What do you guys prefer? Tents, trailers, campers, hardcore sleep under the stars, etc? This year my husband and I are planning on rocking a camperette (with space heater) and small utility trailer with a large cooler (being optimistic that we actually shoot something). We have a 1993 F-150. What do you have to keep you comfortable, functional, and warm?
Hunting Camp
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Logan_Lamothe
Regular
- Location
- Big River, Sask
Parents house, good bed hot showers meals included and 700 acres of posted fields on the edge of the Boreal forest.
Its great to be a Sask farm boy.
Its great to be a Sask farm boy.
Ideally, something with a wood stove / high BTU heater if you expect it to be very wet.
In N/E Ontario sometimes I'll camp out in Oct and early Nov with just a decent 3 season tent with a tarp over it. If I can, I bring a propane heater and a couple of tarps to string up in case my gear gets wet.
You'd be surprised how warm a tent with a tarp on top can get with two people in it!
-JJ
In N/E Ontario sometimes I'll camp out in Oct and early Nov with just a decent 3 season tent with a tarp over it. If I can, I bring a propane heater and a couple of tarps to string up in case my gear gets wet.
You'd be surprised how warm a tent with a tarp on top can get with two people in it!
-JJ
700 acres and hot showers sounds nice!
Down in New Denver, BC area last week I saw a camp with about 20 people, it looked like they had been set up for awhile, not sure if I'd be into the huge RV scene but I've also done my time tenting (4 years of tree planting), I like the camperette because it's easy to deal with. As for weather, it's been unseasonably dry here which makes for only slightly chilly mornings so far.
Has anyone tried the Mr. Heater Little Buddy in their tent/camperette? Some sort of fandangled heater that takes the little propane cylinders.
Down in New Denver, BC area last week I saw a camp with about 20 people, it looked like they had been set up for awhile, not sure if I'd be into the huge RV scene but I've also done my time tenting (4 years of tree planting), I like the camperette because it's easy to deal with. As for weather, it's been unseasonably dry here which makes for only slightly chilly mornings so far.
Has anyone tried the Mr. Heater Little Buddy in their tent/camperette? Some sort of fandangled heater that takes the little propane cylinders.
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
The family hunt camp. Started out as my great grandfathers homestead in the early 1900s. Weve kept it in good shape, and expanded it. Now has 16 beds. We own 500 acres, and have permission for about 1700 more around us.
The camp. We power via generator,have propane stove and fridges, and no running water. Bathing is done in a sauna (we're Finns, lol)
Looking down our field. Fields about 800m long for some perspective.
The camp. We power via generator,have propane stove and fridges, and no running water. Bathing is done in a sauna (we're Finns, lol)
Looking down our field. Fields about 800m long for some perspective.
- Location
- Brant County, Ontario
That is quite the hunt camp, very jealous!
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Thanks. Some things were easier in the old days. Great grandpa acquired the first 100 acres by trading a cow for it. Actually says that on the deed. Then he built original homestead by hand, which I suppose wasnt easier in those days.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
I got lucky and the in laws have a cottage North of Parry Sound surrounded by crown land, and the 3 quads to get around are just an added bonus.
JD Spanner
Regular
- Location
- Hamilton Ontario
This will be ours same as last year , 4 guys
Spanner
Spanner
patricksbb391
CGN Regular
- Location
- Ottawa & WMU 62
The Mr. Buddy works well, although in cold weather I find it operates better with a 20 lb. cylinder and the adapter hose than 1 lb. bottles.
This is the ranch that I have been going for years in northern Saskatchwan, a 2,500 square foot log house with everything in it. After a hard days hunt it's nice to relax and watch hockey on several channels, however; maybe not his year for hockey. All I do is walk out the door and start hunting on several sections of land that I have permission. Great people live in northern Saskatchewan and the deer hunting is, ....................well, you can't imagine.
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- Location
- WMU - 41 & 48
Wow I wish I had a camp/house like some of you guys!
We use a militairy modular tent. Kinda like "JD Spanner's" set up. We usually put the 3 parts to it so we can have all the cots on one end and the kitchen on the other. We can sleep 6-8 and be comfortable and warm. In the colder months we heat it with a propane heater or a small wood stove and use a liner to keep all the heat inside. I will try to find the pictures from last year and post them once I get home.
We use a militairy modular tent. Kinda like "JD Spanner's" set up. We usually put the 3 parts to it so we can have all the cots on one end and the kitchen on the other. We can sleep 6-8 and be comfortable and warm. In the colder months we heat it with a propane heater or a small wood stove and use a liner to keep all the heat inside. I will try to find the pictures from last year and post them once I get home.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
I've been using an old camping trailer, about 14' long. Really good for 1 or 2 guys.
Heater, stove and fridge are all propane, lights are on a 12V system.
But its seen better days and the insulation is shot, last fall the temp dropped -17c and the heater was runing constantly and inside the temp was only 10c and I could see my breath. Not my idea of a good night sleep.
One more year I guess then I'll need something better.
Heater, stove and fridge are all propane, lights are on a 12V system.
But its seen better days and the insulation is shot, last fall the temp dropped -17c and the heater was runing constantly and inside the temp was only 10c and I could see my breath. Not my idea of a good night sleep.
One more year I guess then I'll need something better.
thebuckhunter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
This was our setup last year. 4 guys, a bit tight but we had great weather. The shack is 8x12 and heated with a propane heater. It broke down into 4x8 pannels which had 1.5" rigid foam insulation and was very warm. The trailer in the background was also a 6.5' reefer. This year we enclosed the whole trailer (27') for our storage and sleeping quarters and are bringing an 18' cargo trailer that we insulated and turned into a reefer.
-Jason
-Jason
Been hunting in Northern AB with 3 buddies in late November for years. Our usual accommodations are a wall tent and an older C-class motor home. Of course all the other support equipment to go along with it -- 2 or 3 trucks to haul in the wood stove, generators, fuel, gear and 2 quads... and a flat deck to haul the moose out (hopefully). Works well for us, but admittedly a little bit of a production. Gotta love hunting!
