We've been over a lot of things to do to get ready, this one is important. What do you guys/gals not eat or extremely limit before sitting to these birds?
Now I realize all us have had the urges hit and succumbed to them with a working bird. I will be nice since I'm fairly newbie here, but a dead bird is very important in my book. I've got towels for the ride home.
Nah. I have a pretty robust stomach and my hunting style doesn't have me sitting motionless for very long.
I'd shy away from Mexican food :turkey2:
I typically wouldn't really eat much before the hunt as i leave way too early. Deer, turkey, ducks, you just ain't beating me unless you showed up yesterday is my sop.
Not hungry at 1:30-200 so i typically throw a bagel or something in my pocket. Often eating it way into morning or just before first light. Be advised if you use a mouth call you need a drink to wash out too.
Almost always, and i don't wanna be disgusting, but i either use the john before i leave house or on the way up hill to the birds.
Some guys get real anxious and constantly need to go when things get close. If youre one,, eat nothing til you cant take it than eat a granola or something. Remember your drink.
My buddy's used to field trial with me. The whole damn ride they were eating tums and pit stopping at every rest area. I started just driving alone cause a few times we drove 4 hours to get to a trial and were minutes after closing. The constant pit stops cost us.
Relax and enjoy your hunt. Eat when you get hungry and good luck
I'm just making funny conversation before the season. I saw some cartoon type thing on facebook while watching the Alabama basketball game last night, the guy was going through things not to eat before climbing into a deer stand. The game got boring as all get out with the fouls.
I thought it might be fun on here to see. 31 views so far and only 3 replies, that's no fun. You old timers help these young folks out.
I'm with Bowguy and Happy, I can drink black coffee anytime, it doesn't really affect me, with Bowguy, I'm going to be the first to the woods, you aren't going to beat me!!!!!!!!! Black coffee set on a timer, pour into a thermos and pour a cup, throw on clothes, grab gun, bag, load my pockets, I'm out the door. I'm one that doesn't have to eat, I can go all day. The thermos is for the cleaning time and the drive home. Nope, I don't take water, I generally may have a payday in the satchel, if I do fine, if I don't fine. Somedays I get to hunt all day, some days I'm on a schedule.
I thought it might be fun to discuss this fun, delicate matter.
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I can generally tell well in advance of an encounter with a gobbler that I need to address certain functions beforehand. I have gotten pretty good as realizing that things can't wait. Unlike a few others here apparently, I am not inclined to "let 'er rip" in my drawers in order to preserve the opportunity to kill a gobbler. If the choice must be made, the shorts are dropping. ;D
Since it's "true confessions" time, my biggest problems almost always occur in transit to my chosen hunting location. That is, because the nearest turkeys to where I live are roughly a two-hour drive...and I have to drive through "inhabited" locations to get there...it is uncanny how that "irresistible urge" to take care of business invariably takes place at the most inopportune times...i.e. right when I am driving through the most densely populated area along my drive.
One finds, as one gets older, that the ability to "hold things" tends to be inversely correlated to one's age. Hence, I always keep the required "accoutrements" close at hand when action must be taken posthaste. Suffice it to say, I have learned where the nearest bushes, trees, and other close-by hiding places are along most of my routes anymore...and hope like heck there is time to get there. :angel9:
Quote from: GobbleNut on February 22, 2026, 09:28:56 AM:TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I can generally tell well in advance of an encounter with a gobbler that I need to address certain functions beforehand. I have gotten pretty good as realizing that things can't wait. Unlike a few others here apparently, I am not inclined to "let 'er rip" in my drawers in order to preserve the opportunity to kill a gobbler. If the choice must be made, the shorts are dropping. ;D
Maybe the wisest thing I have read on here in a while. :funnyturkey:
Since the topic is appropriate, I don't do it often for turkey hunting since I'm on the ground, but being stuck in a tree deer hunting, I usually take an Imodium or two as soon as I wake up to stop the movement later.
LOL!!
Quote from: GobbleNut on February 22, 2026, 09:28:56 AM:TooFunny: :TooFunny:
I can generally tell well in advance of an encounter with a gobbler that I need to address certain functions beforehand. I have gotten pretty good as realizing that things can't wait. Unlike a few others here apparently, I am not inclined to "let 'er rip" in my drawers in order to preserve the opportunity to kill a gobbler. If the choice must be made, the shorts are dropping. ;D
Since it's "true confessions" time, my biggest problems almost always occur in transit to my chosen hunting location. That is, because the nearest turkeys to where I live are roughly a two-hour drive...and I have to drive through "inhabited" locations to get there...it is uncanny how that "irresistible urge" to take care of business invariably takes place at the most inopportune times...i.e. right when I am driving through the most densely populated area along my drive.
One finds, as one gets older, that the ability to "hold things" tends to be inversely correlated to one's age. Hence, I always keep the required "accoutrements" close at hand when action must be taken posthaste. Suffice it to say, I have learned where the nearest bushes, trees, and other close-by hiding places are along most of my routes anymore...and hope like heck there is time to get there. :angel9:
I learned one lesson, keep your gun close enough to grab if the urge hits after you start calling to a bird. You van pull up your pants after you shoot.
I'm not passing up an opportunity for a bird.
Since I've gone carnivore/ketovore, I never get those "attacks"!!!
The Depend Guards and wet wipes are a man's best friend.. IMO ... Using these you are ready for the battle / movement ...
Using these eat what you want ... LOL
My favorite honey hole has a feature that makes it easy to deal with these things. I'm in an ancient fenceline next to an abandoned road and a pasture. They deposited the rock from the field next to the fence. As a result, I have a line of flat rock stretching up and down the road from my position. It's all grown up with cedars, so I can transact business without turkeys spotting me.
Starting with my pre-season podcasts, when the need arises, I can just go over to a flat rock, tip it up and make a deposit. I work my way down the line throughout season, and start over the next spring.
What food do I lay off? I can't think of anything off-hand.
Diary, LOL. Wouldn't say I'm lactose intolerent but it doesn't hurt me to avoid this before trying to setup on one in the dark. Would hate to have to take a call right as they're waking up and you're not very far away!
I would NOT recommend chili and a cinnamon roll before a long walk through the wide open sandhills...
I have eaten a lot of things before a hunt, but never chili and a cinnamon roll. That's a unique combo, right there.
I don't avoid anything, but I will say those that don't keep a "movements worth" of wet wipes on their person plus another whole package in the truck is usually someone who don't spend alot of time outside. Lol I learned to be prepared decades ago.
Gas station sushi. :TrainWreck1: