Thread: A Quick Evening Hunt (and a quick write up...)

Originally Posted by Rushy

Mate drink Waikato! The elixir of life will get rid of your cramp and keep you going like the Everready bunny. Just ask @Gibo why his wife smiles so much. His little pecker goes like a Singer sewing machine needle. Also a tee shirt with "Powered by Waikato" on it will help you on those cold sleep outs in the bush.

Do they have a long drop every 100m along the track?

Good write up Dorkus, nice bit of shooting and you will no doubt enjoy the venison.

Enjoyed that Dorkus, well done

Well deserved, you'rve worked hard for that one

Theres a natural spray called cramp stop which is the business - saved my arse in more that a few Ironmans especially in warmer climates.

Always in my daypack as are the pain killers if my back F%&^s out!
Best 15 bucks you'll spend!

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Theres a natural spray called cramp stop which is the business - saved my arse in more that a few Ironmans especially in warmer climates.

Always in my daypack as are the pain killers if my back F%&^s out!
Best 15 bucks you'll spend!

Yes, few sprays under the tongue. Have some on my hunting belt all the time. Bloody gd stuff

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also you can make your own electrolyte mix . I can get the recipe if you want . Its just Epsom salt and a couple of other simple things from memory.

Great read thanks for posting

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Theres a natural spray called cramp stop which is the business - saved my arse in more that a few Ironmans especially in warmer climates.

Always in my daypack as are the pain killers if my back F%&^s out!
Best 15 bucks you'll spend!

Originally Posted by HNTMAD

Yes, few sprays under the tongue. Have some on my hunting belt all the time. Bloody gd stuff

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Hook us up with a link guys.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Great read thanks for posting





Hook us up with a link guys.

Pharmacy or health shop

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

Yes, few sprays under the tongue. Have some on my hunting belt all the time. Bloody gd stuff

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as an older hunter told me, under the tongue not on the affected area like his mate said to a doctor when telling them the spray didnt work

man i cracked up

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I have suffered from terrible cramp all my life. I get it in my hands, jaw, legs and sides of my ankles (I blame my Mother who had polio when she was pregnant with me - but it probably has nothing to do with it).

Magnesium tablets/supplement works the best of everything I've tried. It works a treat.

As for spending a night in the bush - its character building, aye. Far better off to spend an uncomfortable night than to put yourselves at risk by carrying on. And well done on sticking together.

Good rite up you wont forget that1 in a hurry ..at the start of our shearing season were all pretty unfit some of the boys get it real bad especially 1 at his peak powers hes around 130kg he can still shear though but it smashes him couple of times the girls have been in a panic thinking hes having a heart attack but just the cramps he gets it bad bruses on his legs, I get it to sometimes in my inner thighs none of us have found cramp stop to work mostly you get it from not enough water or 2 teaspoons of salt dissolved in 1/4 cup of warm water often works for a quick fix but my mate swears by these potassium pills from the chemist he eats them till hes foaming at the mouth , but once he worked it out he takes them b4 the cramps & it made a big diff in his last year of shearing I didn't see or hear him get it once so could be worth looking into.

Great report, great outcome.

O for Awesome!

Originally Posted by Tahr

I have suffered from terrible cramp all my life. I get it in my hands, jaw, legs and sides of my ankles (I blame my Mother who had polio when she was pregnant with me - but it probably has nothing to do with it).

Magnesium tablets/supplement works the best of everything I've tried. It works a treat.

As for spending a night in the bush - its character building, aye. Far better off to spend an uncomfortable night than to put yourselves at risk by carrying on. And well done on sticking together.

Hey Thar, You are bang on about the Magnesium. NZ diet is often low in magnesium and its the building block in the chemical reaction that allow our muscles to contract and return to extension- which in turn means we are able to work and undertake activity. Its key to the process and a good baseline of it in our bodies keeps the reaction going past where you normally would need to top up with all the electrolytes and ingredients needed.

I was always told by my coach to take magnesium daily or every other day when training as I was a prodigious sweater and would loose a lot of liquid and be a candidate for bad cramping so much of the supplements I took this.
The cramp stop - allowed some short term relief from this by tricking the body into relaxing the muscles allowing you to carry on.
But we should all listen that cramp means we are short of fluids and electrolytes and top up again asap!

Hope this makes sense and explains how the two work slightly differently. My FIL is like you Thar in his 80's and gets terrible cramps in the night. But he's very grateful for the relief he can get from spray and I have a jug of electrolytes in the fridge he can go and get and be fine the next day.

CD