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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.
Quote from: jackelope on March 22, 2016, 10:01:39 PMI 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
I woke up 2 summers ago to a damn mouse running across my face. That was my first and last floorless shelter.
Put water in bucket !
I do better sleeping alone in the mountains then I do hiking through the brush in the dark. Via headlamp. My favorite nights in the backcountry are heavy thunder storms and heavy rain. Drown's out the sound of zombie's. Just wait until you know your alone and start hearing voices!
I used to bring my golden retriever scouting for sheep in Alaska in heavy bear country. Definitely put my mind at ease, more than a few times he detected bears well before we encountered them, most likely saved me from a bad encounter. I used tylenol PM religiously when I hunted with my dad as his snoring would collapse the tent walls.