Hunt Camp: The water problem

Dogleg said:
He isn't joking about a fire being a luxury, if anything he is sugar coating it too much. Its so wet that the average local can't even pronounce fire correctly, and even fewer have seen one, or even claim to know someone who has seen one. Camp water is easy though; set a cooking pot on a level surface for a moment and the rain will fill it. Timing is tricky though, you have slap a lid on it when its filled to the desired level. Over-fill it and you are screwed, its generally impossible to pour out the excess faster than the rain fills it back up. The inexperienced hunter will sometimes have to resort to taking it back to town just to dump it out. That exposes him to heartless ridicule, which is particularly cruel since the hecklers know full well that it could happen to anyone.
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Lol.... You are on your game today Dogleg.....
 
Glock4ever said:
Wow, some nice camp setups. While a permanent building would be nice, I think I prefer my tarp/tent hunting setup. I don't like to be tied to a piece of land to hunt on. I have to say that I do feel sorry for our ON brothers, I am sure one day the West will be built up like ON/QC but I am glad it isn't today.
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All of Ontario isnt a sprawling metropolis.

Just an FYI
 
Superbrad said:
It's not as bad as portrayed..... I can drive a few hours north and have access to tons of beautiful crown land and ample hunting and fishing opportunity.... And I hunt it exactly as you describe.....
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It is too bad all of the good jobs in ON are in the "Belt". As much as I would like to live in Thunder/North Bay or Northern ON regions, my wife will leave me... The drive from S ON to get to good hunting is right crazy...
 
Glock4ever said:
Really? I wouldn't have known that having lived there for three years... :) Too bad the Hunting access totally blows compared to the West.
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How so?.... Not arguing with you, I really don't know.... and have lived in BC, Edmonton, Ontario and Quebec......

I guess if you dont want to invest in land and are in southern Ontario it would kind of suck.... But between the camp, my little parcel near me and my permissions I have 550 acres to hunt..... and within a 2.5 hour drive i have thousands of acres of crown at my disposal.... Figure I have it pretty good.....

I remember being in BC and the Lower Mainland guys all hopping in their pickups and driving out to nearby crown and trucks lining every access and trail you could find and guys bumping into eachother.... Not my thing.....
 
Glock4ever said:
It is too bad all of the good jobs in ON are in the "Belt". As much as I would like to live in Thunder/North Bay or Northern ON regions, my wife will leave me... The drive from S ON to get to good hunting is right crazy...
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Will definitely concede that..... I wouldn't move to the GTA or nearabouts just because of it...... (let alone all of the other reasons not to)....
 
blasted_saber said:
All of Ontario isnt a sprawling metropolis.

Just an FYI
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I drove through the Northern route about 20 years ago, Kapuskasing, Long Lac etc. Maybe they are hick towns but it looked good to me, lots of woods and empty spaces. I have spent a bit of time in the south too ,Ottawa and Kitchener and counted the minutes till I could go home, just wasn't for me.
 
Suther said:
Yar. If its got heat, running hot water, and electricity that's no longer camping lol

When i was in scouts, we had a cabin on Seymour mountain. No electricity, no running water, heat from the wood stove. And even that felt swanky! Lol to get water you had to go down to the lake with jugs. If it was frozen over you would have to take the pick axe and shovel. Many a kid went for a dip by accident when the ice had just started, you couldn't see where the land ended and water began under the snow...

Y'all make me jealous though. I'd love to have my own piece of paradise. Being a poor student certainly has its downsides...

Anyone using renewable energy and a battery system? (Wind solar or run-of-the-river) or is the upfront cost just too high for something thats only used part time?
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Absolutely. I only need the generator to run the vacuum and skill saw. Bigger inverter would fix that but a lot of draw on the batteries.

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Note - that is NOT this year, lol!
 
Superbrad said:
How so?.... Not arguing with you, I really don't know.... and have lived in BC, Edmonton, Ontario and Quebec......

I guess if you dont want to invest in land and are in southern Ontario it would kind of suck.... But between the camp, my little parcel near me and my permissions I have 550 acres to hunt..... and within a 2.5 hour drive i have thousands of acres of crown at my disposal.... Figure I have it pretty good.....

I remember being in BC and the Lower Mainland guys all hopping in their pickups and driving out to nearby crown and trucks lining every access and trail you could find and guys bumping into eachother.... Not my thing.....
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I lived in Kingston and Ottawa. Most good hunting land was already taken with many landowners giving the Heismann to new hunters. I don't really blame them because they probably deal with way more hunters than out West. I didn't feel like driving hours away to go to Crown land to compete with everyone else that was in the same boat as I was or try to go into QC and hunt as a non-resident. Range memberships blew in both cities (both well over a couple hundred a year) which is the primary way that I meet like minded hunters and get access. Out in AB and MB (two places I lived). You could literally drive 30 mins and get to good hunting land. A lot of times the landowners want the deer gone because they are eating the feed. Last year, I was driving by a property and saw a mule deer in a farmer's field on the way to some crown land. I pulled in and knocked on the door and the landowner let me take the Mule deer... Not saying this doesn't happen in ON but you definitely need to know people or be from the area. Too bad you didn't go out from Edmonton. There is tons of land that you can access from the city only 1 hours away or so - no permission needed. (Drayton Valley as example) and it will easily swallow the 550 Acres that you are hunting. One year I was pretty bored and I literally put 1500 km driving through crown land by Drayton Valley and didn't even see all of the land. I just wanted to explore the area and scout. It was 3 WMUs that I just #####-crossed and explored. Saw over 100 well heads and about 10 hunters that whole week. Down in Southern Alberta, there is tons of land but most of it is pretty useless for hunting (Badlands) so hunters down here are pressured into the coulees but it still isn't that heavy around this area. I put in for a Mule draw and got two tags for my first year back in AB. Hunting pressure is pretty low where I am at and I frequently get asked to come out and take game. I have a lot of ON hunting buddies and when they come hunt with me they are gob-smacked by the amount of game and numbers that they can take in AB/MB...
 
Glock4ever said:
Wow, some nice camp setups. While a permanent building would be nice, I think I prefer my tarp/tent hunting setup. I don't like to be tied to a piece of land to hunt on. I have to say that I do feel sorry for our ON brothers, I am sure one day the West will be built up like ON/QC but I am glad it isn't today.
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I enjoyed every hunt and travel to different places. Progressed through tents, pop- ups & trailers. Now I much prefer to 'go where I know', hunting my own land with shared access to my neighbors properties..
 
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My hunt camp... We spent a total of 27 days in the bush last fall living out of it, longest stretch unsupported was 12 days... Cold beer was the big limitation that forced me back into town.

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I did that for awhile while on the farm, while your game choices and quality can bet very limited (deer and coyotes only on our land, odd unexceptional moose and black bear) there's something to be said about glassing from your kitchen within reach of the coffee maker. The Mrs doesn't grumble about you going away to hunt either.
 
Ardent said:
I did that for awhile while on the farm, while your game choices and quality can bet very limited (deer and coyotes only on our land, odd unexceptional moose and black bear) there's something to be said about glassing from your kitchen within reach of the coffee maker. The Mrs doesn't grumble about you going away to hunt either.
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Careful now. This is just one step away from baiting and we all know which way threads go when that subject is broached... :)
 
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