Trad Gang

I have always had trouble falling a sleep the night before opening day or before leaving and going out of town on a big hunt.

I pick Chris Parker (Minuteman)up in six hours at the airport and then we are heading to Montana to hunt antelope and I know I should be sleeping but here I sit typing away.  :knothead:  

Anybody else have this problem???

Tracy  :coffee:

Brother, the night before opening day is like the last night of summer and the first day of school or christmas eve as a kid for me. I lay there in bed envisioning everything that might happen in the upcoming season....might get lucky and get a couple hours sleep. Hunting to me is MY sport. Too old to play football. I train physically year round with one thing in mind...hunting. I consider myself an athlete in this sport. When hunting season is over I feel a deadened sadness...almost depressed. I immediately go to work preparing for the next season.

Hope your sleeping now although it wont matter in a short while as your chasing lopes. I hope you score big on your trip.  :archer:

Hey, Me too! I got in the rack about 11 and woke up at 3 ready to go. I may need a little caffiene boost about midday to make it through, Tracy.
Watch out speed goats here we come!

Lucky dogs....I should be with you     :smileystooges:      :pray:

Tracy,you'll be hearing from me soon bud.....

Always and wait till you get older like me you won't be able to sleep even when not going hunting.Kip

The night before a hunt???  Heck I don't leave for almost three weeks yet and I'm already having trouble.  I know from many years of trying that the only way to get any sleep the last couple of nights before leaving is by using sleeping pills.  Normally don't like drugs, but I'd be a complete wreak without them before a trip.    
Have a great trip guys, and bring back plenty of stories and pictures for the rest of us!

Elk opens in the morning.  I ain't slept in 3 days.    
I hope the mountain air oh, and the 3 hr. hike to get in will help that.  For some reason i just don't think it will.

Good Luck guys I'm sure I'll be spending a sleepless night before we leave for Canada in 12 days.

I sleep like a baby.. But then I can fall asleep just about any time fo day or place..  Yaawn....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I used to sleep terribly, and would have nightmares about trying to pull my bow back but there was no tension and animals would just walk away as the arrow fell to my feet. . . then I discovered drugs. . .lol

Ya mean we are supposed to sleep before the big day? Huh....

Same problem here!!!

Yeah, me too! Even when I knew I was to be driving all night to Quebec for a bear hunt recently I couldn't even grab a nap. Of course back at work now I can nap without a problem!  :biglaugh:

Just like when I was a kid and it was Christmas. If you dont get fired up over the opening day thin you should quit. I love the middle of Nov. but something about the opening day. Good luck to all this year and be safe.

I do to, and always have some weird dreams.  Last night I saved my dad from a bear attack with an ax!!!

Woke up sweating, and could not go back to sleep.  Hunt starts on Saturday, so not sure what will happen tonight.....

Jake

I have trouble falling to sleep the night before leaving for Cloverdale, or Compton's or ATAR....I'm an even bigger ball of nerves the night before opening day.

No. That's what bourbon is for!

Hope you guys have a safe and successful hunt.
Sleep? What the heck is "sleep"...?

No...but at my age, I have trouble dragging out the deer the following morning.....no matter how much sleep I get ....or don't get.

Always, never fails, then while on stand I fall a sleep....for a little while.........

Nope.....I'm like Joe, I usualy end up over sleeping LOL.

Over the years I've gotten real good at shooting (or missing    :rolleyes:  )  deer on the way in to my stand.

I left for my bear hunt at 6:00 PM rather than 3:00 AM because I got so antsy I just could not sit still.

Ambien, or I won't sleep an hour the night before a big hunt.

I use to be that way..
The older I get it's harder for me  to get out of bed..  
  Seems like I always take bigger bucks in bed.  :bigsmyl:  
 Easier to get out also   :bigsmyl:

I remember doing that as a kid.I hope it never ends.I can't think of anything else that has that effect on me.My grand daddy did all his life.In camp we would just lay there and talk.everyone else would be snoring.Those were the days.I hope I always do.

my season opens the 30th of this month. I am going to do a morning hunt and will have to cross part of a river to get to where I want to be; so I am not going to go to bed the night before.  
I will sneak in by 4:30; I am sure my cold feet etc will keep me awake for the 6 am show. Then if I don't get a shot; I will return for some zzzzzz's
Then off to the evening hunt.
I am having trouble sleeping already  :)

:wavey:

Have always had a tough time sleeping before opening day.Guess the day that I don't have the anticipation will be the day I take up golf, like h***!!!
Good luck to everyone this fall and stay safe.

Glad to see I am not the only one   :bigsmyl:  

We just got in from Montana and I still need to run Minuteman to the airport.Pictures and a story to come,We had a awsome time.

Tracy  :campfire:

Heck...I get excited for squirrel or rabbit hunting and have a hardtime sleeping.  Doesn't have to be anything big for me!