Sleeping alone in the backcountry

[Bango skank]

Sleep aids help you fall asleep, they don't render you unconscious

Different sleep aids work in different ways.  Some can be dangerous!  Example: a coworker was trying the sleeping pill thing, i forget which kind, but it apparently would put him in a semi conscious state where he would say random things and have no control over it.  His wife was driving and he just looked at her and said "you look fat."        No joke.

[grundy53]

I'm fine with bears and cougars. It's the mice... those things are fearless demons. For some reason they gross me out. I can't stand them. I think I would rather have a bear try to snuggle up with me than a stupid mouse run across my face.  I know it's irrational but that doesn't help.

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[saylean]

I was a little nervous last sept in Alaska, spotting 3 black bear within a short distance from camp in less than two hours...plus I was a bit worried about grizzly...but turned out ok.

Washington, not too nervous. I sleep pretty well. My biggest concern are blow downs where I hunt...I do take an advil pm or Nyquil sometimes, but that is just so I sleep comfortably.

[IBspoiled]

that is funny Grundy,that happened to me last year zipped up tight in my mummy bag with the zipper stuck  and a mouse crawled across my face I was defenseless against his brutal attack  and barely lived to tell the story

[Jason]

What really gives me the willies is the creatures with more than four legs

[jackelope]

I woke up 2 summers ago to a damn mouse running across my face. That was my first and last floorless shelter.

[Ice Cap]

I just go to bed with the mind set that I am the most dangerous beast in the woods!
Sleep quite well. :-)

[JoeE]

I get freaked out sometimes in the backcountry if I'm in big bear country. I had a tough time sleeping the last time I was in Alaska. I don't want to pack an electric fence so I'm thinking of getting one of these perimeter alarms. Small and lightweight and will at least allow me to grab my pistol if something strolls through camp.

http://www.brite-strike.com/CAPSS.html

[grundy53]

I just go to bed with the mind set that I am the most dangerous beast in the woods!
Sleep quite well. :-)

The mice don't care how dangerous you are.....

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[Ice Cap]

I just go to bed with the mind set that I am the most dangerous beast in the woods!
Sleep quite well. :-)

The mice don't care how dangerous you are.....

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That's why I sleep in a 1 man tent with an attached floor. Lol

[kentrek]

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http://www.brite-strike.com/CAPSS.html

That might work  well to put around your elk/deer if you gotta leave it over night

Or better yet....around the dang horse/mule corral..sneek devils

[Bushcraft]

My wife and I's bedroom is like a tomb compared to the nighttime noise level in the backcountry.  It's a little annoying to have to listen to ants hiccupping far off in the distance the first night or two before everything normalizes. 

Seriously though, you might think about bringing a good dog with you.  It used to take me a while to doze off on solo trips, but I sleep like a baby on my scouting trips with the four legged perimeter alarm...except for the rare occasion where he rudely charges off into the dark of night with hackles raised and teeth gnashing.  Then the G20 with TLR3 close to hand is mighty comforting.

[2MANY]

I don't ever recommend sleeping alone.

[theleo]

The only time I have problems is when I have to keep am ear out for coolers being drug out of the stream, other than that I just hunt my butt off and have no problem sleeping at night.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I woke up 2 summers ago to a damn mouse running across my face. That was my first and last floorless shelter.

Squirrel!  Was as big as a bear! He must have tight-roped the hammock line at my foot end. Then he decided to get to the tree at my head end via the bridge. No slowing down to pay the toll. Bastage rain right across my face. I've got scars to prove it!
 

Listening to Wolves near and far have kept me awake for hours.

I don't use plastic tent pegs anymore.. Mice like to chew on them. In the dead of night, that's quite noisy.

Oh... Hint to everyone.  If you hike in in the dark and find a nice flat spot to lay out your mat, bivy and bag,  DO NOT lay yourself down to sleep IN a Deer Trail!  Did you know that at 4:am waking to several mule deer does, stomping, coughing, jumping can nearly give a guy a heart attack?

I've heard large animals right outside my tent.  So, yeah.. I could be tired as heck but I sleep pretty light in the back country. I may nap during the day.   

-Steve