Solo hunting camp

BBND · Sep 29, 2014

Hi,

I'm just wondering what you solo hunters do at night to pass the time when you're back at camp?

I find the nights always get so long when it gets dark around 6 and it's even worse when it gets really cold.

Going to try and find a good book, but I'm not much for reading hours on end and I can only sleep for about 6 hours, so there's usually plenty of time to waste before breakfast.

I know it's a stupid question, but I'm curious.

bucklover · Sep 29, 2014

Taking one or two Tylenol PMs, or something similar, helps a lot with how much sleep you can squeeze out of a night.

tailchasers · Sep 29, 2014

A small am/fm/sw/ssb radio. Lots of stations to choose from and very compact.

"Courage is being scared to death but
saddling up anyway."

smitty · Sep 29, 2014

+2 on the Tylenol PM's.

I take my phone and play games, or read books, or send texts, (if I have service).

The Tylenol PM's help ALOT.

BBND · Sep 29, 2014

Thanks guys.

I appreciate the responses.

I'm going to try the Tylenol PM. Hadn't ever thought of that, will definitely make for more comfortable sleeping.

sageadvice · Sep 29, 2014

Seems thru the years that i usually have my cabover camper to come back to after hunting so i have the makings with me to do as i do at home. I like a big meal for dinner and i like to cook. After dinner, the stove area cleaned up and my rifle wiped down, i like nothing better than to climb up in the warm cozy rack to a good book. If i need the sleep, i too use the PM meds. Works for me!

Joey

"It's all about knowing what your firearms practical limitations are and combining that with your own personal limitations!"

Calif_Mike · Sep 29, 2014

A rubber dolly...

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BBND · Sep 29, 2014

>A rubber dolly...

Haha, ok. Does Cabelas make an outfitter series model?

DW · Sep 29, 2014

>>A rubber dolly...
>
>
>Haha, ok. Does Cabelas make an
>outfitter series model?

Ya but B and C rack will cost ya extra!

BBND · Sep 29, 2014

Next your going to tell me it'll cost extra to get one that doesn't think everything I say is wrong and that I hunt too much.

mevertsen · Sep 29, 2014

A good book, projects. After I killed my deer this month, I worked on my antelope hide from a few days prior. Turning it into buckskin. Take a bucket of brass that needs worked on. A press can be mounted about anywhere with some c clamps and you can resize a lot of brass in no time with no distractions.

nfh · Sep 29, 2014

Magazines/cards/cut firewood if ya can burn.

For me its easy, I take horses. Feeding/watering and just giving them attention kills a lot of time

DW · Sep 29, 2014

LAST EDITED ON Sep-30-14 AT 05:30AM (MST)[p]>Next your going to tell me
>it'll cost extra to get
>one that doesn't think everything
>I say is wrong and
>that I hunt too much.
>

These are true to life models only so that option doesn't exist!

DW · Sep 29, 2014

Seriously though, when the horses are tended and the sun is gone and there's no one to talk to, I use that time to think. I look back on the past year, I think about my future, and I clean up the junk in my head. Now i know plenty of guys that this scenario would drive them plumb crazy, but it's cleansing for me. I think its partly from all the time I spent alone 20 ft up a tree in minnesota waitin on whitetails growin up. And partly due to the way I'm wired, I'm ok with it. In fact I look fwd to it! Got a solo deer hunt comin up mid oct, can't wait!

BBND · Sep 30, 2014

I can imagine the night does go by pretty quickly tending to your animals. Unfortunately, I don't have any.

I'm with you 100% on spending some time thinking about choices made over the past year, how I can positively influence my kids, where and how I should hunt the next day, etc.

Thanks for the comments guys. I think there will be less waking at 3 am and sitting by the fire until go time mornings this year!

Ideally, I'll have a skull to work on the first night for the next few days, but I know better than to count on that!