Thanks everyone for your input.
It looks like our buddy is warming up to the idea, or at least admits he doesn’t have a choice.
We’ve been diving in this rabbit hole all day and it’s been fun. What do y’all think about each man having his own one person tent instead of us sharing one larger tent? I see benefits both ways, but I’m starting to think that each of us having our own tent could be the safer bet if one of us were to get lost or hurt.
Splitting up tents between people who are not physically together (and hunters rarely are) seems like another example of something that is fine unless something goes wrong, and then it's trouble. I'm experimenting with the Eureka Solitaire AL as a possible solution for a 1-man. There are smaller, tougher, and lighter options but I'm tall (6'6") and I find many psuedo-bivy type tents very confining.
