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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: rebal69972 on September 06, 2011, 03:11:49 PM

Title: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: rebal69972 on September 06, 2011, 03:11:49 PM: I'm sorry first off i just need to rant. went down on the third set up camp done a little walking see a few elk stayed the next 2 days there. before i ever left the house i had everything set up and should have ran smoothly for everyone. then i get the damn call. :bash: :bash: :bash: 19:00 my babysitter had something come up and bailed on me so I'm setting on my front porch with a spotting scope looking at mount Rainer maybe i will get lucky and see an elk. I'm not made about my sitter having things coming up just suck to have this nice of weather and not be in the wood.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: bobcat on September 06, 2011, 03:15:29 PM: You're blaming cell phones because your babysitter bailed on you? Funny. I do know how that feels. Sometimes I hate that my wife can get a hold of me while I'm on a hunting trip. I miss the pre-cell phone days when once I was gone, I was gone, and didn't have to worry about anything other than hunting until I got home.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: FC on September 06, 2011, 03:20:48 PM: @bobcat, just turn the damn thing off! I usually set mine to airplane mode so I can still check the time and use it as an alarm clock but it won't search for signal.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: elksnout on September 06, 2011, 08:09:44 PM: It doesn't travel to elk or deer camp with me. My wife see's me when I get back. Some things are non negotiable man.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: dscubame on September 06, 2011, 08:11:19 PM: The best thing about my elk camp is there is no cell phone service for 30 miles towards the nearest town.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: rebal69972 on September 06, 2011, 08:46:07 PM: I'm not so much blaming my cell but Ive only had a cell for a few years now and it would have been 5 years ago there would have been no finding me. i have just been aggravated today setting on my front porch watching the sun come up. i was just ranting
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: dscubame on September 06, 2011, 08:47:00 PM: Rant on.....totally understand
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Guy on September 06, 2011, 08:52:35 PM: When I get serious about a hunting or fishing trip, the cell phone either doesn't come along, or stays turned OFF until I need to make a call.

G
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: HoofsandWings on September 06, 2011, 09:19:38 PM: It all depends on who is trying to reach you.
My wife could not get a hold of me, so she called the sheriff, who called out search and rescue.
I still cringe when I remember seeing my picture in the paper.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: runningboard on September 06, 2011, 09:51:33 PM: 1 of my favorite places has no reception so it's nice to not have my phone ringing. but I like to use for a camera that I can send pictures of success to friends & family before we get home.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Guy on September 07, 2011, 05:43:52 AM: How did we ever manage without cell phones? :dunno:

Sheesh.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 07, 2011, 07:30:42 AM: I've come to one conclusion: If all the cell phone towers suddenly go dead, the suicide rate will skyrocket!
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: bearhunter99 on September 07, 2011, 07:41:49 AM: Quote from: bobcat on September 06, 2011, 03:15:29 PM
You're blaming cell phones because your babysitter bailed on you? Funny. I do know how that feels. Sometimes I hate that my wife can get a hold of me while I'm on a hunting trip. I miss the pre-cell phone days when once I was gone, I was gone, and didn't have to worry about anything other than hunting until I got home.
:yeah:

Any time I go hunting in an area my wife is not familiar with, the service is bad until I get "5 miles or so back towards town." :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Huntbear on September 07, 2011, 07:53:13 AM: Quote from: dscubame on September 06, 2011, 08:11:19 PM
The best thing about my elk camp is there is no cell phone service for 30 miles towards the nearest town.
:yeah:

You guys must be hunting in town or something. :chuckle:
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: trophyhunt on September 07, 2011, 08:04:47 AM: Add me to the hate list, yes I use mine a lot and it's very useful but I still hate the damn things. Do you guys ever feel them vibrate when you don't even have them on you? It happens to me the first few days of hunting when I'm without it.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: BIGINNER on September 07, 2011, 08:10:02 AM: Quote from: trophyhunt on September 07, 2011, 08:04:47 AM
Add me to the hate list, yes I use mine a lot and it's very useful but I still hate the damn things. Do you guys ever feel them vibrate when you don't even have them on you? It happens to me the first few days of hunting when I'm without it.

:yeah:
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: PlateauNDN on September 07, 2011, 09:16:11 AM: Quote from: FC on September 06, 2011, 03:20:48 PM
@bobcat, just turn the damn thing off! I usually set mine to airplane mode so I can still check the time and use it as an alarm clock but it won't search for signal.

:yeah:
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: runamuk on September 07, 2011, 09:25:50 AM: put that thing on vibrate stick it in your pocket and ignore it :dunno: leave it in the car :dunno: leave it in your underwear drawer at home :dunno:

I take mine and will surf huntwa when I get bored if I have signal just depends on what I am doing if I am seriously hunting then it gets tossed in the pack or left in the car.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: BLKBEARKLR on September 07, 2011, 07:42:07 PM: No matter how much hunting I do, I love it when my baby girl calls me on mine and tells me good luck. I will keep mine!!!!!
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Jdc on September 11, 2011, 10:01:16 AM: When I am out I let everyone know I will be out of cell range...... even if I am sitting next to a cell tower. The only reason I dont turn it off is so i can use the GPS and pull up satellite photos and maps if I need to.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: SemperFidelis97 on September 11, 2011, 10:25:11 AM: I used to just keep mine in my pack since I never really got reception where I hunted anyways. I say used to because about 4 years ago I mountain biked in the dark three miles behind a gate, and at first light had my scope settled on a nice three point I had been trying to get the drop on for several days. Then as my finger is creeping towards the trigger I start feeling a vibration comming out of my pack followed by my elk bugle ring tone needless to say the buck was not impressed with the sound of a dominate bull comming out of the funny bush standing 80 yards away. I never seen that deer again that season, and my phone never left the truck again.
Title: Re: cell phones will be the down fall
Post by: Guy on September 11, 2011, 11:06:23 AM: I like that story! I'll bet that buck didn't like the idea of a big bull elk crashing his party...