HighUintas
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I'm wondering what most guys are doing regarding balancing hours of sleep vs staying in the woods until legal shooting light is done, especially when you have a long hike in/out.
I have a couple of places where it's a 1-1.5hr hike from vehicle to spot in woods I like to sit at sunrise/sunset. This time of year, it means I have to get up at 4am or earlier to be there on time. If I want to stay until I can't shoot, that means I wouldn't get back to my tent until 10:15 or so and wouldn't be sleeping until 11-11:30. If I'm hunting for more than a couple days, 4-5 hrs sleep a night doesn't work well for me as I move constantly through the day outside of sitting for a few hours.
What do you guys do? Nap in middle of the day? Deal with sleep deprivation? You do just fine on 4 hours of sleep? Do you start hiking out early enough to get to sleep earlier?
I have a couple of places where it's a 1-1.5hr hike from vehicle to spot in woods I like to sit at sunrise/sunset. This time of year, it means I have to get up at 4am or earlier to be there on time. If I want to stay until I can't shoot, that means I wouldn't get back to my tent until 10:15 or so and wouldn't be sleeping until 11-11:30. If I'm hunting for more than a couple days, 4-5 hrs sleep a night doesn't work well for me as I move constantly through the day outside of sitting for a few hours.
What do you guys do? Nap in middle of the day? Deal with sleep deprivation? You do just fine on 4 hours of sleep? Do you start hiking out early enough to get to sleep earlier?