do you shower before a morning hunt?
10-14-2008, 09:06 AM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SOUTHERN Illinois USA
Posts: 820
do you shower before a morning hunt?
do you get up early in the morning and shower before you leave to hunt? or do you just shower the night before and lease the house asap in the morning? I get up extra early (3:30am) so leave my house by 4:00 to get in my stand by 5:30. it sucks but i can't hunt without showering.
10-14-2008, 09:12 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Bremen, GA.
Posts: 2,091
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
I always shower before a morning hunt not only to keep as clean and sent free as possible but also to help me wake up.
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10-14-2008, 09:14 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Posts: 565
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
No, I don't shower before a morning hunt. The drive to my hunting property's is less than 20 minutes. I do usually make myself a cup of coffee to drink on the way though. This kind of wakes me up.
10-14-2008, 09:16 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 538
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
If there was an option "I would shower before a morning hunt but I never wake up intime" thats the one I would pic. I take a scent free shower in the evenings and before afternoon hunts, but I am a very hard person to wake up so I rarely get a morning shower in. But if I have the chance I will shower in the mornings.
10-14-2008, 09:17 AM
#6
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 54
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
Absolutely shower in the morning. You are just that more confident in your ability to try and fool the deers nose. I use H.S. shampoo, body soap, and deordarant. We also do filming in the tree and need to take the extra steps to stay odor-free.
10-14-2008, 09:23 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cogan Station, PA
Posts: 2,298
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
Yes I do. I shower with scent free soap/shampoo all season long, but I like to get an extra "coat" on the right before the morning hunt, plus like RTA said, it wakes me up. I'm not a morning person by nature.
10-14-2008, 09:24 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
If it's available to me.....I'm showering before EVERY hunt....bar none. Since I've started playing the wind, religiously....I don't think I've ever been more conscious of where deer are in my set.....and I wonder how many times I've been "busted" and never known it.
Probably more times than I care to think about......but I've never had the luxury to hunt various locations.
Like I said.....if it's available to me....I'm showering before every hunt. Getting up to hunt has never been a problem for me. I don't sleep well when I know I'm going out early. At 43 (almost 44).....I'm still like the kid in the Disneyworld commercial (too excited to sleep)
Probably more times than I care to think about......but I've never had the luxury to hunt various locations.
Like I said.....if it's available to me....I'm showering before every hunt. Getting up to hunt has never been a problem for me. I don't sleep well when I know I'm going out early. At 43 (almost 44).....I'm still like the kid in the Disneyworld commercial (too excited to sleep)
10-14-2008, 09:44 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
RE: do you shower before a morning hunt?
I hit the showers before every hunt if possible, but absolutely before the morning hunt. If I'm staying all day, i rely on the scent-away wipes to freshen up a bit. Getting up 15 minutes earlier has never been a problem. I have about 40 minutes of driving to get to my spot, so I'm up real early anyway.