Let's see your wall tents/hunting shelters

[lavigne25]

Show off your base camps here

[lavigne25]

Or can we even post pictures here?

[the rifleman]

Yes you can post pictures here, but you must first have posted them on a host site such as Photobucket, so you can transfer the img code here.

This is a home built wall tent we made. Worked great and was really warm and dry with the wood stove, and very reasonably priced to make,

[lavigne25]

Nice looks good So how cold did it get outdoors?

[MD]

[the rifleman]

Originally Posted by lavigne25

Nice looks good So how cold did it get outdoors?

The little trapper wood stove we use can keep the shelter very cozy, regardless of the outside temps. You just open the stove draft up more, and keep pouring in the wood..
You could easily insulate it better if you simply stapled a second layer of plastic to the inside walls and roof, to create a dead air space. The supports are made from 2x2"'s so it would be easy enough to do.

Our first efforts at a shelter was using one of those portable garages that you see at Costco, or Crappy Tire. It worked really good, and was easy to set up, but packing the round poles, and pole connectors took up precious cargo space, and were awkward to pack.
The 2x2"'s are nice in that you can lay them on the floor of a truck, or trailer, and stack stuff on top of them, The 2x2" connectors are easily stacked in a small box. You'll need 4 way connectors, and 3 way connectors.

You can erect the frame quickly using the connectors, and securing them screws using a portable drill driver. Build the roof section first, then attach the wall studs to one side. Then lift it up and hold it, while the opposite wall studs are put in place. Use long poles cut from the bush) across the bottom of the sides and fasten to each leg, and also across the end without the door. This helps stabilize the legs, and gives you a solid surface to attach the plastic, or tarp to. The weight of them helps anchor down the shelter as well. You could also make a simple door frame from some cut poles, (or prefab some from 2x2"s) and use others on either side of the bottom of the door, again to fasten the plastic to. The door itself is simply a tarp held by a few nails through the grommets. Use some bent nails to hook a few tarp grommets to when you leave camp, so it doesn't flap around or allow snow to blow in.

We use a sheet of aluminum that also sits flat in the bottom of the trailer, directly behind the stove, as a heat reflector, and as well it shields the plastic/tarp from the heat. Another square piece of aluminum, supported by some haywire, is used as a flashing around the stove pipe where it exits the shelter. The plastic/tarp is cut slightly smaller than this flashing, and then duct tapped to the outer edges of it to prevent drafts. (You can just see it in the picture)

In the shelter we have a small break down picnic table to eat or prepare food on. A few shelves made from scrap lumber and pecker poles, and a folding table are used to store stuff off the ground. Folding lawn chair's sit in front of the stove. A few ropes are strung up to hang cloths to dry. Nails support pots, pans, and other cooking utensils.

This set up has worked great on several moose hunts..

[dakoda62]

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[wicket]

love our tent best thing ever coming in after hunting stoking the fire in the stove and relaxing

gets nice and warm regardless of the outside temp 20C a nice rye and a hot meal = nap time

[Rock Doctor]

Seriously though, next time I will go with something easier to heat, and that takes less than 3 guys to set-up


RD

[M.Dean]

Originally Posted by Rock Doctor

Seriously though, next time I will go with something easier to heat, and that takes less than 3 guys to set-up


RD

Just loved your Setup R.Doctor, but seriously tho, we found the "Hunting Camp" to be a bit crowded, tiny indoor pool, games room only fit about 35 people, and the Theater Room smelled like Burgers and Popcorn!!! And the Stables for our Polo Ponies we had flown in with us was a little on the small side also! Jeez, each stall in "Ours" is 4500 Sq. Feet! And, well I'm at it, it was a bit of Hike from the Helipad to the waiting Limo! Dear God man, the fool was parked at least 45 feet from our Bell Ranger!!! What the hell does he think we are Mountain Men or some thing??? But, if that's all you can afford, it'll have too do, I guess! TTFN!

[BCBear]

Here it is

[tougmaher]

this is my camp.

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[partsman]

[G72]

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[nameless]

Please tell me that last picture was the first day at camp and not taken after a 2 week stint in the bush. Lol.