Early morning wake-up’s

[Coveyleader]

Early season elk days are longggggggg anyone else can’t stand those 4:30am wake-up’s ? I dread them.


Another plus about the last weeks of archery.

 

[trophyhill]

I know the feeling. Elk hunting is hard and beats a guy down. So important to get good sleep. Part of why I take the weight penalty for a couple comforts at camp.

 

[BigLou]

makes the mid-day nap all that much better!

 

[huntabsarokee]

I only mind the early morning wake ups when its cold. Being from the east coast and getting up here at 5am makes getting up in the mountains not really an issue with the time difference. Of course I am usually the first one to bed in our camp often as soon as the stove is turned off and my plate is thrown away.

 

[Poser]

I started getting up at 4:30 at home every day because I was always struggling with getting up so early out in the backcountry and on the weekends. -makes getting up at 3:30 or even 2:30 way easier.

 

[Laramie]

Early season elk days are longggggggg anyone else can’t stand those 4:30am wake-up’s ? I dread them.


Another plus about the last weeks of archery.

Can't say I have ever dreaded waking up to elk hunt...

 

[cnelk]

When you get old you’re already up

 

[bz_711]

One bugle changes that...

 

[5MilesBack]

Early season elk days are longggggggg anyone else can’t stand those 4:30am wake-up’s ? I dread them.

Nope, I dread the early wake-up's the rest of the year when I don't want or need to be up. Was up at 0400 this morning. And that was after laying in bed awake for an hour. Pretty standard for me.

Reminds me of an old Barney Miller episode where Wojohowitz asks this Amish man what "farm life" is like. The man replies with something like "Well.......get up early, feed the animals, mend some fence, then plow 40 acres". Wojo says "and then what"? The man replies "Breakfast".

 

[Skerhunter]

It is a grind! Can’t wait to hear my first bugle though!

 

[Sinistram]

Per Wade Garrett in Roadhouse, "I'll have plenty of time to rest when I'm dead."

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Hah try spring bear hunting up north. 4am sun coming out is so delightful in May/June

 

[HTNFSH]

On my guided hunts, it was really tough. We got it late (nearly 10pm) shoveling food without tasting it, and right to bed. 4am sucked. Spending the night in the field is completely different, and I find it a bit easier to get moving early.

 

[jgilber5]

Waking up is usually ok, its getting those soaked frozen boots on thats tough

 

[Wrench]

I'm up at 340 everyday anyway.....it's the staying up late that hurts. 5am to 9pm makes for long days.

 

[Poser]

I don’t believe anyone who claims their motivation is screaming at 3:50 AM to Jump out of a warm sleeping bag and get up, after it and out and about in the dark.

 

[Customweld]

Hah try spring bear hunting up north. 4am sun coming out is so delightful in May/June

On the flip side of that the sun is hitting the deck at 1600 during whitetail season!

 

[sodaksooner]

Im up before 5 every day and usually awake by 430 so not too much of a struggle, and we usually try and hit the rack before 10 in camp, so 430 isn't hard.. Its those days when you have to wake up at 1am to hike up 2000 feet to get ahead of a herd before sunrise that suck...lol.

 

[Jaquomo]

Hate it. I'm already looking forward to thr midday nap before I even start hiking

 

[mtnbiker208]

up at 5:00am this morning, drinking my morning coffee at the kitchen table and listening to the herd talk. pretty cool.