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wildphil24

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I have light tents for hiking. Now for a motorized hunting trip, I'd like a bigger tent to comfortably shelter 3-4 guys for a week. It must be mounted in less than an hour and by 1-2 persons. Not to much structure to fill cargo space.

I think an army 5-men tent would be a great choice. With only a center pole, it pack not too big.
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Would you suggest something else?
 
If you can cut trees at your campsite, you can use them as poles. A "prospector"/wall tent can be set up this way. Lean the poles up in a tree when you leave and they will be there for the next time.
 
This was our Hunt Camp we just packed up and came home from north of Thunder Bay.
10 man US army tent (10' centre pole 5'side wall poles)
Prospectors Tent.
Both with wood stoves. Four guy's with cots ( I think the "10 man" discription is packed like spoons.)
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Thanks everyone!

riden said:
The big question is, do you need to heat it? That will change a lot.
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Yes, maybe a small wood stove or just a gas heater or lantern.

insurrecto said:
If you can cut trees at your campsite, you can use them as poles. A "prospector"/wall tent can be set up this way.
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That's the kind of task that takes more than an hour. I want it to be fast to install as I could move everyday.

grizzly416 said:
wall tent hands down 4 guys live in luxury for a week or 2
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wall tent is a prospector tent right? That probably require a big structure. Would take time to install and take much cargo space. How many poles and how long to mount?
 
A wall tent is a prospector tent.

I can fold my tent (12x14) to 4 ft by 2 1/2 feet. It is a heavier canvas than most (70 lbs).

You can buy or make internal frame systems or you can do this:
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I have put of wall tents with an internal frame (2 guys) under 45 min. At my camp we have a cable between two trees permamently and we tie the peak to it and use poles on the walls/sides. It is about 45 mins.

Take a good close look at Cabelas Anarak (I am close on the spelling) tents, they look sharp.
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riden said:
A wall tent is a prospector tent.

I can fold my tent (12x14) to 4 ft by 2 1/2 feet. It is a heavier canvas than most (70 lbs).

You can buy or make internal frame systems or you can do this:
Prospector_f.jpg


I have put of wall tents with an internal frame (2 guys) under 45 min. At my camp we have a cable between two trees permamently and we tie the peak to it and use poles on the walls/sides. It is about 45 mins.

Take a good close look at Cabelas Anarak (I am close on the spelling) tents, they look sharp.
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Alaknak.

There was one on offer in the EE recently, hardly used and asking around $1k if I recall correctly. I think it was in B.C. and I remember thinking it sounded like a good deal if you were close enough to go get it, but shipping costs might make it worth ordering one from Cabela's if it's what your really want.
 
Good ideas, I'll search that all.

The wood stove is only for a hunting trip by truck. But I want the same tent to be small enough to carry by ATV or snowmobile and the heat with a lantern or gas heater.

Thanks for all.
 
wildphil24 said:
Good ideas, I'll search that all.

The wood stove is only for a hunting trip by truck. But I want the same tent to be small enough to carry by ATV or snowmobile and the heat with a lantern or gas heater.

Thanks for all.
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To do this comfortably you need a quad trailer. We have a tandem axle trailer, I can't remember the dimensions. Once you get into wall tents, cots, winter bags (and we leave the stove at camp). It is REALLY hard to get by with just one quad trailer.
 
Try an inflatable Karsten tent. No poles, just inflate the inner tubes and push it up. With a small Truck Air compressor you'll have them up in 10 minutes, with a tank of compressed air literally in seconds. I have a 12x12 in heavy canvas. It weighs +/- 80 lbs and will stay dry in 10" of water due to the integrated vinyl groundsheet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ncS0HzuVhc
 
Glockster
Must be a new policy of Cabelas as I purchased the 12'x12' Alaknak II last year and they shipped all the way to the Yukon via mail. Also included the woodstove and Alaskan Guide cot and mattress.

RC
 
The Alaknak is listed in Cabela's Canada 2010 Fall Catalogue, p.92. A 12'x12' is $749.99, catalogue number AD2-4166; a 12'x20' is 999.99, cat.no AD2-4168, available with stovepipe panels for the roof $80/90 respectively and vestibules $90/110 respectively.

They have a similar tent called Bighorn III which uses the same material in a hexagon shape, $799.99 for 12'x14', + $85 for a stovepipe panel and $250 for a vestibule.
 
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TheTooner said:
The Alaknak is listed in Cabela's Canada 2010 Fall Catalogue, p.92. A 12'x12' is $749.99, 12'x20' is 999.99, with stovepipe panels for the roof $80/90 respectively and vestibules $90/110 respectively.
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I was sure I saw it in Cabelas Canada too.

Cabelas Canada does suck though, I bet it won't be in stock, nothing is
 
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