I'm not an everyday watch wearer. But, when turkey hunting, I did like packing a cheap one that I placed on the ground so I can keep track of time when working a bird. It might seem funny, but I feel it helps keep me patient. Recently, I've become accustomed to wearing one on my off hand with the face on the underside of my wrist (strapped over my outer cloths layer). This way when I'm holding my gun off the knee, it's kinda right there facing me.
How many out there use a watch, or otherwise track the passage of time when engaged with a bird?
(As I write this, it makes me think that if I could find a high quality, classic looking wrist watch, I might start wearing one everyday. It might give me one less excuse to reach for my phone.)
I wear my garmin watch everywhere. I feel weird without it.
To be honest I have a not been able to find one to fit my wrists comfortably. I have been looking to get one the last coupe of years but have not found one in a price range I like for a watch I will only wear during turkey season, that and large wrists have kept me from buying one. I did set my cell so I could set it on the ground and tap it with my toe and it would show the time, nice in a blind anyway.
Yes most definitely during turkey season, i don't like looking or messing with my cell phone to see the time etc... I Use a Casio Sports Watch with a nylon band and it has the Illuminator light so i see the time in the dark etc... It's a model W94HF-3AV and costs around 25 dollars on Amazon .... Turkey / deer season is the only time i wear one anymore .... after that i put it back in the cabinet and just use my cell phone ...
I'm not a watch wearer. Never have been so no watch for me. I used too for hunting only until they started making these nice little mini computers called smartphones. A couple states I hunted back when I wore a watch had midday closings. Needed to know when legal hunting time was over.
The cell phones comes out nowdays when I need to check my location. I don't use it to track time while working a gobbler/hunting. I hunt by feel. I call when I feel I should be calling and move when I think I need to move.
Turkeys don't have a schedule. They go by instinct. They might have a routine/ pattern but it's not set in time and that routine can change at any moment.
If he's gobbling, I call as often as I feel necessary based on his actions. I don't pigeon hole myself by keeping to a schedule and calling every 10,15,20 minutes. A watch for me would be redundant.
If there's no gobbling, I call from areas I feel are good set ups when I get to them and not based on the fact my watch tells me to call. Not saying my way is the right and only way to but it works fairly well for me and my turkey hunting personality.
Yes - life long habit. Have a Timex Expedition that must be 25 years old. Often time how long I'll sit in a spot if they aren't gobbling. From game camera pictures have an idea of some birds patterns. If they showed on camera in a certain field at around 10 they often do that consistently. Wouldn't hunt without one. Nice to know legal times also.
I wear a Fitbit my wife bought me so we all know how that goes; I have to wear it! That is until it breaks anyway.
I thought I did it in the other day jumping in the pool with it on but the darn thing is water proof!
It tracks my steps, heart rate, miles walked and calories burned and tells time so I stay legal getting out of the woods.
I set my phone on my lap or right beside me. I use my stop watch feature in split time. 1 starts when I setup on a bird. The other is rest everytime he gobbles. And if the weather ain't good. I'll have my radar showing instead.
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Yes, I also have a fit bit. Tracks my steps and how far I've hiked. Helps me keep track of how long I've been sitting, I'll normally sit still 30 minutes after my last sequence before moving.
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Hunting is pretty much the only time I wear one.
Never quit wearing one, so no reason to not wear it turkey hunting. Time is difficult to track and a quick glance is all I need to be sure I'm being patient. Patience kills a lot of birds and without a watch, I would probably move too soon.
Carry a smart phone for OnX, but don't want to have to pull out the phone and as sure as I laid it on the ground, I'd walk off without it.
Garmin Instinct goes on every hunt and every hike/bike ride/workout. Rarely wear a watch anytime else. Also use it to mark the truck parking spot as a backup on new ground in case the cell gps has issues, like the Black Hills and Ohio most recently.
I've worn a watch daily since I was about 12 or 13. My father in the 60's and 70's was working with NASA in Cape Canaveral and he would get the watches for the Navy divers recovering the rocket stages. I have a Zodiac Sea Wolf that is who knows how old. I wear an Apple watch when out in the woods because it has a cell coverage and I can make calls on it. Being over 60 now I thought that was a good idea. But wear different watches for different occasions. Bubba
I don't. I'm a lefty shooter, don't want any possibility of my sleeve riding up exposing anything shiny. I use cell for time.
I never wear one. Just something else for me to lose.
I do. Unfortunately, I don't have too many days just dedicated to hunting. I have one with a dark face so I don't have to worry about it spooking birds.
I have never worn one, sun straight over head it's noon.
Yep, Fitbit for me.
When a watch gets on my wrist, it never comes off till the battery dies
I have a couple seasons ago and I agree that it has pros and cons.
On one hand it lets you know that you haven't been sitting there for 20 min. It's only been 8, but it feels like 20 min. In a way it helps with patience there, and legal shooting times, roosting times etc...
I can see where it can be a hinderance by creating a mental deadline. You tell yourself, I'm gonna give it an hour... only to walk away and bump the bird that was coming in or hear him gobble some 10 min after you left.
I didn't use one this year and I used my phone. It was a little bit too distracting for me as I found myself scrolling social media when it was slow.
I also feel like I move to much when checking the time on my phone versus slightly moving my wrist to see the watch on the underside.
I think I'm going to go back to my watch, in efforts of keeping me away from the phone. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but a lot of turkey hunting is being mentally in the game, if having a watch is going to put you there mentally, and get you in your zone, do it.
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Wear one every day, but not while hunting. Just the Iphone.
Wear my Apple Watch everyday. Amazing how reliant I've become on my watch, meetings, texts, email notification. Even use it as my dive computer.
Use it a lot while hunting, time of sunrise, track my distance, real time weather, spots I've mark with OnX.
Does any of it really help harvest turkey? Probably not. But keeps me entertained while sitting in the woods. Plus hate to keep pulling iPhone out of the vest, it stays safely stowed in a zipped pock.
Not while hunting. Don't want to know how much time is truly spent while hunting.
Yes, I do. I have always worn a watch every day for over 50 years, no need to change this late in life.
I always wear a watch. When I was in law enforcement a watch was a critical piece of equipment but I had the habit before entering that field. I probably became a full time watch wearer when I started scuba diving as it was also critical in that endeavor,
Quote from: NCL on August 08, 2023, 12:30:42 PM
I always wear a watch. When I was in law enforcement a watch was a critical piece of equipment but I had the habit before entering that field. I probably became a full time watch wearer when I started scuba diving as it was also critical in that endeavor,
I wore a watch most every day of my adult life. When I retired from the job after 36+ years I stopped wearing a watch outside hunting. But I would have felt naked without one, now, nope. :funnyturkey:
Seiko SKX6039 or the SKX007. One has jumped out of planes in 9 different countries at 40,000 feet, been around the world and has been ticking since 1986. Indestructible tool watches. Nice to keep track of time spent on a bird, time between gobbles, how often a distant bird is gobbling and needs your attention, marking a distant shot for Intel purposes later, and all around being a man that uses a watch instead of looking at a screen or swiping his techy watch.
I usually wear a gshock "rangeman" every day unless I'm going to a formal event or church
G shock has been pretty much indestructible it's solar battery charge so I don't have to worry about battery dying. Bonus it's got a compass in case my phone gps doesn't work in a remote area
Easier than digging around for phone to see time.
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Quote from: wchadw on August 08, 2023, 06:45:36 PM
I usually wear a gshock "rangeman" every day unless I'm going to a formal event or church
G shock has been pretty much indestructible it's solar battery charge so I don't have to worry about battery dying. Bonus it's got a compass in case my phone gps doesn't work in a remote area
Easier than digging around for phone to see time.
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Very interesting didn't know that.
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I guess I am old fashioned but I wear a watch all the time. My current favorite is a Wenger Swiss Military. It's titanium, matte finish and really lightweight. I have had it about ten years. My previous watch is also a Wenger Swiss Military and it is also titanium. That one still works today and it is over twenty years old! The metal band broke on it and I replaced it with leather. I still wear it from time to time.
Always wear a watch. Sometimes when bow hunting, I will remove if I plan on spending several hours in tree.
I always wear one, actually saving up a little on the side to purchase my first real nice watch. When. I make the purchase (hopefully in the next year) I plan to have it on my wrist until I pass it down. That's me personally. I love watches. Always have. When I finally own the one I've always wanted it'll be a part of me and part of me is yelpin at turkeys. It'll go on the adventure with me!
Since I retired, 10 years ago, my watch has been hidden in my sock drawer never to be seen from again. No need for time unless I have a doctors or dental appointment. My cell phone is put on silent when I enter the woods and most of the time I hunt until I decide to return to the truck. Just enjoy God's Gift without Worldly Intervention. BLESSED!
Wore a G shock for years till it bit the dust. Now wear a Timex expedition indiglo for all hunting and fishing.
Usually a pocket watch in my front pocket.
I do not own a working wrist watch or pocket watch.
I have never been a watch wearer, or jewelry for that matter. Being that way I have always had a good sense of the time, not perfect, but good.
I do now and for a while, carry my phone. My hunting is covering ground until I find a player, I am usually referencing my phone for something. When the game starts I don't care what time it is, Only when it's over. I have always been good at stopping on bad days at the right time. Just like said before, when the suns straight up, it time to head to the truck. At least in my home state!
You don't need a watch to turkey hunt. You need a watch for yourself.
Yes, I normally wear one with the face to the outside. When hunting I turn it to the inside so I can check time between calling/response etc while I have the gun shouldered
No.
I own a grand total of one watch. It's a gold Seiko. It'd not go well with my Realtree motif.
A watch is for human time, not turkey time.
What matters is how often you look at the watch and let it influence what you do.
I like keeping track of the time, so yes to watches if concealed but still visible to me.
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I've always worn a watch while hunting.
I wear a watch on my left wrist every day. During turkey season, I wear the face turned on the inward side of my wrist, so I can see it just by moving my eyes and don't have to worry about light reflecting off the face. I shoot left handed and it is always close enough to see. Sometimes have my phone handy to text my buddies, but my watch is my primary time piece.
Jim