What (If Anything) Do You Eat Prior to An Early-Morning Hunt?

[Crawdaddy4]

Have talked to a lot of hunters with responses all across the spectrum on this. What are hunters eating, if anything, before early-morning hunts?

 

[Dmathews87]

coffee only will have you digging in your pack for your toilet paper\dude wipes at some point....i usually grab some sort of breakfast bar thing and a coffee drink...snacks in bag if i need

 

[raisins]

200 mg caffeine pill and water....i bring a few snack bars and some water....i usually lose 5 to 10 lbs during hunting season and put it back on in the off season

 

[Crawdaddy4]

coffee only will have you digging in your pack for your toilet paper\dude wipes at some point....i usually grab some sort of breakfast bar thing and a coffee drink...snacks in bag if i need

That's my approach. I love coffee, strong and black, but avoid it before morning hunts lest I be quickly abandoning my saddle!!

 

[Dmathews87]

That's my approach. I love coffee, strong and black, but avoid it before morning hunts lest I be quickly abandoning my saddle!!

I may or may not have ruined a perfectly good shirt learning this the hard way. coffee on an empty stomach is no bueno

 

[Dmathews87]

to be fair, this is also my coffee:

 

[Tapeworm]

Nothing

Chug a can of Coke Zero or something similar in truck

I bring a bottle water with me and a screw cap bottle soda like Coke Zero for some caffeine to the tree


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[kyler1945]

Nunn electrolyte tab and a liter of water.

Athletic greens and a liter of water.

As much coffee as I can get in before I get to woods or a thermos with me.

Another liter of water.

Couple hundred calories of whatever.

First four are non negotiable, the food is flexible.

 

[Crawdaddy4]

200 mg caffeine pill and water....i bring a few snack bars and some water....i usually lose 5 to 10 lbs during hunting season and put it back on in the off season

I never considered a caffeine pill. Wonder if that would "wake me up" like coffee does without kickstarting my GI tract??

 

[raisins]

I never considered a caffeine pill. Wonder if that would "wake me up" like coffee does without kickstarting my GI tract??

I don't know. I only notice a change when I really overdo the coffee (or a coworker makes it too strong). I think I've been drinking 2 cups or taking a pill every morning for so long that I don't know what normal is anymore!

The pills are certainly convenient, cheaper than coffee, and don't stain your teeth.

 

[bowhunthard88]

I'll bring water and a bar or something in with me, but nothing prior to actually "going" hunting in the early morning. If it's after 6am though, I'll have had coffee.

 

[redsquirrel]

I don't eat anything. I'm not usually hungry that early anyway. If it's warm I'll pack water or some gatorade. Otherwise I'll just eat after the hunt. If it's an all day hunt I'll pack food and start snacking mid morning through early afternoon.

 

[Crawdaddy4]

Nunn electrolyte tab and a liter of water.

Athletic greens and a liter of water.

As much coffee as I can get in before I get to woods or a thermos with me.

Another liter of water.

Couple hundred calories of whatever.

First four are non negotiable, the food is flexible.

Are you consuming that AG1 every day or only as a supplement on hunting days?

 

[raisins]

I don't eat anything. I'm not usually hungry that early anyway. If it's warm I'll pack water or some gatorade. Otherwise I'll just eat after the hunt. If it's an all day hunt I'll pack food and start snacking mid morning through early afternoon.

yeah, i always try to eat bare minimum to keep me from being lightheaded...i went all day with no food one time and it was dangerous once the world started spinning a little due to low blood sugar

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Bowl of oatmeal and nearly a pot of strong coffee. I'm done with any serious business that might make me bail out of the tree after the first 2 cups and that is almost always well before I leave the house.

 

[Rutman]

2 packs of oatmeal, and usually a bottle of water with a Celsius pack in it instead of coffee and take a nootropic pill right at sunrise for focus.


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[raisins]

Bowl of oatmeal and nearly a pot of strong coffee. I'm done with any serious business that might make me bail out of the tree after the first 2 cups and that is almost always well before I leave the house.

yep....you can either avoid an avalanche or do what ski lodges do and use dynamite to bring it down at a time and place of your choosing.....

 

[BTaylor]

Oats, pop tarts, sausage and biscuits, etc. Some small amount of food, a big glass of chocolate milk and a big cup of coffee. That is unless I am pressed for time, then it is glass of chocolate milk, big pinch of nerve medicine and a coffee to go.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Depends on how I feel and what I'm doing. If I don't expect to be back in time for lunch, if I'm hungry, or if my sinuses are draining down my throat, I eat. If I had a big dinner, won't be gone long, am in a rush, or just ain't hungry, I don't.

 

[Black Titan]

Coffee only, but I get up early enough to get a cup down to start things before I leave lol. Usually after the first cup I'm good to "go", so to speak.

Then a light snack because I have to take my meds with food on my stomach or else I'll get sick.

BT