Coffee on stand/blind

[stringstretcher]

How many of you take coffee to your stand and drink during a hunt?  We all hear about the smoking and chewing and such, but have not heard a lot about coffee drinkers.  And if you do, in really cold weather, what is a good cup/thermos/mug to use to keep it really nice and hot? Especially you ground blind hunters?

[saumensch]

I think the problem with coffee is not the smell but the movement while drinking and pouring it in.
Especially as you tend to drink smaller amounts but more often. Just like with cigarettes the main problem is not the smell but the movement while putting it in the mouth and lighting. Just My 2 cents.

[Bent Rig]

I usaully have 1 cup at home before I leave , but I also bring a thermos with me for after the hunt . Unless I come out to my vehicle that's about it for me - because if it is cold out and I'm drinking anything = too much whizzin' ! Lol !!  :D

[BEN]

I'll take if on a really cold day, when I'm planning on staying on stand all day----or at least as long as possible.

Have shot 2 deer and 1 coyote that came in while drinking the stuff. The coyote came in to about 12 yds while I was on the ground behind a huge fallen tree-----I was freezing and just poured my cup and had to find a place to set it before it ran off.......

Just move smoothly/slowly.....I use a small bullet thermos; once you open it though, anything you don't drink the first time, won't stay warm for long! Soem people read on stand, eat lunch, etc.... just keep an eye out and enjoy!  

[Bobby Urban]

I think the Nissan thermous is the best - or at least best I have used.  I take a bullet thermous of coffee with me on every morning hunt.  It really helps take the chill off when I pull mine out of the backpack around 10am and if it is full it will remain HOT for many hours.  I painted mine with textured bedliner spray in a rattle can but that's really not necessary.  Also, there is nothing better than finding your buck and sitting down to enjoy a cup of coffee while you reflect and give thanks.  Just a ritual I do.
Bob Urban
 

[stringstretcher]

Thats one of the problems I am looking to solve Ben, is a good device to carry, use, and keep coffee or any hot beverage for that matter hot during the cold days.

[BEN]

I have a bullet thermos now that has a type of pop-up lid. It has an insulated cover, but the inner cap is  vented. I don't have to unscrew the whole cap, just pop the center up, pour and re-seal. This works a WHOLE LOT better than my old 1.

However, can't tell you who makes 1 like it, as My employer gave them out as a safety award or something.......might want to look for something similar.

[GingivitisKahn]

I like coffee but if I'm sitting on stand, my thermos probably has hot chocolate or hot soup or (here's the weird one) hot lemonade / Tang.  Coffee works to dehydrate you which makes staying warm a bit more difficult in the long term.

Feels good going down though.  :D

[NBK]

Amen Bob.  I always have coffee for a morning hunt, it's part of what makes it special, and is a little "reward", i.e. "O.K. another hour and a cup of joe, then another hour, another cup of joe!"  Only thing I do different is that I take a separate small cup with one of those sip through lids and a handle.  Seems like the deer always come through when I'm holding the cup so this way I can quickly hang the cup onto a peg of my tree instead of trying to chug steaming hot coffee!

[lpcjon2]

I am a serious coffee junkie,It's all I drink. I pass coffee beans instead of kidney stones.    I cant go to the jon with out a cup. I think the deer have a respect for the coffee and yes I drink it on stand,on the way to the stand,coming out of the stand,You get my point.

[David Mitchell]

WOW!  And I thought I was a coffeeholic.  

[K.S.TRAPPER]

Yep, Drink it on the stand and in the blind all the time.    

Tracy  

[Lost Arra]

Coffee in my treestand? Absolutely!
Nissan/Thermos Backpack Bottle is the best. Period.
No pouring into a separate cup. One hand opening and closing. Dripless drink spout.
If there is a downside it's capacity (16oz) but it does fit in my Bison Gear Haversack bottle pockets.
Pre-heated with hot water it will keep coffee hot a long time.
It was shiny buy I spray painted mine with the flat Krylon camo paint.

I can take a photo if needed but this is a no brainer. I have given a half dozen to my hunting friends as gifts after they tried to take mine.

[NBK]

Gonna have to try that one.  Sounds like a better solution!

[Gen273]

I would on real cold days, but it runs right through me.

[Cottonwood]

I am a serious coffee junkie myself as well, It's all I drink. I pass coffee beans that say Aloha on the way out.... yep that 100% Kona Coffee is great stuff.  

[xtrema312]

I don't in a tree stand.  I could see it in a ground blind where you have more area to set stuff down and organize.  I have too much stuff in a tree stand as it is, and I find deer always show up when I don't have my bow in my hand 100% ready to shoot.  I have missed out on to many shots due to that to add having to put something down before I can even get my bow in hand.  A pull top bottle of water is all I carry, and I don't drink a lot of that on stand.

[Don Stokes]

I don't drink coffee on the stand, but when I hunted ducks I had a big silver thermos with a red top that was guaranteed to bring ducks in when I brought it out!

Had to give up caffeine. Now I have a mug of decaf laced with fiber supplement in the morning. Ahh, the pleasures of aging.

[Bowwild]

I drank a half cup of coffee in the fall of 1977- high school. Haven't touched a drop since!

[John Scifres]

I like to take a Thermos when it's cold.  There's a certain amount of luxury in sitting back in a ground blind sipping a hot cup of strong coffee on a cold day.