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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2012, 07:43:54 PM »
Sleep? Highly over-rated.  If I didn't hike hard enough to be tired, then I'll just lay there and listen to the shooting stars, yotes, mice and other rodents searching through camp. If I really can't sleep, I'm watching the bright sky. But, I am looking to improve my sleep pad for a bit more comfort, awake or asleep.

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2012, 08:20:14 PM »
NyQuil pills

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2012, 08:24:40 PM »
A full belly!

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2012, 10:29:55 PM »
If you hike and truly hunt hard all day, you won't need alcohol or pills to help you sleep.
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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #19 on: May 05, 2012, 10:38:43 AM »
Wake up early, hunt all day, then lay down on my Big Agnes insulated air core pad.   Out like a light.

When I can justify a new bag it will be a Big Agnes with the sleeve for the pad.

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #20 on: May 05, 2012, 03:32:56 PM »
Long days hiking, a full mountain house belly and a couple of shots of jack
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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #21 on: May 05, 2012, 04:31:39 PM »
along with a couple of the above suggestions (its usually the cap'n), rain. dont know why but if the rain is hitting the tent i seem to get a deeper sleep & wake more refreshed.

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2012, 10:34:31 PM »
 A good nights sleep is easy with my Exped downmat, and I'll have a shot of something warm if someone else wants to pack it.  :tup:

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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2012, 09:42:06 AM »
I sleep the best after a full day of packing meat but a full day of hunting works too.  Hot mountain house meal, snickers for dessert, dry bag and tylenol pm so I sleep through all the little noises that keep me up all night.  I don't know what it is but I can sleep through my new born son crying 3 ft from me but a a mouse brushing my tent will wake me out of a deep sleep!
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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2012, 10:02:38 AM »
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I can sleep through my new born son crying 3 ft from me but a a mouse brushing my tent will wake me out of a deep sleep!

I've been able to sleep in the back of an M113 bouncing across the desert and been woken up by mice climbing up my tent to slide down it or the sound of my own pulse in my ear when the sleeping bag stretches tight across my ear. :dunno:

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« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2012, 10:41:06 AM »
Exped UL 7, Exped Air Pilllow (with a jacket laid over it), a warm down bag and Tylenol PM. ;)


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« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2012, 11:36:00 AM »
Bag liner so I dont stick to the bag and ZMA supplement.  Also before I lay the tent out I make a small depression for my hip bone (much more comfy).  Works for me.

Bag liner is a must for me too. I have the Sea to Summit cotton / silk.


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Re: good nights sleep
« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2012, 10:56:49 AM »
Wake up early, hunt all day, then lay down on my Big Agnes insulated air core pad.   Out like a light.

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