: Always have to have Gods' word with me. Also some Robert Service! "Bessies Boil" :chuckle: "The Cremation of Sam McGee". Many good ones by Robert!
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Post by: WaltAlpine on September 12, 2013, 09:51:37 PM: The Bible and Robert Service. 3 Nails knows where it's at.
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Post by: jackelope on September 12, 2013, 09:59:05 PM: Get a kindle or kindle app on your phone. Books don't weigh anything at that point. My kindle cant possibly weigh more than 8oz I wouldn't think.
:dunno:
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Post by: Doc Sauce on September 12, 2013, 10:00:56 PM: You got the right idea about printing pages. I have taken books and cut the binding so that I can bring just a couple chapters in a ziplock bag. It means that I have some books that are held together with rubber bands, but i'm not carrying phone books in my bag.

If you can find a spot with a copy machine, just copy several chapters if you dont' want to cut the binding. Otherwise, you can always get a couple little books, or invest in a copy of a good book you like to keep in your home, and cheaper copy to cut up for your trips.

You mentioned the Bible... you can get almost any version without footnotes in a cheap binding at most Christian Book stores for 7 to 10 bucks. Don't bring the family Bible camping, buy one of these, cut the binding at the end of Luke and the begning of acts and just take the book of John...

You get the idea.
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Post by: aorams on September 12, 2013, 10:06:42 PM: Kindle
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Post by: grizzlyadams on September 13, 2013, 01:15:57 AM: It's easy to solve the bible weight issue. I downloaded it onto my phone. There are several free bible apps in KJV, NIV ect. You get the whole bible for the weight of a few electrons. I read that and also carry the paper back book "How to survive in the woods." Learn about our Heavenly Father and how to survive in his creation at the same time.

The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. Then why do I hunt? I hunt for the same reason my well-fed cat hunts...because I must, because it is in the blood, because I am the decendent of a thousand generations of hunters. I hunt because I am a hunter.
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Post by: Smossy on September 13, 2013, 01:19:09 AM: Quote from: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 08:57:04 PM
So I'm going on a 4 day solo hunt. I usually don't hike alone for more then a day or two. Not by choice anyways. I will be this time.

I'd like to take something to read a bit, especially if I can't sleep. I'm always feeling guilty I don't read my Bible enough. I thought about taking it. But that's a lot of weight. Those small Gideon bible's are hard for me to read.

Maybe I'll print out a dozen pages of my bible to take. Anybody else take something to read in the backcountry? Any suggested chapters?
Find a survival guide to take along. It will fill you full of potentially useful / life saving information. Try to memorize as much as possible.
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Post by: ghosthunter on September 13, 2013, 01:31:50 AM: If you cannot sleep you are not hunting hard enough :sry:

I like to take Esquire or Star and just read the headlines. Like

I Mothered A UFO baby. :chuckle:
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Post by: RadSav on September 13, 2013, 02:21:35 AM: Quote from: ghosthunter on September 13, 2013, 01:31:50 AM
If you cannot sleep you are not hunting hard enough :sry:

I am a serious insomniac at home. But get me in the back country and for some reason staying awake is my biggest problem. Had some hikers wake me up in the Eagle Caps years ago. "Dude. We thought you were dead!"
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Post by: Duffer on September 13, 2013, 03:21:10 AM: LOL! :chuckle:
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Post by: hillbilli on September 13, 2013, 03:26:07 AM: Itend to teke paperbacks.. westerns, spynovels, whatever I find on the used paperback rack that I think looks interesting, I dotn seem to read that much on a trip though.. but its nice to have it. I meditate more this time of year than any other.
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Post by: 3nails on September 13, 2013, 04:24:41 AM: Quote from: Smossy on September 13, 2013, 01:19:09 AM
Quote from: MLHSN on September 12, 2013, 08:57:04 PM
So I'm going on a 4 day solo hunt. I usually don't hike alone for more then a day or two. Not by choice anyways. I will be this time.

I'd like to take something to read a bit, especially if I can't sleep. I'm always feeling guilty I don't read my Bible enough. I thought about taking it. But that's a lot of weight. Those small Gideon bible's are hard for me to read.

Maybe I'll print out a dozen pages of my bible to take. Anybody else take something to read in the backcountry? Any suggested chapters?
Find a survival guide to take along. It will fill you full of potentially useful / life saving information. Try to memorize as much as possible.
You just described the bible!
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Post by: MC37493 on September 15, 2013, 09:13:40 AM: Louis L'Amour
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Post by: huntnphool on September 15, 2013, 09:29:12 AM: Some of the posts on these sites would suggest that a large number of people have never read the regs, not necessarily pointing at you, but you might try reading those while fighting to get some sleep, its sure to do the trick.

I find the commissioners comments particularly useful, doubling as a sedative and mountain money all in one handy little magazine. ;)
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Post by: ChadH on September 15, 2013, 09:12:52 PM: I always take my Bible on my iPod (or phone), and a small book. The last trip I took "The Mountian Man". If you have a buddy, you can share and just tear it in half (or whatever) and keep giving the other guy pages... it's kind of fun actually. You pack it in, he ends up packing it out (or big pieces of it). :chuckle:
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Post by: blacktailcody on September 16, 2013, 10:44:23 AM: Quote from: WaltAlpine on September 12, 2013, 09:51:37 PM
The Bible and Robert Service. 3 Nails knows where it's at.

:yeah: :yeah:
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Post by: kerrdog on September 17, 2013, 08:46:31 AM: Victoria's Secret Catalogue. Interesting articles. :o
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Post by: coachcw on September 17, 2013, 08:52:05 AM: I usually just look at pics , but jack O'Conner's big game hunts is a classic .
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Post by: savagehunter on September 18, 2013, 09:26:52 AM: i read my map
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Post by: Jonathan_S on September 18, 2013, 09:32:30 AM: A lot of John Maxwell, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, etc.

Aside from self-improvement, I really enjoy James Michener books, "Chesapeake", "The Source", "Caravans" for a few

I just like reading more in-depth books when I'm out in the wild yonder. I enjoy feeling like a tiny little speck out there and reading those books helps.
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Post by: stevemiller on September 18, 2013, 10:09:11 AM: I've been conversing with a few of our members here and another read other than the bible that i really enjoy is my old and new reloading books,there are a lot of great stories in them especially the older ones. :tup:
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Post by: Evil_EdwardO on September 18, 2013, 10:24:05 AM: I usually have audiobooks loaded onto my phone. I also carry a pocket survival guide in my pack. If I get bored I'll break out the survival guide and try to identify the vegetation around my camp or use it to identify constellations at night.
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Post by: superdown on September 18, 2013, 10:27:11 AM: I really enjoyed Meat Eater by Steven Rinella and World War Z by Max Brooks. both are kinda short reads but worth it. someone else mentioned Patrick McManus never sniff a gift fish is fun read also.
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Post by: Special T on September 18, 2013, 03:28:47 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on September 15, 2013, 09:29:12 AM
Some of the posts on these sites would suggest that a large number of people have never read the regs, not necessarily pointing at you, but you might try reading those while fighting to get some sleep, its sure to do the trick.

I find the commissioners comments particularly useful, doubling as a sedative and mountain money all in one handy little magazine. ;)

:chuckle: Too Funny cause its true! :chuckle:
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Post by: TwoSixFourWins on September 18, 2013, 03:55:40 PM: I'll give another nod to Steven Rinellas stuff. The Joe Pickett novels by CJ Box are really good too. Fictional stories about a Wyoming game warden. I read all 12 or 13 in less than a year.
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Post by: Bmcox86 on September 19, 2013, 03:02:00 PM: Clive Cussler and randy Wayne white are my go too's
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Post by: Odell on September 22, 2013, 07:23:11 PM: There is no better outdoor read than Larry McMurtry. But they are heavy....loading on the kindle would be sweet. I enjoy reading the bible also, can't go wrong there.
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Post by: marmotsafari on September 22, 2013, 10:44:10 PM: Tiny little Gideons bible stays in my pack. And I bring some small pcs of paper and a pencil stub- write notes about the hunt, and short notes to my wife which are really nothing but makes her happy. Also stare at the map.. and wonder if I should be somewhere else since I never get enough scouting in :)
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Post by: hoyt2002 on September 22, 2013, 11:27:05 PM: For the Bible guys out there and maybe the guys thats arnt. Look into the books "A look at life from a Deer Stand" and "With Dad on a Deer Stand" by Steve Chapman. They are light and you will enjoy them in the field.
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Post by: 7t9cobra on October 03, 2013, 09:18:10 PM: Penthouse
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Post by: actionshooter on October 03, 2013, 09:47:41 PM: Quote from: huntnphool on September 15, 2013, 09:29:12 AM
Some of the posts on these sites would suggest that a large number of people have never read the regs, not necessarily pointing at you, but you might try reading those while fighting to get some sleep, its sure to do the trick.

I find the commissioners comments particularly useful, doubling as a sedative and mountain money all in one handy little magazine. ;)

The regs would be light enough, but it would be too heavy to pack a lawyer to explain them to me :)
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Post by: washelkhunter on October 03, 2013, 09:59:41 PM: Right now i'm reading Philip Kerr novels, which are very interesting if youre into pre and post WWII minutae.
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Post by: Watimberghost on October 12, 2013, 11:33:34 AM: Always take my bible. Its small and lightweight. Phones and tablets will probably save you a little with the weight, but I'm old school, I like flipping the pages.
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Post by: CAM38 on October 12, 2013, 11:36:55 AM: Quote from: TwoSixFourWins on September 18, 2013, 03:55:40 PM
I'll give another nod to Steven Rinellas stuff. The Joe Pickett novels by CJ Box are really good too. Fictional stories about a Wyoming game warden. I read all 12 or 13 in less than a year.

CJ Box is a great author. Those are my favorite. :tup:
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Post by: calib on October 13, 2013, 09:26:07 PM: I get caught reading all the time like this
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2Fcalib77%2Fcasey%2520and%2520i%2FDSCN1005_zps28863948.jpg&hash=100a8ce915bb6357727ffa9e9bae495998c0e000)
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Post by: xXLojackXx on February 13, 2014, 09:05:27 AM: I'm lights out as soon as I slip into my sleeping bag. Unless there's thunder and lightning like last year :yike:
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Post by: Olympics777 on February 13, 2014, 09:44:52 AM: I would just bring printed out pages of your favorite book in the Bible, and the regs. I almost always have the regs somewhere around. ;)
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Post by: elkboy on February 13, 2014, 10:08:25 AM: Gideon's small New Testament/Psalms, like some others on here. Usually a birding book if I'm tree-standing, because I'm stationary and have binocs anyway! Birds like nuthatches have perched on my shooting rail- that's close-range birding! I usually have a "Rite-in-the-Rain" 3"x5" field book for scribbling notes.
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Post by: MountainWalk on February 13, 2014, 10:45:45 AM: The Bible. Ernest Hemingway. Russel Annabel
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Post by: netcoyote on February 13, 2014, 11:17:40 AM: It's always Hemingway for me. Got a small paperback of his 39 Stories.
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Short-Stories-Ernest-Hemingway/dp/0684843323 (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Short-Stories-Ernest-Hemingway/dp/0684843323)
Has short stories and longer ones depending on how tired you are but I never seem to get tired of them. Real manly stuff; hunting, drinking, war stories, drinking, women, drinking.... :chuckle:
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Post by: KFhunter on February 13, 2014, 11:49:12 AM: Quote from: 7t9cobra on October 03, 2013, 09:18:10 PM
Penthouse

rubbing one out in camp is about the last thing on my mind :chuckle:
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Post by: MountainWalk on February 13, 2014, 11:50:14 AM: On every overnight or longer, hunt, I have taken "the green hillsof africa". That thing is so beat up and coffee stained, I dont know I'm able to read it. When things are tough, it's instant encouragement. Especially that part, "the way to hunt". Awesome.
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Post by: netcoyote on February 13, 2014, 02:41:25 PM: Quote from: calib on October 13, 2013, 09:26:07 PM
I get caught reading all the time like this
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1197.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa429%2Fcalib77%2Fcasey%2520and%2520i%2FDSCN1005_zps28863948.jpg&hash=100a8ce915bb6357727ffa9e9bae495998c0e000)

That happened to me last fall. I scared the crap out of a buck that walked up to me before he saw what I was and he woke me up as he went stomping out through the brush.... :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: WaltAlpine on February 13, 2014, 10:29:08 PM: Quote from: hoyt2002 on September 22, 2013, 11:27:05 PM
For the Bible guys out there and maybe the guys thats arnt. Look into the books "A look at life from a Deer Stand" and "With Dad on a Deer Stand" by Steve Chapman. They are light and you will enjoy them in the field.

Excellent suggestion as well. I have them and like then.
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Post by: Wazukie on February 13, 2014, 10:32:25 PM: I read theology books :tup: