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Lets see em. Cabins, trailers, tents, whatever ya go. It's that time of year. Fuzzy windchimes, deer in back of trucks...stories, you got em, lets hear em. I got the bug bad.

Mule deer camp, West Texas desert....

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Whitetail camp, TX Panhandle...

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its a work in progress....anyone with real carpentry skills would look at it & laugh till they puked, but we've had a lot of fun doing it. should be done with it no later than spring of 2082, if we pick up the pace a little.

SE Kentucky on our place.

View from my rack:


Kitchen:


Stove:


Cartridge heads cover the nails and shotgun shell pulls -




Sleeping arrangements and loft:


Clothes kept out on the deck to keep the scent off them.
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Whole thing was designed on a paper plate and hoped it would make it 5 years. Built by my dad and uncle when I was a runt. It's lasted over 30. Believe it or not there's less than the cost of 2 Montana's with decent glass into it. Most was scrounged or bartered for.

Awesome guys! Pugs, I love that shot over the pond. Is that a Cabela's Alaknack? How do you like it?

Teal, you know how I feel about yours....

Lets see some more guys.

Yep - my favorite view. We own to the top of the mountain.

It is an Alaknack. After searching for what tent to buy Isaac pointed them out. Went up to Hamburg and looked at the one they had up and bought it. We've been hunting out of it 5 years and still tight, zippers are good, no holes and while we don't get much snow its stood up fine in 50 mph winds.

Very pleased. Lots of room for five guys and gear.

Outside. Superior National Forest, Mn.



Inside.

I was hoping for some of those Tjay.

Have you been up north yet? How's it looking up there this year?

I went up just after Labor day to put up deer cams. Saw a few grouse and some bear scat. The underbrush was really thick this year and everything seemed to have grown 2 feet grass, weeds and little trees. Looks like it should be a good year just hope the deer cooperate.

The kitchen.



The furnace.



and water heater.

Here's ours: Der Bauernhof . Click on the link for more pics.



The full name of it is:

Der Bauernhof am Loch im Ende des Stumpfes
(The Farm in the Hole in the End of the Stump)

It is in SW Bracken County, Kentucky. It was established just after 9/11/2001. At the time we did not know if it was going to be the family deer camp or the family bunker. It sits on 200 acres in the Trans-Bluegrass about 10 miles from the Ohio River and about 2 miles from the Licking River.

This weekend, the tribe is turning out to put a new coat of paint on the place.

If I can get the pictures to come out ( I took pictures of pictures ) I'll share some memories from the start.......... 1974. Not the first year I deer hunted, but the first year I camped.



Different location, 1979



New location. 1980. The little guy in the background is nine year old Shortactionsmoker, his first trip deer hunting.



1988



A lot of good memories are coming back.....1990



A few of us started building this in 1991



And through it all, we always eat good......that's me at the pit in 1995.

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Guys, I'm sorry to take up so much room, but I just couldn't quit. These camps have continued every year right to the present day. I can't wait for November......

Best picture set in this post so far.

Thanks for posting them.

Great thread!

Pretty awesome, the red truck in that photo is a 78. It's only 2 years old in that photo!

I love the photos of this time frame because everything in the photos brings back memories of growing up (for me).

I would have only been 10 yrs old myself.

I've got an album full of these pictures. When I get it out and start looking, I don't know whether to rejoice in what a time we had or to be melancholy at the knowledge that times have changed. Know what I mean?

I do know what you mean but I'd like to think you can steer your mind towards the rejoice side of the scale.

It's way funner.

Yeah, there were a lot of funnies and fun times. This one is Smokers first deer in 1984. I think it would classify as a Dink now, but it was a trophy back then.



There always seems to be something to drink. This was 1991.



The necessary poker game. Notice the dimes and quarters......we weren't very big spenders in those days.



And the evening ending campfire.



Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures of the pictures. Ok, that's the last of my sharing. I look forward to viewing others.