What type of shelter do you use most often for backpack hunting during rifle season?

Purchased the Seek Outside Cimarron Tipi year before last with the stove and love it. We are in the process of building a larger tipi now since we have a few more hunters traveling with us this year.

Digging my little Sierra Designs Tipi with a seek outside stove.

Mdub said:

Digging my little Sierra Designs Tipi with a seek outside stove.

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I just wish it didn't have as much venting up top. I noticed the Seek ones have less usually. But the price was right

Mdub said:

I just wish it didn't have as much venting up top. I noticed the Seek ones have less usually. But the price was right

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I just had Seek outsides stove jack put in from a buddy.

Mdub,
You BACKPACK all that stuff?

Eric B.

Does RV count as one of the choices? LOL

I only camp out during bow season, and then it's a hammock and tarp

I pack my tents and camping gear in before hunting season,,, then stuff them into the thick of things.

Some of them have been out there for 5 to 7 years as they remain there till I return. Ha.

No need packing back and forth when I return to the same areas once in a blue moon. The sealed pail idea works grate.

18 lbs of gear to take me on 5 to 7 day rucks now. Nothing like showing up at the camp spot that has the sleeping system waiting to be used.

10 camps in total that cover a 28 mile pie. That's ruffly 13 miles per camp spot,,, once in a while I pack 1 beyond the zone at my choosing,,, its only a short distance of 7 to 10 Miles out side the circle.

I call them my $20 camp sites as most of the gear cost nill to purchase.

It's all about frugal and not packing what I don't need to pack.

Lifes to simple you know

Kifaru Sawtooth, every time

This year I'm taking 10 tarps to each of the camp sports,,, of course each plastic tarp will be in its own pail with the ropes and clips along with bunggy cords to allow for the tarp to flex in the winds,,, less chances of getting torn.

Nothing like a wind stop and a over head rain hood on those wet days... At least it's gear that can remain out there that I won't have to pack...

Traveling light and slow at my speed makes the rucks much more fun,,, the 10 ish camp spot idea has been working good so long as the black bears don't eat my plastic pails. LOL.

my backpack hunting shelter depends on whether I am solo or not.

If I am in a group, my wife and I modified a ZPacks Cuben Fiber "Triplex" to add about 12 inches of height and extra width, such that I can comfortably sleep 4 adults (and can stand up hunched over in the thing). Only weighs 35.8 ounces including the tent stakes/tie outs/ground cloth. I don't count the weight of the tent poles because they are also my trekking poles and bipod.

If I am solo, I have a bivy setup with a cuben tarp we built; all in it is about 12 ounces including the tarp, fully enclosed bug screen, ground cloth, stakes, etc.

With my solo setup, including a double quilt setup (an enlightened equipment down quilt, our own homemade synthetic quilt (climashield APEX)), thermarest xlite, solo tarp setup, all in (and good for down to minus 10-20 degrees F) I'm at 62.35 ounces the last I checked.

Hyperlight Mountain Gear Echo 2. If I'm late in the season, no need for the bug mesh. Early stuff, I like the bug mesh. Here in Idaho, I can almost always find a place to suspend it using trees or bushes, saving my walking sticks to use out and about. Usually base camp near at the rig and head out from there for 1-2 nights with the echo. Find a decent place to look at a bunch of scenery and head out from there 4-6 hours at a time (2-3 one way). I carry a Mylar survival bivvy blanket thing, just in case, but I've always managed to make it back "home".

MHO said:

North Face VE25

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But not solo packing, right? I love these things. I have a Mountain Hardware Trango that is a very similar tent. LOVE IT! But it's far too heavy to carry if I'm out solo.

wilkup said:

What tent are you using and what is the weight on it? A single that weighs <1lb would be awesome! My 3 season is about 4.5lb and on the way out, I'm always running through what I could cut on weight. The bivvy I use only weighs 8.5 oz and was only used for High Country Buck when it's still good weather (early to mid September), even up high.

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Look at https://www.hyperlitemountaingear.com/collections/ultralight-backpacking-shelters-tents

One man free standing tent @ 1.3 lbs and light weight tarp less than 1 lb. got bad weather and bigger porch - I'm 6'-3"