No wall tent, no camper November moose camp?

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I've got a moose draw for November in central B.C. and I'm wondering how to make a comfortable camp without a camper, trailer or wall tent. Those November nights are long and cold.

I was thinking I could make a frame of poles and cover it with tarps but it would still be freezing. I might find a way to put a stove in it, but it would be so drafty I'd be heating the outside.
Or I could make a big lean-to style with a fire at the open end.

Maybe we could have our individual sleeping tents under the tarp too, or on their own away from the cook tent common area I'm still trying to figure this out.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.
 
Done lots of winter hunting out of my truck top. Good arctic sleeping bag and lantern for heat, while getting up. Life ain't so bad. :)

Grizz
 
Poly/tarp shack, buy an asbestos enclosure zipper at your local hardware store, which is like a stick on tarp zipper strip, and dig in the bottom flap under a layer of sod to prevent drafts. Tuck tape will help, and don't plan on saving or reusing the poly or tarp. Get a GOOD sleeping bag and gear, and have a heater by your cot to get cranking when it gets really uncomfortable.
we did a late October hunt a couple years back, it was -15 during the day, and colder at night, my brother survived, and all he had was a ####ty tent, three blankets, and a dog.
 
What kind of heater do you have in mind Squamch?

I'e done a lot f that kind of camping in the back of the truck too Grizzy, but there will be two of us and as much as I like my buddy, I'm not sleeping with him in he back of my Nissan.
 
I'd try to come up with a outfitters tent or trailer, or you'll end up wasting half your time there, try to stay organized and stumbling around.
 
NShunter1254 said:
Look for a howard johnsons within a hundred miles
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Nah, a Holiday Inn Express is more comfortable in that neck of the woods.
There is a 5 man Canadian Forces Tent for sale in the EE that might work for you.
You will need a Wood Stove of sorts or a very large Propane directional type heater as it will be cold come November.
A couple buddies who go to Quesnel always talk of where to be in the tent for optimum comfort.
To close to the flap and the draft makes you wanna Pee all night long and to close to the stove and your way to hot, not to mention having to stoke the fire last thing and first thing in the morning.
BTW, what Unit are you in for your LEH?
Rob
 
FLHTCUI said:
Nah, a Holiday Inn Express is more comfortable in that neck of the woods.
There is a 5 man Canadian Forces Tent for sale in the EE that might work for you.
You will need a Wood Stove of sorts or a very large Propane directional type heater as it will be cold come November.
A couple buddies who go to Quesnel always talk of where to be in the tent for optimum comfort.
To close to the flap and the draft makes you wanna Pee all night long and to close to the stove and your way to hot, not to mention having to stoke the fire last thing and first thing in the morning.
BTW, what Unit are you in for your LEH?
Rob
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Funney for sure and experienced :)
 
My uncle used to hunt out of a tarp tent up North. They had a pole structure set up (never found by CO's) and threw the tarp over it the week before moose season started. A sheet of tin with a hole in it served the stovepipe out a sidewall. It needs to be a fairly good quality tarp and kept taunt otherwise it'll shred in a good wind. If I were doing it, I'd get the structure built or at least prefabed in the backyard beforehand. Guessing how the tent might go together the first night of camp is no fun.
 
Also, I don't know what you have around there but we've got a couple rental places that have tent trailers with propane furnaces that aren't too outrageous. A week is a little less than half the cost of a wall tent and you don't need to find a place to store it.
 
Go to uhaul rent a 6x10 dual wheel trailer. take a gen set and an electric heater with a thermostat and you will be comfy for about $69.95 per weekend. I have done this several times and IMHO it is the way to go.
 
Yep. Rent a Uhaul enclosed trailer. You be high and dry and no draft. You can use propane heater, just fire it up for a bit before bed, then shut it off when sleeping. Fire it again in morning.
 
I was wondering if one of the temporary garage shelters would work? The ones that Crapy Tire and Cosco sell. You can get into one of those for a couple hundred. Modify it for a stove and you should be good.
 
577/450 said:
Go to uhaul rent a 6x10 dual wheel trailer. take a gen set and an electric heater with a thermostat and you will be comfy for about $69.95 per weekend. I have done this several times and IMHO it is the way to go.
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blargon said:
Yep. Rent a Uhaul enclosed trailer. You be high and dry and no draft. You can use propane heater, just fire it up for a bit before bed, then shut it off when sleeping. Fire it again in morning.
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X3. We have a 16x7 cargo trailer we use to haul the quad, quad trailer, wall tent, stove and all our gear hunting. Last year moose hunting, we went to a new area we had never been before. No wanting to commit right away and set up the wall tent, we set up our cots in the trailer for the first two nights. Turned out we shot our two moose in the evening of the second day and never set up the tent!
 
I've been in this boat.
LEH tags for region 6 late draw, november. No tent, no camper LOL
We bought a used 4 man canvas and my dad's old coleman kerosene catalytic heater.
We got there and it was gorgeous fall weather. Little below zero at night, maybe -10. By day 4 of our 10 day trip, we woke up to serious winter conditions and steady -18 day time -29 night time temps.
It was a bad scene by day 9.
We spent all our time screwin around dealing with the cold. Propane powered gear was useless in that cold.

We ended up driving home (north delta at the time) in blizzard conditions. Highway crews actually made us stop driving and we spent the night sleeping in the truck till they got the canyon open.
In hindsight.... No moose was worth the danger we put ourselves in, being as inexperienced as we were with winter conditions up in the interior.

Now, I've modified a trailer into a box type with 2 flip down cots. At the hitch end I have a camp chef oven, heater out of a camper, 12V LED lighting, water tank and small counter top. For a roof I have aluminum poles that sleeve into the trailer and 2 heavy tarps are draped over and fastened down.
All I gotta do when I get to camp is wheel the quad outta the trailer, pop up the top and roof tarps, flip down the cots and she's good to go :D

The only draw back here is towing a trailer on interior HWYs and backroads in winter can be no fun at all.
With the way the fall season is progressing this year (100 mile house).... I would absolutely expect snow and sub zero daytime temps in early november.

Which area are your tags for?
 
sheephunter said:
Just be very careful with heating devices in an enclosed trailer as CO2 poising is a real concern.
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Exactly, even more dangerous than a wood stove in a tent.
MD, B&B's are all throughout BC, some even cater to us undesirable hunters;)killers of wildlife.
You have time to do some research and I know your far from in-experienced.
Hows that Auto 5 treating you?
Rob
 
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