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Them crazy Chinamens......They know what it takes to scam, err I mean, build a tent for American elk hunters.....
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The solar showers work great if you heat up the water on a stove first. If you don't want to build your own shower. You can use a tarp to build a "shower room" if you want.
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We use a small wall tent, a propane stove and a pallet for the shower tent. We have a 5gal bucket with the spray nozzle from a kitchen sink attached to it. Hoist it over head and let gravity do it's thing.
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I have a Davis 14x16, there biggest stove and one of their heavy vinyl floors that is separate. love the setup. The vinyl sweeps up easy. I also use a cheap blue tarp for a fly and it works great.
About the only thing i would change is I would not buy another Davis stove. Their are better options on the market, but what I am eventually going to do is build my own with the features I want.
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Them crazy Chinamens......They know what it takes to scam, err I mean, build a tent for American elk hunters..... I'll bet they give Pakistanis a run for their money.
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The heater is a Trekker model by Pioneer. www.pioneerspaceheaters.comI use it in a 12x15 tent. I use it mostly in northern Mn. in November. It workers very well and keeps the tent about 25 degrees warmer than the outside temp. At night with two coleman lanterns going the temp goes up another 10 to 15 degrees. It is not for packing in as we go through 35 to 40 gallons of diesel in our 20 or so days at camp. The echo fan on the heater is also very important to even the temp. though out the tent.
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And speaking of wall tents made in Pakistan, don't buy from Western Wall Tents. Ask me how I know.
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All Davis tents.
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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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I bought a two room shower tent from Kmart for $36 on sale. It is nicer than the $140 Cabelas model.
For a shower. I used a 3 gallon garden sprayer. Removed the wand. Fitted it with a sink sprayer that is usually used on a kitchen sink to rinse off things. You might have to increase the hose size on the sprayer.
I heat about a gallon and a half of water to boiling, pour into the sprayer and then add the same amount of cold water. Pump it up and you are set to go. You will need to pump up again before done, but you can take a hell of a shower on three gallons of water. Most of the time I have water left.
Total cost: Less than $25 compared to $100 plus for commercial ones that heat and pump the water and need propane and batteries.
Only thing, unless you store it inside, you need to drain and flush all water out after the season so it doesn't freeze and crack the head. I remember (this was many moons ago) when we used to run a bit low on hot water on board the USS INDEPENDENCE. The brass would institute shower restrictions, that actually work very well, and I use them to this day even though I have plenty of water. Get in shower, turn water on, and soak down for 3 minutes. Turn off water. Soap body completely. Turn on Water and rinse down for 5 minutes. Turn off water. Get out of shower.
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22WRF, my water saving procedure is similar to yours but a shorter version. Heat water in a aluminum two quart tea kettle. Pour into solar bag, soak hair with water, stop, apply shampoo. Spray body for 30 seconds, stop. Soap up. Rinse body starting at top of head for about 30 seconds or until solar bag is empty.
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I'd sure hate to have to keep looking at my watch while taking a shower or still have soap on and run out of water.
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I have a sure-fire way of avoiding all those problems with water temp, running out of water, etc.
I just don't take a shower.
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I'd sure hate to have to keep looking at my watch while taking a shower or still have soap on and run out of water. Ha, no watch needed... I can walk and chew gum at the same time and learned to count seconds and shower at the same time. Of course the bag has a visual aid being clear on one side.
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I've been on 3 different elk hunts and too many week long deer hunts to count. I have never camped where I've had the luxury of a shower of any kind. I usually wear merino wool (to help control odor) and, if I can't get the stink off with warmed water in a wash tub or field wipes�I just had to stink. Guess I've been deprived.
Start young, hunt hard, and enjoy God's bounty.
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I have hunted with a few guys like that(stunk).They don't hunt with me anymore. No excuse for at least heating up a some water and using a basin to sponge bath as you advised.
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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I took a couple of Beavers with the .17. One was 68# and one was 73#. There was no getting that castor smell off the whole trip. I didn't really care. Probably a good coverup smell of what I actually smelled like.!!! Did have a guy shoot a little 6x6 and took him and 2 guy's 3 days to get him back to camp. First thing he did was get his clothes off and get into the creek. 9500 feet in late Oct and had ice on it every morning. He did not seem to care. He never went back up to where he shot that elk. Probably took a week before he found his slinky!!!
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be glad he didn't ask to use YOUR thumb....
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Ha, jokes on yew elmer, that taint mah thumb!!
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