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Morning coffee and piss bottles

I'm "old school". I piss in a hot water bottle, to be on the safe side. The dead horse of pissin out your tree or in a bottle has been beaten to death. I expect any deer that gets down wind of me to smell me, regardless of my attempts to keep them from it. So, if they get downwind, its almost always too late. Assuming deer do not spook at the smell of human urine, but are still able to detect its presence, is reason enough to keep me from pissin out my tree. I wouldn't put buck lure directly under my treestand either. I want to leave as little human scent behind from my hunt as possilbe, be it from piss, skin cells or raw ass.
This is exactly what I'm talking about. I feel exactly the same. No scent ever if it's avoidable. I guess the reason I dragged this stinkin carcass of a discussion out for the flies to feed on, is that I just got a new pack and the old piss bottle I've been using for the last 20 yrs. doesn't fit in the pockets very well. I was hoping to get some new real world info from a community who it sounds like go the extra mile to get lined up with the best chances to take the best deer in their areas. A new class in an "old school', if you will. It's exactly what I got, and I appreciate each and every input .
 
I'll share one. My buddy in Shedding Light Outdoors and I were asked to film a youth turkey hunt this past spring. There were 2 youths flying in from NY and a lady had asked a couple great turkey callers to join us plus she had her kids. So all together we had 9 people. The caller set up two ground blinds right out in the middle of the field side by side. I'd never seen that before. I got in one with the lady beside me and the two boys in front of me. Prior to this I had drank two cups of Joe that morning. Sunrise comes and two hens work their way across this field. The urge hits, I have to pee. And I for some reason have a weak bladder. So I tried to hold it. Those birds eventually left the field after 15 minutes or so. The urge magnified. So I decided I needed to get to the woodline the opposite direction and take a leak but the woodline was at least 80 yards away. I wouldve just stepped out the blind but there were girls in the blind right next to us. I started to unzip the blind and the boy says "I see another hen". So I sat back down. That standing and sitting motion mustve acted as a pump because I had tears in my eyes at that point. And then I heard it, a gobble. The Tom was coming in. So I have a choice to make, I can step out of this blind and ruin the hunt for the other 8 folks there...OR...I could pee my pants...

So I sat there and peed my pants like a champ. Took one for the team. I prayed that it didnt stink as the lady was right next to me. The sad end to this embarrassing story is the Tom followed that hen across the field and never came close enough for a shot. :(
OH, DUDE, That is one for the ages. I laughed so f@$%@$ in hard I think I just peed a little. We're going to have to start calling you champ. Thanks for sharing, hope the therapy's going ok.
 
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