No wall tent, no camper November moose camp?

With your teepee tent how did you get the stovepipe safely through the tarps?
 
The top stay open enough to slide our 4 inch pipe through. The odd bit of moisture can come down the opening but gets evaporated right away.

I should add that a quick trip to the hardware store for a 3 or 4 foot section of insulated stove pipe is in order. Use this for the top section that passes close to combustables. Keep the tarp 6" away from it and good to go.

To build, lay 4 poles out evenly, tips to center. Ends away from center. Firmly lash tips together.
Use bailing wire to suspend the top section of your stove pipe with a good foot and a half sticking out top.
Once this is done, use a center pole and lift the T-P structure up from middle until it is the desired height.
Attach remainder of stove pipe down to stove.
Add more poles by simply leaning them. 3 more is good as 1 side will be your door flap. Anchor bases of all poles with rocks or dig small holes in ground for butt end
The center lifting pole can be removed, but keep it handy for tear down at the end of your trip.
Wrap the whole mess tightly with tarps and some overlap on the ground, leaving a door flap or entrance. Put debris or sod on overlap around tee pee bottom to prevent drafting.

My explanations probably make it sound super complicated but it's not.
This kind of structure will allow rain to roll off, snow to slide off, will stand up to winds ect. And it's a fun thing to build ;)
Bring cord, ropes, a few good 16x20 tarps, bailing wire, ratchet straps, ground spikes ect

We also used to lash small straight poles across the main poles inside to hang wet socks, clothes ect.
Customizing a self made hunting structure is a lot of fun
 
Yurts, one of the best portable outdoor structures I have ever camped in period.

Stove in the middle (central heating) lol.
Even has a fricken door...a real door!

Everything packs down and can fit in or on a hatchback if need be.
A design that has a long reliable history.
 
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Built a custom flatbed trailer frame for a guy I worked with 2-3 years ago. Was fairly cheap to throw together, cheaper and stronger then most trailers on the market. He later built a wood structure and it was his enclosed trailer that doubled as a hunt trailer/ice shack
 
Went a few times for Moose in -40 with Suzuki Vitara 4 door with back seat removed and piece of plywood used to make back flat than foam mattress and good sleeping bags and two of us slept in it for a week.
At night we turned on engine every few hours but make sure that exost is down wind. We used small tent to keep equipment out but water and food cooler stayed inside.
Went with Tundra as well sleeping in the back seats. You need kerosene stove as propane will not work. Few times slept in topper ok if no colder than-15 if colder small generator and electric heater helps.

It was not as comfy as my Cabelas tent but we were very mobile checking new area.
 
MD said:
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.
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sleep on the back bench of your truck. Put a Buddy Heater on the floor on the passenger side in the front and stay warm all night
 
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