Hunting Camp Tent Setups ?
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we have used canvas tents quite a bit over the years and still have this one here in the crew's kit
Great tents if you keep them dry and fastened well but they are heavy as ##### and with all the poles and ropes and the big heavy duty spark proof tarp..... a b*tch to lug around and set up quick without at least 3 or 4 people. 2 guys and it's not so much fun.
Then we discovered the made in BC Tee Pee Tent and never looked back. Super light, one pole and so easy and quick to set up and take down if one needs to move camp. Light enough one guy in the crew can backpack the entire tent fairly easily. It has handled the worse mother nature could throw at us on many hunts all over BC and it shed rain and snow very easily.
4 deluxe cabelas army cots , a wood stove in the middle and still room for a small firewood pile and the morning coffee prep area LOL
I highly advise anyone looking at getting a tent for serious hunting....... make sure you check out the Tee Pee Tent.
Great tents if you keep them dry and fastened well but they are heavy as ##### and with all the poles and ropes and the big heavy duty spark proof tarp..... a b*tch to lug around and set up quick without at least 3 or 4 people. 2 guys and it's not so much fun.
Then we discovered the made in BC Tee Pee Tent and never looked back. Super light, one pole and so easy and quick to set up and take down if one needs to move camp. Light enough one guy in the crew can backpack the entire tent fairly easily. It has handled the worse mother nature could throw at us on many hunts all over BC and it shed rain and snow very easily.
4 deluxe cabelas army cots , a wood stove in the middle and still room for a small firewood pile and the morning coffee prep area LOL
I highly advise anyone looking at getting a tent for serious hunting....... make sure you check out the Tee Pee Tent.
we have used canvas tents quite a bit over the years and still have this one here in the crew's kit
Great tents if you keep them dry and fastened well but they are heavy as ##### and with all the poles and ropes and the big heavy duty spark proof tarp..... a b*tch to lug around and set up quick without at least 3 or 4 people. 2 guys and it's not so much fun.
Then we discovered the made in BC Tee Pee Tent and never looked back. Super light, one pole and so easy and quick to set up and take down if one needs to move camp. Light enough one guy in the crew can backpack the entire tent fairly easily. It has handled the worse mother nature could throw at us on many hunts all over BC and it shed rain and snow very easily.
4 deluxe cabelas army cots , a wood stove in the middle and still room for a small firewood pile and the morning coffee prep area LOL
I highly advise anyone looking at getting a tent for serious hunting....... make sure you check out the Tee Pee Tent.
I fellow in Lillooet loaned me a Tee Pee tent for a trip. It was great. Toasty warm set up in a foot of snow and minus 20 at night!
ya me and tony did that elk hunt in the winter in the second pic. I think it got down to -28 with one hell of a wind for the first 2 days.
We heat that tent with a small Prospector's stove that can burn wood or diesel (with the fuel fitting) but we generally just use wood.
Light it up with a small propane torch in the morning and good to go.
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- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
I think the main reason I'm really considering the alaknak is the bathtub floor. I just hate floorless shelters and tents. Mice have damaged so much of my pricey gear it's just not worth it anymore. That and bugs in early season.
ya sorry, I always spell it wrong
www.tipitent.com
they are made here in BC
Ours is the 17ft diameter Oufitter series. You can also get bug screens and floors as well as a few other accessories.
We put a floor in our wall tent but even still, mice are in it in short order. I don't see the floor as much of a deterrent.
It's several years back now, but when a bud and I each purchased our Outfitters Tipis, we asked country of origin/manufacture and were told China. So, they're a BC based company, selling offshore products. Not actually Made in Canada. Unless something has changed...
Still, we have both spent a pile of nights in our Outfitters and feel like they are great value. We've mostly gone over to wall tents now- for the ability to leave them pitched in heavy snowfall unattended- but the big Tipis still have a place for us. We mostly use them now on shorter horsepacking trips, where the lighter weight and ease of pitch come in handy.
can't speak to that but I do know when my friend bought the one we use , he went directly to the place and got a quick tour.
From what I recall he saw the tents being made so I dunno LOL
These days nearly everything is made in china. Heck canada ships mushrooms to china..... they get chopped up and put in a can and sent back to canada to be sold as Western Family product...... go figure.
I do know they are awesome tents and it's good to support a BC company regardless.
From what I recall he saw the tents being made so I dunno LOL
These days nearly everything is made in china. Heck canada ships mushrooms to china..... they get chopped up and put in a can and sent back to canada to be sold as Western Family product...... go figure.
I do know they are awesome tents and it's good to support a BC company regardless.
For sure. Ours have stood some crazy weather and winds, and been great. And it’d only be better if they have moved production to BC.
