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I live in that camp for 3 weeks in November so comfort is a good thing. That green carpet is a thin outdoor carpet. Water and snow go right through into the ground. It also folds up to a nice small package for easy transport. We always have two in camp, wife and me, and up to six others. All of camp fits into our two pickup trucks. When we go west elk hunting we use just the one tent for everything, it is just the two of us.
huntsman22. wimmins work is why you have the wife along....GRIN
Actually clean up is about twice a week and takes about 10 min.

-10 in Wyoming Unit 100 two years ago and we got along fine. You can actually cook yourself out with a good stove stoked full-bore. A chunk or two of coal in my Cylinder Stove with the dampener pinched down will smolder pretty much all night and keep the edge off. And if it doesn't, me and my hunting buds are getting to the age where we're up at least a couple times a night anyway and can bank the stove if needed. A good sleeping bag is also key, as is having a good pad underneath you.

Huntsman22, I also like to have a little carpeting in my tent. It helps to keep things clean and dry. I think its worth the 2 minutes of trouble to unroll it to help keep pine needles out of my sleeping bag. I really dont like stepping on sticks on my way to stoke the fire at night either. Just felt like throwing in my two cents....grin

Keep throwing two cents at 'clean' and purty soon you are talking real cash.....2 seconds to slip on yer bathroom slippers, also trumps two minutes for the rugging fug.....and less packing space.


You guys crack me up. This ain't the Ritz, it's hunting camp. If this is how you live in the woods, post some pics of how you live at home. I never much been into 'luxury'.......

Don, you wear bathroom slippers in camp?

What happened to your crocs?

here are some thorofare hunting camp wall tents. everything is packed in by horses and mules 27 miles from the nearest dirt road. i worked for this outfit. you might notice the lack of frames for the tents and 0 floor. we put shoes on over 75 horses in 1 week before the sept. hunts started.

Smoke, my schlippers are under the cot, to the right. You can see 'em poking out, under there. But that ain't camp, that's where I live. Yup, in a floorless wall tent.......

I do not like the Davis tents because you cannot get a true 5 foot wall height. What they call 5 feet finishes out about 4 1/2. Also, their roof pitch is shallower than some other brands, and their internal frames use 1 inch conduit, which tend to bend in the snow loads of 4th elk season here in Colorado. I have a 16 x 20 x 5 Davis that exhibits all these problems. I have a Montana Canvas 12 x 17 that has none of them-- Full 5 foot walls, 1 1/8 inch internal frame and cast angles, and steeper roof pitch. I have also used a Colorado
Tent in 16 x 20 x 5 over a lodgeple frame and found it good.
I would suggest you get at least a small square or trianular zippered/screened window in the upper back wall of the tent to allow cross ventilation when all the stoves and lanterns are on, especially if your ridgepole log fills up the opening. If you are not camping in snow, none of the above really matters. Good hunting!

Well, it looks like you're keeping good company there.....

Having just spent most of a week in a place where we were experiencing gusts in excess of 60 mph at night, I'm a bit believer in heavy canvas duck a strong frame. There's a reason for these traditional designs. Our pipe was through the roof, but being rather an old pipe with loose joints, we had to guy wire it out to keep it stable, especially since we put the spark arrestor screen outside the tent. That prevents you from using a fly. I might experiment another time with the pipe out the back wall at a 60 degree angle, and a fly. But you want solid, strong, heavy if you're going to be in big winds.

Having your stove pipe run out of the roof doesn't exactly prevent you from using a full length fly, but definitely makes it a little harder. I have a laminated vinyl fly from Kirkham's here in Utah that has a stove-jack sewn into it just like my tent. I've only used it once so far, but it works great. Has grommets that attach over the same points as Davis's roof angles and has side guy ropes that run out to their own stakes. Dang near bullet proof, but also pretty heavy and bulky, which is why I've only used it once. If I were going on a Colorado 4th season or similar hunt, you can dang sure bet I'd have it along though.

Having a pre made fly with stove jack such as described kinda limits one of buying a $20 tarp every other year. And then when it gets a little battered, you use it as a floor

staple or pin a 2x2 ft. square of fiberglass cloth in the stovejack location on the cheapo tarp and cut the stovepipe circle out. cheap and easy.

Point taken, but the fly didn't cost me a dime. Had a buddy who was looking for a tent and I found him a screaming deal on a complete Kirkham's package (new 14x16 with aluminum internal frame, extended eves, two doors, screened side windows, and fly for $650.00) and he gifted me the fly for finding the deal and getting it bought.