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Post by oldhoyt on Mar 4, 2024 11:21:13 GMT -5
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Post by steiny on Mar 4, 2024 13:50:31 GMT -5
I’ve been considering buying a hot tent and wood stove, I like the idea of camping in the winter ice fishing or hunting. Had one for many years and used it on western hunts. 12' x 14' Canvas wall tent by Davis Tent, the canvas and pole kit weighed 155 lbs. Need to use it several days at a time, otherwise the hassle of set up & tear down is kind of more work than it's worth. Those were fun times, but at 64 I now prefer deer & fish camp with a bed, kitchen, restroom, shower, etc.
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Post by indianajoe on Mar 4, 2024 17:40:08 GMT -5
thanks to oldhoyt I just wasted way to much time on majors website. lots of deals and potential there.
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Mar 4, 2024 20:35:43 GMT -5
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Post by buckbuster13 on Mar 4, 2024 20:35:43 GMT -5
I’ve been considering buying a hot tent and wood stove, I like the idea of camping in the winter ice fishing or hunting. Had one for many years and used it on western hunts. 12' x 14' Canvas wall tent by Davis Tent, the canvas and pole kit weighed 155 lbs. Need to use it several days at a time, otherwise the hassle of set up & tear down is kind of more work than it's worth. Those were fun times, but at 64 I now prefer deer & fish camp with a bed, kitchen, restroom, shower, etc. They have much smaller and light weight hot tents now, plus wood stoves that can fit into your backpack. Your probably right it’s more work than it’s worth but challenges like that make me excited to try😜
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Post by esshup on Mar 4, 2024 23:05:03 GMT -5
I’ve been considering buying a hot tent and wood stove, I like the idea of camping in the winter ice fishing or hunting. Had one for many years and used it on western hunts. 12' x 14' Canvas wall tent by Davis Tent, the canvas and pole kit weighed 155 lbs. Need to use it several days at a time, otherwise the hassle of set up & tear down is kind of more work than it's worth. Those were fun times, but at 64 I now prefer deer & fish camp with a bed, kitchen, restroom, shower, etc. My cousins had the tent and stove. Same size as yours, 3 of us slept in it. They had a stainless half drum made up and it attached to the side of the stove. Not touching it, there was about a 3" air gap. We'd fill it with about 15 gallons of water, so we had hot water to do dishes and it put humidity in the tent too - something that was welcome at 9,500' elevation. One cousin had a bandsaw sawmill, he brought 3-4 HUGE trash bags of wood sawdust/shavings. We spread that out, put a tarp over that, THEN put the tent over that. It kept the bottom of the tent clean and insulated us from the ground at the same time. A rain fly over the tent and a small covered entry way was part of the tent too. A rolled up carpet was spread out in the entry way to keep the inside of the tent dirt free. I have to have pics on the other computer and I'll post them if I remember. I forget who they said made the tent, but it was made to order by a guy out there in Wyoming. Big, bulky and heavy. No way to pack it in unless you had a pack string - we could drive to the camp site. We'd fill up the stove around 8pm, choke it down and it would still be burning when we got up in the morning. LED rope lights around the inside of the ceiling of the tent for light, one cousin brought his pickup truck with Alaskan camper and he slept in it because he had to have a generator running for his c-pap machine. We stole electric from him. LOL I brought a Streamlight battery powered lantern but never used it. We cut/split enough standing dead wood the first day to last the 10+ days and stored it inside along two sides of the tent so it'd stay dry. We had a couple of chairs and a fold up plastic 6'x 24"/30" wide table to put all the dry goods on like cereal, noodles, etc. and also had the dishes, pots and pans, etc., etc., on it. Coolers outside had the stuff that needed to stay cold. After the trip one cousin would set up the tent in his pole barn/shop to clean it up and dry it out before packing it away for the next year. They had done this for more than 25 years so they had a system down and it flat out worked.
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Mar 5, 2024 7:17:33 GMT -5
Post by oldhoyt on Mar 5, 2024 7:17:33 GMT -5
thanks to oldhoyt I just wasted way to much time on majors website. lots of deals and potential there. No kidding! I've been happy with the stuff I've gotten from them.
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Mar 5, 2024 8:17:59 GMT -5
Post by steiny on Mar 5, 2024 8:17:59 GMT -5
They have much smaller and light weight hot tents now, plus wood stoves that can fit into your backpack. Your probably right it’s more work than it’s worth but challenges like that make me excited to try😜 You probably realize this but those small hot tents and teepees don't come anywhere near a full size wall tent in terms of comfort, the ability to get up and move around, etc. Also, those small folding wood stoves can only be fed small logs and sticks and don't hold a fire long. Good luck and have fun !
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Post by scrub-buster on Mar 5, 2024 9:57:26 GMT -5
After 2 weeks in the mountains in a coleman dome tent, I upgraded to a Kodiak Canvas cabin tent. It handled a wind storm with no problem. It was a big investment for me, but it was worth it.
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