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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: fillthefreezer on May 03, 2012, 07:29:30 AM

Title: good nights sleep
Post by: fillthefreezer on May 03, 2012, 07:29:30 AM: what are you key ingredients to a good nights sleep when backpacking?
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Post by: Miles on May 03, 2012, 07:35:14 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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Post by: Woodchuck on May 03, 2012, 07:38:39 AM: 1 part Southern Comfort and 1 part Dr. Pepper :tup:
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Post by: JPhelps on May 03, 2012, 07:53:31 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.
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Post by: atfulldraw on May 03, 2012, 09:02:51 AM: A good sleeping pad and a pair of earplugs.
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Post by: 7mag. on May 03, 2012, 09:08:46 AM: Work hard all day so I am good and tired, plus fresh mountain air.
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Post by: hike2hunt on May 03, 2012, 10:24:19 AM: Quote from: Miles on May 03, 2012, 07:35:14 AM
Wake up early, hunt all day, then lay down on my Big Agnes insulated air core pad. Out like a light.

:yeah:
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Post by: Broken Arrow on May 03, 2012, 10:29:04 AM: gifting with bigfoot.....makes you all warm and fuzzy, and thus you sleep like a baby.
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Post by: alecvg on May 03, 2012, 12:27:01 PM: Good sleeping pad, warm sleeping bag, and an ipod so I dont hear my partners snoring!
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on May 03, 2012, 02:03:36 PM: :yeah: All of the above... Good pad and hard hunting. Im a hard sleeper and hunt alone alot so snoring has never really been an issue. If I ever do have trouble which is rare... tylenol pm.
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Post by: JODakota on May 03, 2012, 02:10:30 PM: Quote from: Woodchuck on May 03, 2012, 07:38:39 AM
1 part Southern Comfort and 1 part Dr. Pepper :tup:

Me likey
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Post by: Woodchuck on May 03, 2012, 02:13:39 PM: It's a mainstay :tup:
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Post by: hoytem on May 03, 2012, 02:33:04 PM: Quote from: JPhelps on May 03, 2012, 07:53:31 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.

That is an awesome idea! That is one thing that kills me sleeping on the ground, that and my shoulder. I'm gonna try that next time.
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Post by: CoachNemo on May 03, 2012, 03:17:22 PM: +1 for the Insulated Air Core. Sleep like a baby :IBCOOL:
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Post by: 3Under on May 03, 2012, 07:13:05 PM: Scotch!
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades 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.

-Steve
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Post by: WA hunter14 on May 03, 2012, 08:20:14 PM: NyQuil pills
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Post by: mr user on May 03, 2012, 08:24:40 PM: A full belly!
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Post by: Alpine Mojo 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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Post by: MikeWalking on May 05, 2012, 10:38:43 AM: Quote from: Miles on May 03, 2012, 07:35:14 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.

A hot meal, Advil and new this season will be an Rx for a tremor made worse by the diabetes. It pretty much eliminated my sleep apnea as a side effect.
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Post by: arguhl on May 05, 2012, 03:32:56 PM: Long days hiking, a full mountain house belly and a couple of shots of jack
Daniels.
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Post by: gaddy 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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Post by: actionshooter 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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Post by: Karl Blanchard 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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Post by: MikeWalking on May 06, 2012, 10:02:38 AM: Quote
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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Post by: slim9300 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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Title: good nights sleep
Post by: slim9300 on May 06, 2012, 11:36:00 AM: Quote from: JPhelps on May 03, 2012, 07:53:31 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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Post by: JLS on May 08, 2012, 10:56:49 AM: Quote from: Miles on May 03, 2012, 07:35:14 AM
Wake up early, hunt all day, then lay down on my Big Agnes insulated air core pad. Out like a light.

Yes. I wish I would have bought one of these a long time ago.