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catman529

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I worked all day Saturday and Sunday, 2 different jobs and it must have worn me out. This morning it took me 2 snooze button times to realize I was supposed to get up and hunt. I use my phone as an alarm clock and it sits on a shelf 10 feet from the bed, so I got out of bed twice to hit snooze before I was awake enough to remember what I was doing.

So I got to the woods, not the original place I had planned due to lost time. I sat on the ground and slept through most of the morning. I woke up a few times to watch and listen to all the squirrels but kept falling asleep an finally woke up at 9 am and got up to stillhunt a little. I guess on the bright side I found a red oak that seems to be getting hit good by the deer.

Anyone ever had those mornings when you sleep through most of the prime time for seeing deer?
 
I will over-sleep, but I've never slept through the first hour after sun-up. The cold weather and activity walking in wake me up enough for that. After about 7:30 or 8:00, if I'm in a climbing stand or somewhere comfortable, I have issues staying awake sometimes.

I have remedied that by hunting while standing up a lot this year. It's been fairly effective, and it's a lot harder to fall asleep :)
 
I rarely sleep while deer hunting but I too had a hard time yesterday staying awake in the woods. It was a weird hunt as I just couldn't make my mind focus on hunting, was thinking of everything but hunting! Saw 6 deer and a couple bucks but just couldn't focus at all! Tired I guess here too!
 
I remember one day years ago when I was rundown and sick but went hunting anyhow. I got in a thicket and sat flat on the ground by an old cedar fence post. It was midday and I wasn't seeing anything so I started getting sleepy. Next thing I knew I woke up about an hour later. Looked around a bit and let my head fall back against the post and slept till my dog tracked me down and jumped in my lap. At that point all I could do was walk back home. :) Not much for killing a deer but a very pleasant day in the woods!
 
Of course when I got in the truck and started driving down the road, I soon saw a big doe standing in the open next to the road. I flipped her off and kept driving
 
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Growing up there was a man that usually killed a big buck every year. Rumor was that he slept until a buck woke him up. Apparently he snored them up.
 
Just once have I fallen asleep when hunting deer. I was east of Coalingua, CA and was wore out. Unfortunately, I woke up and it was dark, I was not prepared for it, and spent a very uncomfortable 2 hours getting back to my truck. Never since.

Hunting geese I have fallen asleep many times. Once woke up to a flock of Canada's literally in the deke's, was first time I ever killed two with two shots.
 
Ive been extremley tired when a long night as presented itself before a hunt a.k.a....had to much to drink! lol. That was definitly when i was younger. One thing that i have pride myself in over the years is getting up and going!

Now I just sleep in if im tired.Yes, Ive personally woken up late and hit the trail and have seen deer, been successful,etc. Hell, your better off in the woods than not.This is especially true when you have select days in the year to go. E.G. when you have two young kids and a busy wife.
 
Slept through one of my favorite hunts years ago in Illinois when I lived there. A real weird warm front moved through, 20 mph or more gusts, about 60 degrees in November, but I went anyway. Found the lee side of a big log and just fetal-positioned into dreamland.

Woke up at dusk, picked up a couple pieces of firewood from the ground, and saw a young buck walking through the whipping trees. Shot him and took him home, rested and rewarded.

Nothing like a good sleep in the woods!
 
Nothing better than sleeping in a summit viper. Once I had killed 2 deer in consecutive mornings that turned into LONG days ( long drags, processing , hour drive home). The third morning I slept on the way to our spot and fell asleep at daybreak. Didn't wake up until 11. My dad was looking for me because we were suppose to be back at the truck at 10!

My dad fell asleep and woke up in the dark in the north woods of Maine. He was completely disoriented on direction when he woke up. He slept out there and walked almost 20 miles the next day to find a road and eventually his truck. If it would have rained he would have been in big trouble.
 

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