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Might have taken the whole fist!!!!!

Actually Beavers have a very attractive smell that is very attractive to a considerable number of other animals, and to man.

That is not good at elk camp!!!!

I have found my own personal hygiene to be exponential in my attitude and enjoyment in camp/hunting. A way to take showers is very helpful in keeping a positive attitude, resting well at night , and being able to get up early. I have been with "Smelly Men" hunting and it really sucks.

There are plenty of ways to maintain hygiene without a full-on shower.

I would say, I've been hunting with men who insist on having a shower and similar creature comforts and that sucks more than anything. Because the best hunting is not usually near the trailhead. Jeez, it's not like you're crawling in the sleeping bag with him.

I built a shower out of a 12v weed sprayer motor and a aluminum turkey fryer pot. I can heat with the wood stove, a propane cooker, or a 120 volt bucket heater (Kind of like a branding iron with a metal guard). The motor hangs in the back of the horse trailer where I have a shower head (a small lawn sprinkler head with turn off valve mounted to roof) when you hit the of valve the weed sprayer motor stops. When done with shower, I simply walk into the heated insulated Tack Room in the front of trailer. One thing I found.....do not tie the mules on the same side of trailer as the wood stove chimney if it is not breezy them mules can get a lot of smoke in the face. Be sure to drain system in cold weather to prevent freezing.

Baby wipes go a LONG way...

Yup. Those and a small bar of soap and washcloth. And Arm & Hammer unscented stick deodorant, keeps the stink at bay for a few days. But to each his own. Showers are nice and I wouldn't turn one down after a few days, but they aren't at the top of my list even when camped next to the truck in a wall tent.

Now, a well-organized kitchen though.........

"Cleanliness is next to Godliness"

We took sponge baths out of our helmets and a new Lieutenant came in to our unit and refused to do it. He galled his crotch so bad he could hardly walk and was eventually removed from command.

We are of the same mind! Where I generally elk hunt, the camp spot is just a 15min drive from a campground. $1.50 in quarters will get you a long, hot shower. Better than anything I could rig up.

One word of caution if using the baby wipe method of showering.... I yelled toward where I thought my cousin was that I was gonna take a "shower" and to stay the heck out of the tent for a few minutes. Unbeknownst to me, he was in the opposite direction and didnt hear me. The best way to describe the resulting screaming is to just say, "what has been seen, cannot be unseen!".

Hey, they're your wipes, and you can lather and rub as fast as you want.....

Nah, you've got it backwards Huntsman, that's why all those guys like their showers..........

Dang, I left an opening! Nicely played Huntsman. It was actually my hairy ass that he accidently saw. Says he still has nightmares about it.

Wow this thread took a wrong turn, funny though

Long Wait till Seasons start!!! You guy's are quite humorous!!!!! Plus we learned about tents and bathing. A 2fer!!

Now that we have the shower issue put behind us, how many of you guys chit in the heated comfort of yer tent?





Getcha one of them tall plastic buckets that baseball coaches use, and one of those bucket toilet seats. Put a few inches of crick water in, do your business, wipe yer heinie, toss the paper in the woodstove, swirl the contents around and dump in a hole out in the brush away from camp. Shovel the hole back in when breaking camp.......

and burn the bucket.......

I'm thinking my hunting buddy would probably shoot me on the spot if I chit in our tent.

Here is the bathroom shower tent.



About 20 yards from cook tent.