How do y'all sleep before opening day?

[gary66]

Hey y'all. I know it says I'm a new member but really I'm not. I just have a bad relationship with technology. Anyway, at 47 years old, I still can't sleep before the 1st hunt. I'm not even hunting today! I'm just gonna sit in a tree and hope I hear a shot from my son, but I'm still way too excited to sleep. I honestly can't think of one time in my life that I've been able to sleep before the opener, whether it was archery or gun. I wish you all great luck!

my first in many years was 20 years ago. I had a dream of me standing on a knoll, deep woods all around. To my left about 75 yards was a pasture, I saw a buck walk down into a valley, as it passed a large tree I shot.

It happened just like that and I had no idea where I would be hunting, I was with the owner, he picked the area. Dropped dead on the spot, nice 8. Still a vivid memory.

I haven't slept like that since, now I just seem to want to sleep longer than normal.

 

[Speedwell-Hunter]

Let's go Brandon!! Oh wait….off subject



I sleep better these days but I sure remember those sleepless nights. I'm not too mad at em anymore but will always enjoy hunting regardless. Good luck to your son! Why aren't you hunting as well? You said you would be in a tree so why not tote a gun

LOL. Ole Brandon!!, that was good

 

[Texan11285]

Had an old fella tell me, the day he sleeps the night before opening day is the day he quits deer hunting. And no, I didn't sleep very well the night before. Was in my stand in the Pineywoods of Texas an hour before daybreak.

 

[utvolsfan77]

Hey y'all. I know it says I'm a new member but really I'm not. I just have a bad relationship with technology. Anyway, at 47 years old, I still can't sleep before the 1st hunt. I'm not even hunting today! I'm just gonna sit in a tree and hope I hear a shot from my son, but I'm still way too excited to sleep. I honestly can't think of one time in my life that I've been able to sleep before the opener, whether it was archery or gun. I wish you all great luck!

Trust me, I know that feeling all too well. I'm two months shy of 63 but have hunted more than 50 years. Although excitement usually no longer keeps me awake the eve of opening day, I assure you that during a hunt I'm still just as pumped up with excitement as I was when I first began hunting back in the 1970s. If the day ever comes when I no longer feel that level excitement or enjoy just sitting on a oak ridge and watching the world wake up and come alive, that will be my signal to hang up all of my hunting equipment for the final time.

 

[Safari Hunt]

Bed.