Coughing in the stand...What do you do?
I have pretty frequent, mild hay fever-like allergies that keep me in phlegm much of the time, including in the Fall and winter, when I am in the tree stand and makes me need to cough. Cold weather makes it worse, for whatever reason. I have tried sucking on Ricola honey-herb lozenges, which works for a while. But, inevitably, I have to cough a few times during the day in the stand. By the point at which I have to cough, it is usually so loud that I feel like the “gig is up” and every animal within a mile knows exactly where I am and will avoid the immediate vicinity like the plague. I try to just “suck it up” and not cough, but then, eventually the phlegm in my chest starts making wheezing sounds to the point where it would give me away. I use the “Cough Muffler”, but I don’t think it works well.
Any suggestions?