Many times hunters get up way before daylight in order to get where they want to be when the sun comes up. If you are hunting deer, and are going to hunt from a stand, then you need to be in there and settled a good hour before daylight. By that time any sound you made getting there will be forgotten in case you walked by any deer bedded down near your stand.
In my experience, I have found that getting up and getting out of the house in a quiet manner, is actually one of the hardest challenges of my day. Exiting quietly usually escapes me. I always manage to trip over something, like a dyson all floors vaccum, and drop everything in my hands with a crashing noise that would wake the dead.
If I manage not to trip over anything, then most likely I may knock something over, like my alvarez acoustic guitar, which makes more noise when it gets knocked over than ten freight trains. Once I get it placed back where it belongs, I can usually hear mumbling noises from the other folks in the house who were no longer asleep, thanks to me.
All these happenings would ultimately lead to me running late. Once I managed to get the last light turned off, and get out the door, I knew I would have to make up lost time. I checked my old worn leather watch to estimate how fast I was going to drive in order to arrive at my spot at the desired time. I would toss my gear in the seat, and hammer down to my destination.
I laid on the gas, and made up for lost time. I parked and began to get myself prepared for the trip into the woods and climbing into my tree stand. Hunters all have their little tricks for doing things, and I had a few of my own as well. Once loaded, I shined my flashlight onto the path and was on my way.
I saw that my timing was good, and any time I had lost was made up for. It was perfect. My mind began to go back to the house, and I could see myself tripping over the vacuum with everything flying across the room, and I began to smile. Then remembered that awful sound of the guitar hitting the floor, and I began to giggle out loud.
I realized, that my getting an early start, may have caused others to oversleep and be late. The irony of it soaked into my mind. It was a few hours later that I finally realized that all my efforts were for nothing. I had enjoyed a good laugh at my own expense, and those I woke up, only to end up with no deer, just frozen toes, and a runny nose.