Camping setups for archery shoots

[Red Beastmaster]

Pat B

Looks like you also have the Cabelas Outback Lodge. I love my 12x12. Just not wild about the 50 ropes to stake out.

I was at Cabalas last week and saw the price is now $425. I paid $239 for mine several years ago. Geesh!

I always say the single center pole is for dancin'!

[Doc Nock]

RB,

Yea, but it doesn't float well...wasn't that you guys I helped move out of the depression at Standing Stone sitting in 6" of water?

[Pat B]

RB, this one is a 10x10. I bought it from Pearl Drums for $200. It hadn't been used much before I got it. I think he got the 12x12 which would be better for me but I'm not paying $400 for it. Just enough room inside for me and all my crap!

[PeteA]

This is great guys. I'm hoping to get to a few more multiday shoots this season and hope to perfect my tarp and tent set up. Hanks for the input.

[Red Beastmaster]

Originally posted by Doc Nock:
RB,

Yea, but it doesn't float well...wasn't that you guys I helped move out of the depression at Standing Stone sitting in 6" of water?

That was me Dave. Camping on the trap range sounded like a good idea 'til the monsoon hit.  

[double eagle]

Last spring at the R100 in Columbia, MO, slept in a tent with just a folding chair outside.  Weather was great and would have brought a pop up awning type if we were to get wet.  One thing that was a pain was a guy ran a generator about all night and kept everyone awake.  The thing I learned is tent camp away from Rvs.

[Doc Nock]

Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:
[]That was me Dave. Camping on the trap range sounded like a good idea 'til the monsoon hit.    

LOL... I did revel in how easy it was to pick up your gear and move it to dry land...that small depression below grade really filled up!  

I started out simple for years...sleeping on a foam pad in the back of my F150 8' bed truck with cap... till one year it rained every shoot and in those days I did 2/month starting end of April

I bought one of those canopies... Bear to set up and put a cot inside and my breath condensed inside and I awoke to drips thinking the tarp covering leaked..nope. Sold it.

As Uncle ARty Ritis came to visit and never left, I bought an Apache hard side pop up...no rag to dry out...loved that thing... 2 burner stove dried out the interior and on cold weekends, it warmed up to skivvy temps quickly.

I had at first a 12x20 silver tarp I set up over a 2 table kitchen, then a 12x16.  Did a lot of cooking with and for friends.

Still have the gear, sold the camper, but found a lot of people would get under my tarp and litter the place after I went to bed in inclement weather...Changes in who attended, I guess.

Went back to a more minimalist format .

Had a 2 burner Camp Chef stove, couple of Dutch ovens, a small table top 2 burner bernsomatic stove, Trash bags hanging around (that were invisible to the litter bugs), table top grill, LP lamp, etc.

Made the 4 day camp outs feel like home...till it didn't!   :eek:    :rolleyes:

[VTer]

This is our set-up. 12x12 Alaknak, pop up shelter over the kitchen area, and you can see our shower enclosure under the pop up as well. This was at Denton Hill a few years ago.

Where was the shoot in northern NY?

[ron w]

The shoot in New York was Oxtar......near Norwich.

[VTer]

Wow, you NY guys sure have a funny definition of northern. To us, it's everything above Lake Placid.

[ron w]

Pete's from Westchecester Co. Everything is North for him....     ...I had to drive 2 hours south to go to the shoot. It's actually in central N.Y.

[PeteA]

Saving grace of being that far south is that Westchester County is a bow only suburb about 50 minutes north of NYC. Some big suburban deer down here.

[ron w]

Still to close to the city for me......  

[PeteA]

I hear you Ron. I'd rather be up your way as well.

[savage1]

I have a 6 man tent. I enjoy being at a shoot when able.
There are many well minded children which it as it should be but then,
There are some that are turned loose..
Dog poop is a problem sometimes.

Lou