Be prepared(dehydration)!

[b3y0nd3r]

I want to warn you dont do the same mistake I made over the weekend. I went detecting in the city locally, I took no water. After about a few hours in the sun, I was so drained, I nearly passed out.

I made it back to the car and went to a different spot(there was a soda machine there). I bought an orange soda(should of got water I know). While 30 minutes at the next area, I got so tired, that I didnt dig anything, and went home.

Make sure you take plenty of water and keep it cool during hot days!

 

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[aa battery]

water first and no beer the night before

 

[b3y0nd3r]

water first and no beer the night before

WOW your good! i did have beer the night before

 

[RustyGold]

Good tip! Thanks!

 

[Mudflap]

Good tip to remember. It's 95 and dew point is 70 here in Connecticut today!

 

[USMC Reaper]

If you get thirsty you waited to long. If you're not pissing clear before, during and after hunting you are playing with fire and you just may be doing the chicken in the near future. G2 and H2O, no soda.

 

[Digzit2]

Keeping hydrated during hot weather is key,I almost had a heat stroke about 10 years ago while roofing a house. Got to the point where I stopped sweating, passed out under a shade tree and ended up in the hospital overnight. I can still take the heat but not as well.

 

[USMC Reaper]

I've seen many a Marine do a face plant in the field from dehydration/heat stroke, sometimes it just can't be avoided in those circumstances.

 

[ecmjamsit]

Camel Back. I love those things!

 

[RGINN]

Maybe you should get checked by a doctor. A 'few hours' does not dehydrate me at all and really shouldn't anybody in good physical condition, so maybe somethin else goin on.

 

[Ammoman]

Just be smart and avoid the heat all together. Go out early in the morning and only spend a few hours at most.

 

[oldkoot]

Just be smart and avoid the heat all together. Go out early in the morning and only spend a few hours at most.

if I did that I would have to hunt in the dark by 6:00 am here its already in the 90s and I have seen it in the 80s and 90s after the sun goes down just carry plenty of water with you and take short breaks in the shade if you can find shade crap what am I talking about sometimes its over a 100 in the shade LOL

 

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[oldkoot]

I get tickled at people that make a two and a half hour to four hour drive up from the valley to this area where I live thinking its going to be cooler up here just to find out its just as hot as where they came from and their not prepared for it

 

[RGINN]

Man I'm sorry about my first take on that as I talked with my son about that and apparently dehydration affects different people in different ways, which you think it would be the same for all of us. Maybe not related to some underlying medical condition, but could be in some cases, generally just related to a particular person's metabolism. Drink lots of water, stay out of the heat, and take care.

 

[The_Piratess]

Keeping hydrated during hot weather is key,I almost had a heat stroke about 10 years ago while roofing a house. Got to the point where I stopped sweating, passed out under a shade tree and ended up in the hospital overnight. I can still take the heat but not as well.

Once you've had heat or sunstroke, it will make you even more susceptible to having another one. Be careful!

 

[b3y0nd3r]

Man I'm sorry about my first take on that as I talked with my son about that and apparently dehydration affects different people in different ways, which you think it would be the same for all of us. Maybe not related to some underlying medical condition, but could be in some cases, generally just related to a particular person's metabolism. Drink lots of water, stay out of the heat, and take care.

no problem.

"I get tickled at people that make a two and a half hour to four hour drive up from the valley to this area where I live thinking its going to be cooler up here just to find out its just as hot as where they came from and their not prepared for it"

I was in the city 15 minutes away from my house with a very slow drive. There were a number of factors that lead to me being "heat exhausted":

1. I drank beer the night before
2. I went detecting for 6 hours the day before.
3. I didnt get much sleep the day before.
4. The weather has been cool and in the 60's, then it was a sudden jump in temperature into the 90's over the next two days. My body wasn't acclimated yet.
5. I only drank some fluids that day and brought no water.

All these factors lead to what happened. Normally, im pretty good with the heat.


Thanks for the responses everyone!

 

[SusanMN]

if you bring a frozen bottle of water with you, it will melt enough to keep you in icy cold water for your full hunt.