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re: I enjoy seeing your beautiful pics of the woods. Be honest, how many of you take a nap?
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:42 am to homemadeshine
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:42 am to homemadeshine
I used to make all day hunts in an NWR because the walk was so long. Often I would find a nice bed of leaves in a spot with the sun breaking through the trees and sleep for a bit.
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Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:43 am to homemadeshine
The most comfortable stand I've ever had was my Summit Goliath climber. There wasn't a time I sat in it that I didn't fall asleep.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 9:47 am to PetroAg
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with a light rain
That light rain really makes for a good nap
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:13 am to homemadeshine
I try to stay awake in the stand. If I get sleepy, I walk back to my camp and get in my recliner. Weather pending, I can leave the front door open and position my recliner to see about 150 yards down a logging road. With my feet propped up, I can shoulder my rifle and shoot out the front door if I want to. 
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:40 am to Clyde Tipton
Now we talkin! That’s my kind of deer hunting!
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:44 am to Clyde Tipton
Woods naps are some of the best.
Back when dog hunting we'd take stands on the ground, a stool or bucket. After lunch if the sun was warm on a cold day I'd get sleepy and just lay out flat on the ground. This only happened when I couldn't hear the race and didn't think they were coming toward me.
Woke up once to brush crashing directly behind me, and if I wouldn't have raised up, a doe would have jumped over me. We saw each other about the same time about twenty feet apart with her closing the distance fast. She bolted sideways while I was trying to get my shotgun up. She got away and I got wide awake real quick.
Good times gone but not forgotten.
Back when dog hunting we'd take stands on the ground, a stool or bucket. After lunch if the sun was warm on a cold day I'd get sleepy and just lay out flat on the ground. This only happened when I couldn't hear the race and didn't think they were coming toward me.
Woke up once to brush crashing directly behind me, and if I wouldn't have raised up, a doe would have jumped over me. We saw each other about the same time about twenty feet apart with her closing the distance fast. She bolted sideways while I was trying to get my shotgun up. She got away and I got wide awake real quick.
Good times gone but not forgotten.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 1:24 pm to homemadeshine
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I enjoy seeing your beautiful pics of the woods
This is main reason I hunt nowadays besides spending time with my dad and brother.
I sit in a stand and enjoy nature and its sounds, see a few deer, and maybe once every other year to get a shot at a mature buck I am totally okay with that.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:06 pm to homemadeshine
If dressed warm enough, I've been known to sleep a looooooong time in a deer stand.
I once had my feet out the shooting window, and leaned back in the chair just right. Feel asleep before daylight, woke up at about 3 pm. Stiff as a board. Looked down and there was a spike going round and round me looking for the snoring bear. Made the evening hunt instead.
The woods may be the only place I ever get truly sleepy.
I once had my feet out the shooting window, and leaned back in the chair just right. Feel asleep before daylight, woke up at about 3 pm. Stiff as a board. Looked down and there was a spike going round and round me looking for the snoring bear. Made the evening hunt instead.
The woods may be the only place I ever get truly sleepy.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:44 pm to X123F45
Same here. I have more stories than I can tell about sleeping in a stand. Afternoon hunts are my cryptonite. I sat twice in the afternoon this weekend. Slept for over an hour both times. I woke up and it was twilight. I’m lucky I didn’t fall out of be the tree. I need to strap in I guess.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 6:46 pm to Ol boy
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When I was a teenager I once woke up at about 2:30 to something and looked over my shoulder and saw a 125in buck about to walk through a wall of thicket.
I quickly assessed the situation and texas heart shot it,, not one of my proudest moments lol.
Makes me think about my uncle about 30 years ago when he was hunting in the Louisiana swamp and was resting up against an old half fallen over chimney and dozed off. He said he then heard all kind of noise and thought he was dreaming until he realized the noise was coming from the other side of the chimney.
He slowly peaked over and saw the biggest deer of his life about 25 yards away and dropped it right there. He said he never shook so hard in his life and it measured 252 inches. I haven't seen him in years, but when I did visit when I was younger, I would just stand there staring at that massive deer on the wall for several minutes because it was just a freak.
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