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MRE `S for meals with the heater in it,baby wipes,and a folding 3 legged lite chair with a back rest to hunt with.case of water somehow ? if warm weather monkey butt powder too ?
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Also, make sure to stay well hydrated. Many good water additives, but good old plain water will work.
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My comment from an old thread on this topic.
Fill a plastic drinking water bottle with warm water, one with a squirt top is best and a quart is more than you need. Carry a microfiber wash cloth and mini towel. In deep cold, only uncover and wash one part of your body at a time and I like to have a 4 oz. squirt top flat bottle of liquid soap. Wet the cloth and soap it a bit, scrub and rise off or sponge off. The squirt bottle is excellent for washing hair. Wet hair, shampoo and then rinse with squirts. I feel a lot better in my sleeping bag. I do that every couple of days or so or after a big sweat, and use the wet wipes every day.
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Looking for tips on staying fresh during a week long DIY backpack hunt. Will be hiking out from a base camp each morning, leaving camp in the dark and returning at dark. Any tips on staying fresh during a week long trip? Current thoughts:
- Short naps on the mountain
- A rest day mid-week or if the weather is poor
- More sitting and glassing, less constant hiking.
- Staying hydrated and eating enough cals.
Looking forward to the feedback. Slow and steady wins the race. Pace yourself. You can go longer and farther slow and steady than you will fast with lots of rest breaks. Mid day naps are also great. The biggest thing though is being in shape before the hunt. The hunt is not the time to try to get in shape or lose weight. Take along something you enjoy. I pack a snickers for every day. It does great things for my spirits while eating it. I used to avoid coffee, but now some instant crystals in my water bottle in the morning gets my head right. If I had a base camp, I'd have something to drink once I got in, usually a Dr Pepper, that would get my mind right before going to bed. Simple things really, but things that can provide a mental boost. For me it's more mental than physical. If you don't embrace the miserable conditions, they can get you down.
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I find washing my face/hair does wonders for both hygiene and waking/refreshing me. A little soap and cold mountain spring water and I always feel much better. Especially after a quick nap or when the weather is warm and I have been sweating.
Snickers mini's are always in my pack. I don't eat candy normally, so get a good boost after a bar or two.
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Hunt hard till you punch your tag, or till you drop... which ever comes first... sleep can wait until after the season ends. Oh, beer helps too.
Foxx Beer... nope, not while hunting, time to drink, time to hunt. Beer slows me down and weighs to much.
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Hunt hard till you punch your tag, or till you drop... which ever comes first... sleep can wait until after the season ends. Oh, beer helps too.
Foxx Beer... nope, not while hunting, time to drink, time to hunt. Beer slows me down and weighs to much. Precisely why the flask was invented.
I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill
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I will add that driving all night to get to your hunting area makes you exhausted before the hunt even begins. I think you are better off finding a hotel around 10 or 11 pm and sleeping until 5 or 6 and then finishing your journey. So many people do this because they are excited to get there, but I feel it costs you in the long run.
What you do today is important, you are trading a day in the rest of your life for it.
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Good point, sleep is huge.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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I think a few things can help keep your mental game "fresh".
My personal recipe during the long days or a long week - are a combo of several things:
I look at pictures of past hunts, as well as pics of my wife and kids (on my phone), reflecting on the journey and remembering that success was a result of the effort - most of the pictures jog a good memory and elicit a few laughs too
I listen to music that matches my mood ; energetic could be alternative/ r&b/ even metal; -- chillax could be jazz/ cuban/ spanish guitar; -- when i need a laugh or for fun country; fireside - whatever makes sense for the setting
For the music, as well as using OnX maps I bring extra charger/battery sticks for my phone.
I bring a current book (mostly business related, or specifically on motivation and leadership) - reading during lulls in the action or when I need a break from glassing.
I take a midday nap. But beware that this can and will one day cost you an opportunity. That lesson will stick with you for every nap afterwards too.
I also tend to glass many more miles than I hike everyday. I hike on average 10+ miles a day. But a lot of that hiking is done in the dark. I sit and glass most of the daylight hours, and plan my stalks.
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In addition to all of that I always, always, always bring elk jerky with me. Something truly primitive yet inspiring about eating last year's harvest while on a quest for more.
I agree with the other gents suggestions of keeping your clothes and self clean, resting well, eating proficiently, using supplements (Mtn Ops, or Wilderness Training) and training hard before the season. HIIT high intensity interval training is a great way to do this.
And if you're a believer (like I am) I send up prayers of thankfulness especially while enjoying God's magnificent creation. I find myself praying/ conversing with my heavenly Father a lot during a hunt.
For me hunting is my sanity reset button. It is also strengthens my spiritual walk too. In this crazy, frantic world I find myself needing hunting season to get me through it all.
Lastly...Very few animals (for me at least) have come easily. Most were earned through perseverance and persistence. When in doubt power through it all. Just over the next hill is a new opportunity. Some great advice here. Thank you!
"For joy of knowing what may not be known we take the golden road to Samarkand."
James Elroy Flecker
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