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Lightest/minimalistic setup?

JCMCUBIC said:
I want nothing to do with the no eating/drinking...

1.5 hour hike/climb in (+/-), 30 min pre-rise to 30 min post set, hike out. May change location at some point in the day. 32 oz of water w/LMNT and three protein bars at a minimum. One protein bar mid-morning, one mid-day, one mid-afternoon. Eat as much as possible for breakfast and supper.

If just hunting a half day or coming out at lunch, I still want at least the water just for the hike in/out.

I'm often hunting 2.5-3 days in a row. Not eating/drinking would make every day after the first pretty rough on me.
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I have a fast metabolism and also tend to have low blood sugar. I'm also naturally slender (6 foot around 185 lbs). I did the whole no eating thing during the day one season and lost like 15 lbs that I didn't want or need to lose. Also, I about fell out of a tree stand once because my blood sugar dropped and it made me light headed.

For an all day sit, I'll bring 20 oz of hot coffee, 16 oz of water, and like 4 cliff bars and then space the cliff bars out. On the way home from my new hunting grounds, there's a good mexican place and I'll often order a fajita once I get to the truck and pick it up on the way home.
 
Yeah, I've got a fast metabolism as well. Generally across the season (mid-Oct to early Feb) I'll lose 10-15 lbs. I train pretty hard year round and work to stay in good shape. It's hard to eat enough to keep weight on during the season. I'm also a world class sweat machine.

I REALLY like to carry coffee but I've noticed that by the end of the day I'm more likely to have muscle cramps when I drink it, even with the normal 32 oz of water/LMT I take. I've tried LMNT (chocolate salt) in the coffee but didn't use it enough last season to know if it helped. ...it also changed the 32 oz to 50 oz + the container for amount carried...
 
raisins said:
that's a lot of water

i was in the habit of chugging 2 large Body Armors on the way driving in....then I could go all day on maybe 16 ounces of water

i'd stop on the way home and get more drinks and chug them because i was pretty parched after that
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I know this sounds like preaching....

I used to under-hydrate before and during hunting. Didn't want to spook an animal either while taking a drink or a pee. But I found that I sometimes got just a wee bit dizzy or light-headed up there. I resolved to ALWAYS take a liter of water with me and to stay well hydrated. Because light-headedness while in a tree stand can be fatal.

Sorry. I know this sounds like your mother....
 
Archerichards said:
I know this sounds like preaching....

I used to under-hydrate before and during hunting. Didn't want to spook an animal either while taking a drink or a pee. But I found that I sometimes got just a wee bit dizzy or light-headed up there. I resolved to ALWAYS take a liter of water with me and to stay well hydrated. Because light-headedness while in a tree stand can be fatal.

Sorry. I know this sounds like your mother....
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Not at all, I appreciate it....I guess I am to have just enough water to stay hydrated and no more....and I don't typically hunt in hot weather, and when I do my gear load is lower and so, come to think of it, I carry 2 large gatorade bottles filled with water (best disposable bottles I think that are free, because they are stiff and sturdy and quiet)....so that's probably a liter.

When it's super cold and I'm not walking far, I don't carry as much. I also have a double redundancy safety system when climbing and hanging, but still there is danger.
 
I built a roomy, insulated permanent blind for late season hunts a quarter mile in on the farm I hunt. I keep a large supply of first aid supplies, a Buddy heater with extra bottles, an extra kill kit, a wool blanket, and a gallon of water there for backup. I hardly ever hunt more than another half mile from this blind so it is in a place where I can reach it easily. I always have a first aid kit and a kill kit with me also. I often take a 16 oz. bottle with me also and can refill at the blind when necessary.
 
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