Night hunting and sleep - what is your system?

I'm an all nighter guy so I sleep when I get home then get up in the early afternoon and run that cycle while the moon is dark, the only time o run partial nights is on brite moons once it comes up.
 
I'm 54... I've always pushed myself physically and mentally my whole life.. at home, work, and play
This is sorta of the track a bit but it gives an insight of how much I enjoy coyote hunting....and in reality no where even close to my competitive addiction I had mountain bike racing.
I've had some health issues when I turned 48 that slowed me down a little and looking back I was pretty nuts- had an inner ear infection that basically destroyed my hearing in my right ear(sounds like a cicada constantly now) and 2 ear drum reconstruction surgeries in which my ear was but literally cut from my head ...but that wasn't the bad part. As a result I now have severe BPPV that lasts from 1 day to 4 months. While diagnosing the ear...I also discovered a cyst in my sinus maximus and had 2 surgeries for that( I'd rather pass anothe 40 kidney stones then go through sinus surgery again)....and I didn't miss a beat coyote hunting and was out hunting against my wife's and hunting partners discretion. I don't do pain meds...so if I couldn't sleep due to the pain- I hunted.
The severe vertigo is a bit different- and anyone whos had it- you ain't going anywhere but down to the ground.
.....don't want any of my tactics.
I'll go 36+ straight hours....work to hunting and back to work.
I do it probably 12+ times a season. I don't keep track- but my body eventually does.....and when that happens, I'm out. But I try to time that so when I wake up it's dark and I go right back out hunting.
Sometimes I nap...sometimes I don't before I go. I'll hunt from dark to dusk for days in a row, get a little sleep and keep going. I'm good with anywhere from 4-6 hours of sleep. Ya.... not exactly the healthiest, but I do get some good stretches of nice sleep when the weather is crap.
 
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limbhanger10 said:
I'm 54... I've always pushed myself physically and mentally my whole life.. at home, work, and play
This is sorta of the track a bit but it gives an insight of how much I enjoy coyote hunting....and in reality now where close to my competitive addiction I had mountain bike racing.
I've had some health issues when I turned 48 that slowed me down a little and looking back I was pretty nuts- had an inner ear infection that basically destroyed my hearing in my right ear(sounds like a cicada constantly now) and 2 ear drum reconstruction surgeries in which my ear was but literally cut from my head ...but that wasn't the bad part. As a result I now have severe BPPV that lasts from 1 day to 4 months. While diagnosing the ear...I also discovered a cyst in my sinus maximus and had 2 surgeries for that( I'd rather pass anothe 40 kidney stones then go through sinus surgery again)....and I didn't miss a beat coyote hunting and was out hunting against my wife's and hunting partners discretion. I don't do pain meds...so if I couldn't sleep due to the pain- I hunted.
The severe vertigo is a bit different- and anyone whos had it- you ain't going anywhere but down to the ground.
.....don't want any of my tactics.
I'll go 36+ straight hours....work to hunting and back to work.
I do it probably 12+ times a season. I don't keep track- but my body eventually does.....and when that happens, I'm out. But I try to time that so when I wake up it's dark and I go right back out hunting.
Sometimes I nap...sometimes I don't before I go. I'll hunt from dark to dusk for days in a row, get a little sleep and keep going. I'm good with anywhere from 4-6 hours of sleep. Ya.... not exactly the healthiest, but I do get some good stretches of nice sleep when the weather is crap.
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Damn, man! I've lived with insomnia my entire adult life, but your story is crazy! Kudos for grinding on brother!
 


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