i have always wanted to have my own hunting camp (cabin),and some day i just might. :smileystooges: :wavey: :campfire:
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Got no land for a cabin, no money to build one. I keep spending it on bows. :( :D
Killdeer
Ah yes. I often day dream about owning a camp as well. Figure I need to get a house first! LOL
Recently I have received some nice news, :readit: and I think I have figured out how I am going to get my camp in northern Michigan, but it is still several years away.
This could be interesting. I have been in a few rifle camps, how do the trad guys do'er? :campfire:
Stay safe
i didnt even think about that kathryn! that does look like quite an adventure. :thumbsup:
for me its not so much about the "hunting" that goes along with the hunting camp. but its the wakin up in the middle of the night and stokin the woodstove, the sights and smells, drinkin instant coffee,no electricity, listnen to the radio and tellin stories with your friends. i look at it like goin back in time i guess i would say!! ( i hope that doesnt sound to corny!!!!) :campfire: :coffee:
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No fancy Camp though in this place you would love one , Fiordland New Zealand where rain is measured in feet per year not inches , this year 11.5 feet.
Glaisnock, looks like a bear raided your camp! I don't have a permanent camp, either but have spent some time in camps owned (at least in part) by some of my friends. Some of them are nice, but when they aren't your own you can't have things just the way you'd like. Of course a wall tent and stove would be a possability for portability, comfort, less worry about vandals, less taxes, and you wouldn't need two of everything like with a permanent cabin. But then you do still have to haul it around, set up, take down, and store it. I guess that I too have the dream of having a northwoods camp. And it is anything but corny to enjoy the romance of the wilderness! I like ron la clair's set up (from what I've seen in pics on this forum).
Shrew Haven
http://www.shrewbows.com/shrewhavenlodge.html
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Killdeer, that tent is bigger then my house lol.
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My camp in Tioga County, PA
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Small cabin my buddy built in Bradford county, PA
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Looking from Armstrong Creek
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Armstrong Creek
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Lavish interior:)
im really enjoying this thread so far!! there is deffinatly a differance between some of the camps. i noticed there was a laptop computer in one of rons pics. and matts friends camp i believe has a dirt floor.
the one common thing about all of the camps so far....i would have just as much fun stayin at anyone of them.. and thats the gods honest thuth!!! :readit:
keep the pics commin everyone, im goin out to take my muzzleloader for a walk,but ill be sure to check it as soon as i get home! :wavey: :coffee:
Quotei noticed there was a laptop computer in one of rons pics.
Tim Cosgrove brought his laptop so we could look at the pictures we took with out digital cameras. Shrew Haven has no electricity, we have gas lights and a gas cook stove that runs off two 100# gas tanks. Heat is from a Fisher wood stove that has been tested in well below zero temps. Cell phones don't even work in this remote area but we are as happy as if we were in our right minds. :smileystooges: ... :biglaugh:
Oregon Hunting camps can give you the blues sometimes.....These tarps are very popular...
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It took my buddies and me about 25 years to get it right. Here it is:
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By the way, that is a Super Shrew Gold on top of the couch in the previous photo...
Here is another view of the cabin. That old wood stove in the corner will heat the place into the 80 degree range and about drive you out into the cold. We do have electricity for refrigerator, stove and light...
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Here's the front door. I forgot to mention that we have satellite TV and a fan...
There are 2 bedrooms upstairs that sleep 6...
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We have a deck that we practice shooting off of. You can see my 3-D deer target about 15 yards from the deck near the storage shed. We keep our treestands, etc. in there.
Below the deck there are 2 sets of winches and gambrels for hanging game. You can't see it in this photo, but we also scrounged up a 14 foot long, 3 foot wide aluminum table for butchering game. A restaurant went out of business and liquidated some of its equiment.
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WOW!!
I could live there full time....
Great pictures guys.
Mr. LaClair I admired your camp on your website awhile ago. The location alone is worth gold. Not to mention the history and quality.
George I also love your camp. Looks nicer that my house! I would like to have a camp like either of yours, somewhere I can take friends and family to relax, not just hunt.
Matt Fowler your camp is very unique. I will be sending a PM shortly inquiring about it.
Thanks all and keep them coming. Helps me dream more and more!
Stay safe!
In the process of buying my camp right now. 1.1 acres of land w/a 10x48 house trailer currently on it in the middle of 60,000 acres of timber company land in Randolph County WV. After we pay for what's already there, we'll have 5K right off the top to start work on our own cabin so we can get rid of the trailer. Can't wait till it's all settled.
Special Hunter's Cabin Door Handle
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Deer and Elk camp in Montana
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It got down in the single digit's most night's. Nothing like a warm fire,good book, and some cabernet. I was solo for two weeks. Seen alot of game and brought home many fine memories. Mark
I'm assuming that trad does not apply to hunting camps! I gotta get me one o' them.
Lot's of people own this one. It's my little slice of heaven on the Maryland/West Virginia border. When I am in the truck and I even turn down the road to the cabin - I get warm all over.
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Hopefully this pic comes thru. Simple but works for me
Wasn't sure if the picture would come through. But it's a homemade wall tent made out of over the counter tarps complete with a wood burner! Can have it smoking hot in there in no time. Thats a homemade recurve and used a homemade knife to skin and butcher that particular deer.Do my own taxidermy also. Now if I could just make a homemade tree stand that equals the LW!
Kirk,
My eyes must be playing tricks on me. In your second photo I'm assuming the man on the right is leaning on moss covered stump.
Or is he holding up some sort of green hairy bobcat looking thing by the back of the legs as the others sit and admire it?
I've heard reports of Sasquatch out that way but nothing like that :) :scared:
"Killdeer, that tent is bigger then my house lol."
Bigger'n mine, too!
Killdeer~laughing just a little... :banghead:
I'm just wondering if you guys that are showing pics of these large elaborate campsites.....do you guys just wonder up somewhere in the woods and toss up your tents (I know I am oversimplifying it)?
Maybe we just don't have enough woods around Kansas, but I can't imagine how awesome it would be to put a tent where you want to and not on a predesignated camping lot with a gravel drive and campsite number.
You can camp anywhere in the National Forest, with a few restrictions. I think you have to be a certain distance from a stream, you can't block a trailhead or trail, and you can't camp too close to a permanent structure, like a fire tower or other FS building.
Some wildlife management areas have similar provisions. Contact the Forest Service or State Game commission for details.
Killdeer
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I believe I would cozy up to the Indian camp, Vance. I could hear wind whistling in the second pic. Brrrrr!
Killdeer :campfire:
Great thread.I've been wanting to buy a small piece of land and build a camp somewhere close to the Public land that I hunt.Keep the pictures coming.
QuoteOriginally posted by pronghorn23:
Kirk,
My eyes must be playing tricks on me. In your second photo I'm assuming the man on the right is leaning on moss covered stump.
Or is he holding up some sort of green hairy bobcat looking thing by the back of the legs as the others sit and admire it?
I've heard reports of Sasquatch out that way but nothing like that :) :scared:
You wont believe the answer to your question, which in fact leads to a much longer story i shall post in the near future.....but this is a piece of vine maple i harvested in hunting camp....I told my hunting partnes son Nick to "Hold on to this" and took the picture....Then i told him i was going to make some bows from this hairy chunk of wood for his kids.....they are ages 2 and 4 years old....this is what that piece of wood looks like now...
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There are more photos and more to the story....but this will give you an idea....
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Base Camp
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Spike Camp
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Beautiful bows Kirk...now I can't wait for the story. I figured it had to be something good the way he's holding it up and everyone looking on.
These camp photos are great..keeps me daydreaming.
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great pic's of hunting camps, and landscapes
whitebuffalo,
What kind of veneer is that on the 3rd bow back lying in the tent?
That is a RER little River,,
curly bubinga If I remember right,,I'm actually stunned ya picked out that bow from all the rest in there,,LOL,,JB
ttt
Here's our primary cabin
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and our secondary cabin
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I first hunted out of the A-frame as a very young boy, hunted with Dad and his friends from there for a good piece of my my life. Later, Dad, my brother and I bought some land next door and built the log cabin. The original owner of the A-frame wanted to sell so now it's all ours - Lucky fellows, and we enjoy it greatly as another generation is following in our footsteps.
Great pics all! It must be nice to have such places to get away. I hunt very near my house on some great property, but many times I long for that camp-style getaway. Must be great to enjoy time in camp with others that share your passion for the hunt.
One day I hope to have the opportunity to share such a camp.
These are hunting camps???? half of these look like vacation resorts to me....NICE ones too! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
white Buffalo. I needed a smoke after looking at your pics of the bows in the tent. WOWWWWWW
Hey Whip
Is that base camp TXS 08? We may need that fire ring too :thumbsup: Doc
whitebuffalo, that last pic is a classic. :biglaugh:
Dan Reeves,,,, will you adopt me?
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Anybody wanna adopt a thirtysomething English guy (& Wife)?
Can either of them COOK ? :goldtooth:
I can! If you like Progresso soups...
Killdeer :bigsmyl:
QuoteOriginally posted by Iron Bull:
Can either of them COOK ? :goldtooth:
Couple 'a months & you'll find out, Dad ;)
Now THAT is a hunting camp Bubba!
What part of the country were those photo's taken? Kirk
My little place in Ohio. (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/KPYtrad/DSC_0018.jpg)
KPaul
A closeup of the cabin. [I (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/KPYtrad/DSC_0021.jpg)
KPaul
I'm envious of you guys with camps. They are are cool in their own way. :campfire:
Jeff,
Yep, that tent is coming to Texas. Can't wait! :bigsmyl:
QuoteOriginally posted by KPaul:
My little place in Ohio. (http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k315/KPYtrad/DSC_0018.jpg)
KPaul
I'm going to buy my ohio liscense next year... :readit: ;) :saywhat: :campfire:
Here is a pic of our place in Tioga County Pa. (http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff178/gdk123/Cabin/IMGA0091.jpg)
QuoteOriginally posted by TexasBubba:
Kirk,
Those are in different parts of Alaska.
I though it looked familiar....i was up there back in 83/84...working and fishing was my thing then....didn't hunt at all that year....I got married in anchorage and did 15 days in the Yukon for our honey moon trip on the way home though....Great place up there...definitely the last frontier.....i'd love to go back and hunt moose with a long bow some day....I still got friends up there.....Kirk
This is my little piece of heaven in the mountains of West Va. No electricity , no cell phones , just peace and Quiet
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This is the upstairs bunk room
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The John!!
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I've had the place since 1989-- love it more and more every year!!
Here's mine in Indiana.
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Here's the inside.
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this is a hunting cabin my grandfather and father built called "the shack", we would spend a lot of time there, hunting in the Copjies and wingshooting.
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this is what it looks like now! wish we did'nt have all the trouble with land claims :(
i could easly live there
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Fixed your code, IndianaBowman. :thumbsup:
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Killdeer :archer:
Great pics of some nice camps. You will have to wait for a pic of ours as we can not get up to it now because to much snow.
QuoteOriginally posted by Arraflinger:
This is my little piece of heaven in the mountains of West Va. No electricity , no cell phones , just peace and Quiet
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This is the upstairs bunk room
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The John!!
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I've had the place since 1989-- love it more and more every year!!
Hey,I live in West Virginia.I could watch that place for a couple weeks during bow season for ya... :archer: :biglaugh:
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Just found out I lost all of my pictures of our cabin when my other computer crashed. Here is a tent camp a fellow hunter and I set up this year. Warm,dry and simple.
DirtyBill, I was thinkin the same thing about IndianaBowman's place... :D o r Dan Reeves place too...
Nice places to leave the 'madness' behind..
QuoteOriginally posted by Wapiti Chaser:
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Just found out I lost all of my pictures of our cabin when my other computer crashed. Here is a tent camp a fellow hunter and I set up this year. Warm,dry and simple.
You might be able to find someone who can get them off your hard drive.Same thing happened to me,but I got them back. :campfire:
QuoteOriginally posted by Billy:
DirtyBill, I was thinkin the same thing about IndianaBowman's place... :D o r Dan Reeves place too...
Nice places to leave the 'madness' behind..
I would like to spend a couple of weeks alone in a place like that. :D :campfire:
Thank you Killdeer!
I just learned how to post the pictures yesterday. My little cabin in Indiana and I'm sure the same can be said for Dan's are fantastic places to get away, but I have to tell you the best part of having my cabin is sharing it with my kids. I have the best hunting memories of my life orginating from that little rustic cabin. Given that I have been to Alaska many times and have hunted all over the US and Canada, that is saying a lot. There is nothing better than spending a long weekend or a week at the cabin with my kids. Best $1500 investment I ever made. Seems I got a pretty good deal on the cabin and 5 acres.
QuoteOriginally posted by IndianaBowman:
There is nothing better than spending a long weekend or a week at the cabin with my kids.
Amen to that.
QuoteBest $1500 investment I ever made. Seems I got a pretty good deal on the cabin and 5 acres.
Seems???????? I would think it was the best investment EVER!
Thanks for sharing everyone.
ttt, any more pic's, great thread
ttt
I agree about the kids, and even better, most of the time my Dad and Brother are together with me there also.
Here's a couple from 2007:
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Right to left - Brother, Dad, Son, Father-In-Law, Me, Daughter (Deer camp 2007)
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Kids Whooped (Turkey camp 2007)
Love the sleeping kids pic. :campfire:
My camp is still of the F150 variety. I can setup or break camp in 3 minutes flat :) ...Van
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Nice setups.
My deer camp in northern Michigan:
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And my camp in California and Idaho:
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HEY kill deer Is that A cabelas tent I have the same one sure is comfortble,kind of tricky too put by myself but once its up it aint coming down.I have the 8 man or woman model.
Hey Whip,
Is the tent in your second pic a Panther? If so, how do you like it?
I can't believe I missed this thread before now. Wow, some really great places and setups!
I've posted this pic several times but this is my cabin in West TN on about 60 acres. I bought the place in 1984. I had a little help building the little cabin the following Spring--no electricity at the time so we built it with a generator. This place helped my keep my sanity during my police career.
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Here is a scanned pic of the site where I built the cabin. My hunting friend Richard gave of his time to help my get the cabin up and dried in. I was Richard's pallbearer several years ago. I have a trail named after him on the property. I constantly wonder how families can just up and sell their family farms without hesitation knowing the sacrifices made by generations before them.
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Dirty Bill thanks but I threw the thing in the garbage. Didn't think it was any good.
Is that an A-Liner Richard had? A friend like that makes the camp more precious, and the time in it that remains to us all the more dear. I can only imagine what it must be like to walk his trail.
Joe, that is the 8-man Alaskan Guide. Ya walk around a lot setting it up by yourself, that's for sure! I forget how many seasons it has had up there, plus a couple warm-weather outings. Does it rain in your vestibule, too? Haven't figured out how to keep condensation from building up in there yet. Tent is cozy, though. :)
Killdeer
This is a cabin that is under still construction. But its insulated and weather tight and has a wood stove. I have to pack in everything to it on a trail I built as it is not truck accessible and a couple of miles in from where I can park. And yes I packed in all the supplies and built it using my dewalts & chain saw. Its located on about 20 acres that I chose and staked. Sits above the base of the Alaska Range and has endured 4 moose/caribou seasons and the local grizz population so far. Now if I can only draw a sheep tag for that area as it sits in the TMA (trophy area)and about a1 1/2 miles from where they hang out.
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A late september spike camp in the fall of 2006. We were a bunch of miles up the chisana hunting.
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I found these within 20 feet of the tent
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Ausable, nice camp! Where abouts in Michigan is it located?
Killdear I dont have the vestibule yet should get one though,pretty darn good tent no complaints. I left it up for a month in november down at my camp by chillicothe,ohio and had no problems. Went back in mid-dec for a week and was just fine in it. I do think I'm gonna get A big piece of carpet for the floor..
John- Sweet camp and pretty area you are in.
come on guys and gals we almost made it to 100 posts!!!! :bigsmyl:
Our little hunting cabin. My son and I built this hunting cabin in 2003 from 6"x8" logs that were squared-up on a friend's sawmill. I had local Amish craftsmen custom build the windows and also custom cut and press the ribbed steel roofing panels for me (very inexpensively). It is small, has no power, no running water, and no phones. My idea of perfect.
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Outside.
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Under the loft.
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The loft area - at south end.
Here are pics showing the rest of the interior.
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Looking north from the loft.
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Looking downstairs from the loft.
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Looking down on the "dining room" area from the loft.
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Looking down on the "kitchen" area from the loft.
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Wall decor - northwest corner.
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Wall decor - northeast corner.
Nicely crafted cabin,Ron.
Kildeer, that was my camper and it was a late 70's "Aliner" predecessor,I think the manufacturer was "Spartan". It was the only camper of its kind I had ever seen. All plexiglass and aluminum and folded down/set up in about 2 minutes. I sold the camper and took the money from it and the various award monies given me for "Police Officer of the Year" in 1985 to build the small cabin on the site. I have several trails now that are named for the hunting friends that shared the cabin,thus the name on the large sign, "The Trails". Hoppy,Mark,Richard,Nolen,Don---all have a trail sign on the place. It is a constant reminder to me of how fleeting Father Time is AND how fortunate I was to be a part of these friend's lives. Because honestly, I've been unsuccessful in finding fitting replacements to the point that I now hunt almost exclusively solo.
Ron, i love the looks of your camp! its small but perfectly suited for the purpose,hunting!
it looks very well built!
one question though, how is it heated? i didnt see a wood stove. you must a portable heater.
jamie
Thanks fellers.
Jamie,
I originally intended to install a woodstove, but decided against because of lack of floor space. The cabin is only 12'x16'. I installed a small direct-vent propane heater that I run off 100# tanks. It's mounted on the bottom of the wall between the "kitchen" and "dining room". The combustion air is drawn in, and exhaust gases are vented out directly through the wall behind the heater. The vent can be seen just below the bottom gable-end window in the pic of the outside of the cabin.
And in case anyone wonders about the facilities - we have a porta-crapper that I bought really cheap from one of the companies that delivers them to our jobsites.
Have a Great '08
Ron
Your guys hunting camps are regulation. Im lucky to have a tent to sleep in.
Ron B., awesome hunting camp and decorated to a "t"
I'm an undercover FCI (Federal Camp Inspector). I'll be needing keys and directions to all those camps. :knothead:
David
Wow! All I can say is "someday." All great camps!
My Michigan Upper Peninsula Bow Camp. October
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moose camp
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and my old trappers camp 63 miles off the highway in God's country
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Trapper. What are those furry critters the young lady is holding?? Groung hogs maybe
This is a great thread. REALLY cool to see where everyone calls "home" during the hunting season. It appears many have much to be thankful for!!!
Eastern Fisher, no it's not a groundhog it's a frozen marten, my daughters used to play with them like barbies when they were that age...LOL honestly....both my girls are now grown up and have both feet firmly planted on the ground. they started shooting bows when they were 3 and are still at it...
Proud Dad :goldtooth:
Widowbender:
THAT'S funny right there!!!
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Here's moose camp for me. 200km North/west of Thunderbay Ontario. It aint fancy but it functional
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Here's Wyoming Elk camp every year that I can go.
I love Elk season!!!!!!
We try and rough it....but that is a bottle of Jim Beam on the far left...for medicinal purposes only! :bigsmyl:
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Hey "Lunkers" where are you hunting? Unit 15A...silver dollar area?
Trapper
15B trapper1, Wolfcreek trail (It should have read north/west in my first post)Or as I like to call it "Home away from home". I love headin north for moose season.
Just another bump for the chance at seeing more camps. I think this is one my favorite threads I have read. Thanks again to all those who have participated. 2Knives... that pic is very neat. Thanks for sharing.
I have a few questions about financing a camp. This is not the forum to address my questions, but hoped someone who has bought a camp could PM or email me... actual mortgage broker would be awesome.
Thanks
John
johnckeith @ gmail.com
Great posts.. :clapper:
Anyone lQQking to adopt a city fella from Long Island during hunting season in ya camps... :pray:
This camp is no more, but it was fun wile it lasted
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great pic's
My first deer camp, 1958
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ttt
A DIY Spring bear hunt on Aulneau Peninsula,Sioux Narrows,Ontario in 1981. We busted ice 10 miles and set up near Dominion Lake. These were the two hunting buds crazy enough to go along with my plan.
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All very nice, it's cool to see this thread still going.
A friend bought a 175 acre tract a mile back in the woods bordered by a timber company in 1989. He asked me to bow hunt it the first season and see if there were any deer on it. I set up the old wall tent and stayed the entire archery season there. I found a spring running and got my water. Ronnie(pictured) hunted two weekends. Does anyone else do that? Absolutely got so into the hunt routine I forgot I was married. And I wonder why my wife divorced me after putting up with my sorry self for 27 yrs? LOL
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This was my backpacking camp in CO the first or second year I found the spot up on top.This must have been about 1994-95.
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I bought an old Dodge camper to use on the Dalton Highway in Alaska. I figured it would be beat all to hades by the rocks/truckers so planned on giving it away and flying home after the month long hunt. I got it ready by June. We decided to take it for a "trial run" out to CO before we made the "big trip" in it. My Lieutenant on the police department wanted to go but didn't want to tent camp so I took it out there for him. Keith Chastain,WAPITI bowyer, set up with us that year and the camper was a hit,particularly when the hailstones fell about every other day that year. Keith is the one with the western hat telling lies.
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I made a banner so Joe could find my camp when he drove out later in Colorado in '06 . It got the attention of the Forest Service for some reason. They stopped in more than twice to tell me my camp had to be moved in 14 days and over 3 miles from where it was at.
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A hunting camp in Northern Michigan back when you could reasonably expect to see an occasional deer. Changes in habit and wildlife management practices over the past couple of decades have resulted in most of Michigan's whitetail population occupying the southern half of our state. Now a days, most of my "serious" hunting takes place behind the house.
These days, we still try to get up North for a week each fall, but more so for the sake of tradition and camp camaraderie than any serious attempt to take deer.
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I used to get a lot of help at the cabin before the girls grew up and were discovered by all the boys at school. They would fight over who would drive the little tractor. Now they fight over what clothes they are wearing on their dates. All this change in six short years!
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kirkll, looks like a nice time and nice set up. what kind of home brew is in keg?
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I knew that was a southern camp. If ya need some help hunting around there, let me know. :D
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Now that is what I call a fine camp. Love it.
Upper Peninsula Log Cabin - Circa 1938
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Did some work on the interior...sanded the logs & refinished, new chinking, installed wood stove.
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View from the back window...his dad never showed!! Maybe this year??!!
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Cedar, I love that cabin, and it's in da UP to boot!
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North Fork of the Flathead, NW Montana, Jan. 2008. My folks' cabin is one of my camps. The game-cam picked up a big griz in the yard in January in almost 3 feet of snow. Lots of mt. lion tracks in the yard. My wife doesn't want the kids playing in the yard anymore. I always pack bear spray when hunting whitetails up there.
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Lots of snow in NW Montana this year. Dad was up on the snowpile on the back porch trying to get a little light into the cabin, and climbed up onto my old hunting truck with the snowshoes...just walked right up.
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SW Montana Elk camp, 2006
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SW Montana Elk camp, 1997
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Dad with cow elk just below camp, 2004.
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That's the honey-hole, baby.
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Dad and I in camp.
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Dad, Dick, and I telling lies by the camp fire.
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We always seem to get rain or snow in SW Montana in September, so a few tarps over the tent are necessary. Can you tell that I can't wait for September?