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Few pics of my hike in camp. Built with rope and 3 tarps. Some rock work closed in the back. Was designed to fill the blue 5 gallon water jug with runoff from the roof, which it did in one night of rain. It is a long hike downhill to water. Have used it about 8 nights this bow season and it will be up until the snow flies at which time I will break it down for storage in a 5 gallon bucket hanging in a tree. Views into Yellowstone from the sleeping bag and bugling elk are my alarm clock.

Like like a great camp. The scenery is great as well . Good luck on your hunts. Sure makes me want to catch up my mules and head for the mountains.

Sweet camp!

Nice camp! Great design. Makes this city-boy wonder why I spent so much on a tipi and stove.

Very nice set up! Any issues keeping griz or other critters out when not in use? Good luck on your hunts.

Just the type of camp I have built in my mind many times! I like the 5 gallon bucket idea. There is a alpine lake not far from where I live that very few go to as access is a fair bit of effort. I would like to cut a few poles and leave a pail cached. Thanks for further inspiration.

Fuzzy

The problem with this is that some leave the materials in the bush which in due course become useless litter and the plastic will not biodegrade for many centuries.

I have found this in some of BCs most remote wilderness and finest hunting grounds, the legendary Shulaps Range west of Lillooet, once the premier Cali. Bighorn area, as well as deep into The Purcell Wilderness Conservancy between the East and West Kootenays and even the very remote headwaters of Chlotapecta Creek, fine Stones and Elk-Moose country in NE BC.

I have packed out SO much of this that I now look askance upon such camps, but, I do "get" the appeal of them.

Before leaving the bucket, I suggest painting it with a quality exterior paint. It'll help keep the plastic from disintegrating in the sun and air.

Nice looking camp. However, like SNAP, I hauled out about 50 lbs of stashed gear from an old outfitter camp yesterday. Of course, there is a lot more where I hauled out (propane heaters, cast Iron cooking gear, 5 gallon buckets etc) .

It was good training for rifle season. Enjoy your season.

I do the same sort of thing. But city boys should not wonder about whether or not they need a teepee because those tarps weigh more than a teepee, take a lot more time to setup and are no where near as portable as a teepee.

I prep a couple of camps by stocking aspen poles, and caching tarps prior to elk hunting season. This strategy allows me to carry a lightweight 3-season dome tent and be able to weather a foot of snow during Colorado's 3rd rifle season.



As others have mentioned, it's important that the cache be weatherproof and critter-proof to avoid it becoming a pile of litter.

KC

If this is on private land, have at it. There is no justification for leaving all this crap on public land.

If you want the camp extra light weight, it's easy to make large silnylon tarps with any sewing machine. They'll long outlast the plastic tarps, too.

So you can carry it on your back, set it up anywhere, pack it in or out in one trip and the whole shebang weighs less than just one of those tarps.
However, as far as a semi-permanent setup that is a pretty comfortable looking setup the OP has, as long as one is content to hunt from one place all season. I doubt those plastic tarps would last more than about two seasons though, they break down pretty quick.

But stink on me, I don't even have a backpack hunt planned this year. Rock Chuck and his llamas will be without me. Things didn't work so well this year for a cross country pack trip for me. I'll probably be sleeping in a bed and hunting out of a tree...sigh...

BTW, the silnylon tarp idea RC posted ^above^ is good advice. You could build your framework and then packe the tarps in and out on each trip to preserve them from damage and the bulk and weight of several sil-nylon tarps would be less than one of those plastic jobs.

Speaking of needing shelter - Snubbie, did the rain from the 'cane get west far enough to get you?

Right here at the house we got about 5" in the gauge since Friday. Way plenty and more than we need but not the "100 year event" the prognosticators were predicting. Friday the hurricane turned out into the Atlantic so we didn't get near what was expected had it come ashore somewhere along the SE coast. Still plenty wet.

The goats aren't happy boys.

Missing it BAD this year.





Apologies to OP for the thread hijack.

I'll send you a pick of my Adams Gulch big buck next week after I get him.

I'm counting on it.

Went in yesterday and packed it all up into the bucket. May put it in the same spot next year or may move it to another locale at a little lower elevation. Depends on the weather next fall.

That's just friggin' fun and awesome.

I live for chit like this!