I've learned to mainly keep my head in the game due to some missed opportunities due to messing around...
But on the flip side...I gotta be comfy...if I gotta make noise to eat...drink..have a chew..so be it...I do it slowly and only after scanning the entire woods...and it keeps me in the stand longer....I've gone all day without eating and minimal drinking....its no fun...
Usually if I'm hunting all day I'm in a rut funnel and you can get away with moving a little bit more than other times of the year....I've literally hollered at some bucks and they never react because there is a hot doe in front of them..
My girlfriend is also hundreds of miles away....so I am guilty of texting and playing on the phone...but I don't get completely consumed and focused on it...
Its a danged if you do and danged if you don't thing for me...I know it runs the risk of spooking deer...but at the same time it keeps me there longer....
Good tree with some decent cover and a good back drop and such and you aughta be fine unless you watch videos while doing jumping jacks...lol. but...I haven't hunted buck beds..or situations where moving a muscle can make or break my hunt....
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