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07-28-2019, 01:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edm.
Posts: 4,845
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Tent hunts
Normally we can drive into our hunting area with our trucks but this year it looks like the road has been gaited and atv only is allowed . 10km in every day is just to much to get into our area ,so it looks like tenting this year.
How many others are tenting this year , because of the roads that are closed.
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07-28-2019, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: airdrie
Posts: 5,211
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we tent every year walltent lask November
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07-28-2019, 07:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,047
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Use to quad in 23kms for a few years then decided to put a tent in.
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07-28-2019, 09:42 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Stony Plain
Posts: 1,139
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Will be a wall tent for September northern moose camp again. Yay!!!
We can drive into November whitetail camp but wouldn’t consider using anything but wall tent there.
Fuel for heat readily available. Wet clothing dries overnight. More room than a camper for sure.
What’s not to like? The more I use mine in a year, the happier I am.
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07-29-2019, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Central Alberta
Posts: 21,399
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Nothing like being in a tent and hearing elk bugle or wolves howl.
Grizz
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07-29-2019, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 9,650
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My moose camp is aprox 15 k from the nearest road. Even though it is in an atv anytime zone, it sure is nice to be off the beaten path and walk from the tent or beat the rush and get to your spot first. Nothing better than a crackling wood stove and a wall tent.
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07-29-2019, 12:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Fort McMurray
Posts: 98
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We always wall tent. Its an excuse to get away and enjoy the bush for longer periods. Besides its the best sleep, wood stove and darkness!
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07-29-2019, 12:28 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: GRAND PRAIRIE
Posts: 5,720
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LOVE wall tent hunts ,might even do one this year for a week but the older I get the more I like my cabin .
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07-29-2019, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Alberta for the most part
Posts: 2,810
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My brother and me just bought a yurt style tent, has a stove hole in the middle, now we made a 16 ft wood floor for the tent, we bought a floor from a grain bin , now cutting it to pie shape to make it more lighter for both to handle, now waiting to set it up, in October ready for the November hunt, on private land way back 1/2 mile from road access
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07-30-2019, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 6,230
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tent
Wall tent only way to hunt, as already mentioned gets you back in to good area at the crack of dawn. Lots of work to set up a good camp and you need a good strong trailer for quad to haul all the gear.
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07-30-2019, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Olds, Sundre area Alberta
Posts: 2,134
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I do 2 week long hunts a year and both are done living out of a wall tent. I have 2, 1 8x10 for packing on horses and the other is a 12x14 which I take in the wagon.
Best way to experience a hunt IMO!!
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07-30-2019, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: onoway, Ab
Posts: 6,957
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My wall tent is 16x20. Sleep 5 guys and still have lots of room for cooking
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07-30-2019, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: High River
Posts: 119
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We run a 12x14 for sleeping and cooking then a 10x12 for parking quads in with a wood stove to warm them up and dry clothes in, have put horses in it as well over the years, it’s hard work for a camp set but wouldn’t do it any other way! Kill something or not it’s always an adventure.
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07-31-2019, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Far Enough From The City, AB
Posts: 1,569
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams
Nothing like being in a tent and hearing elk bugle or wolves howl.
Grizz
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Or bull moose grunting outside the tent in the middle of the night. Had that happen to us once a few years back, of course no one had a moose tag to go after him the next morning....lol
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07-31-2019, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,175
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This will be our first year in my 12x14. Can't wait!!
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07-31-2019, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 36
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Wall tent everywhere when it gets cold, and tarps and cots before the snow.
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08-25-2019, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Posts: 68
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What does everyone recommend for a stove? Toying with the idea of getting a tent/stove set up for next year.
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08-25-2019, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Alberta for the most part
Posts: 2,810
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I have a tent that we will not use now, we will run the yurt tent now, mine has 2 stove holes, for the very cold night, also has 2 doors beside each, 16 x16 with a internal frame, we have used this tent for 5 years now, -30 and all good in the tent.
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08-26-2019, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 20
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Camping in a wall tent with a wood stove and sleeping on a camping cot is the best. Lots of work to pack all the gear, set up and tear down though.
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08-26-2019, 05:35 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 8,269
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The more work you put in the more comfortable you’ll be. I’ve camped in November in a class A motorhome. It was November 10 and it got to -30. Had to start the generator to plug the motor in to get it to start. It was ok except for all the humidity. Wall tents with wood stoves are great for more than two or three guys two tents a kitchen dining area and a sleeping area. I’ve also wrapped my -35 sleeping bag in. Canvas tarp and slept under a spruce tree the tarp was an over sized bag that I put my down bag inside and it had another flap that could be treated out or tied up and acted as a bit of a shelter. I had a 2 inch foam mattress sewn into this. I was warm but getting up was brutal until a fire was going. And I’ve slept in the truck on several occasions.
If you’re going the wall tent route it takes time to set up and tear down better part of a day if you have any distance to and from the truck. But it is the driest and warmest option. Lots of work cutting wood too. Takes time away from the hunt.
BW
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08-26-2019, 06:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 3,556
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So long as there are no bugs out I just use a tarp. I know some people feel more secure in a tent, but I like lying there and watching my fire burn down, looking at the stars while I fall asleep. With the proper sleeping gear I've comfortably tarped it down to -29C.
Honestly, I'd rather just tuck into a warm sleeping bag than wake up and feed a woodstove periodically through the night.
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08-26-2019, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Brooks
Posts: 2,242
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tenting
Been running a 12x14 wall tent for hunting for twenty plus years now. We still drive 5-7 miles into the back country with the quads to start hunting, just so we dont leave too much human sign in where we want to hunt.
I love the sound of the wolves howling in the middle of the night. Not so crazy about coming back to camp and finding we had a visit from one of the local grizzlies. All part of the game. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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08-26-2019, 08:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 633
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I love tent hunting. We have acquired many different tents over the years. It is so nice to be able to setup damn near anywhere and be comfortable.
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08-27-2019, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 111
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We use our 16x20 every fall, and on our ice fishing trip. Made a floor with 10 sheets of 38" plywood and some 2x4 for framing. Used it in -40 last year for ice fishing. Nice and cozy
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08-27-2019, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 6,667
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nimrod
I have a tent that we will not use now, we will run the yurt tent now, mine has 2 stove holes, for the very cold night, also has 2 doors beside each, 16 x16 with a internal frame, we have used this tent for 5 years now, -30 and all good in the tent.
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Yurts out perform wall tents in almost every way.
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