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<blockquote data-quote="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 1545184" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>I camped in a very good wall type tent for 3 nights up northeast of Buffalo in 1992 on my first trip to Wyoming and the 4th night when the wind really picked up it came down on top of us and we had to stay in a motel the rest of the week. The next time I went DIY in 1997 I stayed in a PU with a hard top camper on the back. It was fine, but way too small for me and the owner for more than 2 or 3 comfortable nights. In 1999 I bought a 14' A Liner that pops up into a triangle with a hard roof and it was fine every year out there until as I started to get older (I'm 71 now) I wanted something bigger and more comfortable for long stays, so after my hunt in 2012 I sold it. It didn't take long searching the internet for used trailers and I found a 1997 19' travel trailer that was like new inside and out and I got it for $3700 cash. That trailer new sells for at least $15K, so I got a hell of a deal on it. It was owned by a couple less than 2 hours from my home that decided to get a bigger one. Last year was my 6th year in a row with it out of 20 straight years hunting in Wyoming and I'll use it until I can't hunt any more. I store it out there for $300 a year about 50 miles from where we hunt. The savings in gas alone for what was a 3000 mile round trip from MI more than pays that $300 storage fee. It's also nice because it's a lot less time on the road now being able to drive 80 mph through SD and WY without it. </p><p></p><p>I would suggest that if a person figures on making more than one or two hunts out west that they look into a used trailer at a decent price to have a lot more comfortable hunt anywhere out there than a tent will provide, especially with the winds that blow out there a good share of the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 1545184, member: 28854"] I camped in a very good wall type tent for 3 nights up northeast of Buffalo in 1992 on my first trip to Wyoming and the 4th night when the wind really picked up it came down on top of us and we had to stay in a motel the rest of the week. The next time I went DIY in 1997 I stayed in a PU with a hard top camper on the back. It was fine, but way too small for me and the owner for more than 2 or 3 comfortable nights. In 1999 I bought a 14' A Liner that pops up into a triangle with a hard roof and it was fine every year out there until as I started to get older (I'm 71 now) I wanted something bigger and more comfortable for long stays, so after my hunt in 2012 I sold it. It didn't take long searching the internet for used trailers and I found a 1997 19' travel trailer that was like new inside and out and I got it for $3700 cash. That trailer new sells for at least $15K, so I got a hell of a deal on it. It was owned by a couple less than 2 hours from my home that decided to get a bigger one. Last year was my 6th year in a row with it out of 20 straight years hunting in Wyoming and I'll use it until I can't hunt any more. I store it out there for $300 a year about 50 miles from where we hunt. The savings in gas alone for what was a 3000 mile round trip from MI more than pays that $300 storage fee. It's also nice because it's a lot less time on the road now being able to drive 80 mph through SD and WY without it. I would suggest that if a person figures on making more than one or two hunts out west that they look into a used trailer at a decent price to have a lot more comfortable hunt anywhere out there than a tent will provide, especially with the winds that blow out there a good share of the time. [/QUOTE]
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