CountryGirl I like that rig! It's like a cabin on wheels. Pretty nice art collection too.

Thanks Steveo and Dannyboy!

Here is my homemade wall tent!







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Heres my homemade wall tent also. Can't tell it from the pic but there's a tent cot along the back wall. Love this set up. Woodstove can have you sweating buckets in no time burning squaw wood.

Nice set up LC!!

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Not nearly as nice as your Guyzer, I meant to say that in my post, was actually getting ready to update it when my college age daughter HAD to have the puter!

What kinda material did you use on yours? As you can tell mine is over the counter tarps! lol. Man I was real hesistant about not having a floor in mine but now I can't imagine having a floor in it. It sure is nice to come in snow covered or soaking wet from rain with your boots on! Light up the woodstove and relax as things dry out while reading a good book.

Hey Guyzer, you have a huge load on that backpack what was your agenda for this particuar hunt? Also, great wall tents guys.....

Over the years I've used plenty of both.I still love a Wall tent with the wood burning stove.Great for drying clothes and just seams to add to the whole experience.

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My 7x8x11 Canvas Wedge with wood stove.
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Inside of the Wedge Tent

Here is the "Full Blown" Version of my Camp set up facing my Friends Wedge. This picture was taken at the Hawkeye Spring Thaw Selfbow Shoot.

Hello JERRY,I was out Moose hunting.
LC my wall tent is made with construction tarp
(polypropylene tarp).I buy them in hardware store.

That is a TRADITIONAL DREAM CAMP Buffalo Two Flecht.

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This post is great! Every time I check it I get more ideas...home made wall tent, wedge tent, pyramid tents, campers...all too cool!

Todd the real plus with a getup like Whip's is they give you preferred camping spots at Comptons.

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Just got this bad boy and am going to try it out next weekend!
 

Nice set up!! What brand is that? I wish kifaru made a yellow tent like that. Para tipi coming soon woodstove and all under 6lbs
I'm a tent kinda guy. There is nothing cooler than going to a shoot and seeing hundreds of tents. I wish we could tent camp at the muzzy shoot.

Ultralight in good weather = tarp, maybe with a bivy bag if wind might get bad

Light in snotty weather or bugs = small backpacking tent with good 2.5" pad

Light in cold weather = tipi with stove

Fast trip or windy weather, 1 person or me and my son = horse trailer pad or, if just me, cot in the pickup bed under a topper.

All these are just fantastic.  But long cold nights in late season, extended trips, and wind have me thinking of a Scamp/Casita rig, too.  This was driven home in November on a multiday bow and bird trip to the prairies of eastern Montana.  The dog and I slept in the back of my truck, and it was fine.  My hunting partner and his girlfriend emerged from their tent (a good one) early one morning after a long, windy night--and they are all windy there, some just more so than others--and he looked at me with huge, dark bags under his eyes and said, "That whole night was like being a sock in a dryer.  Except it was cold."  I have yet to hear anyone who has a small fiberglass trailer do anything but get weepy with affection for them.

After many years in lots of trying weather conditions, I sure like the warm comfortable camper-when it fits the situation.  But, I'd never be without tents of different sizes and the right equipment to make any of them a good hunting camp.  Sometimes the back of the pickup is the right choice.  I'm not planning to turn down any good hunts because my "sleeping accomodations" didn't fit the situation!

tent

Camper, I slept out side for 21 yrs in the Army!

Has anyone built their own camper on the cheap out of a freight trailer?  I saw a website recently that specializes in that subject.  There were some incredible trailers built pretty darned cheap.  Especially if you want good insulation and a floor that can get dirty, it seems like a good way to go.

http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=42  
especially the first thread
 
and
 
http://www.mikenchell.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33924&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

The cargo conversions are really neat. Had never thought of that