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RAIN (& snow) on Mt. Moriah, NV hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1344602" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Just back from a doe mule deer hunt near Nevada's Mt. Moriah, in the Hendry's Creek canyon.</p><p></p><p>My second camp was at 8,125 ft. on Hendry's Creek in a spectacular canyon. At 74 I gotta say it was a gut buster of a 5,000 ft. climb with a 55 lb. pack/rifle combo from my 1st camp. But still it was a beautiful hike.</p><p></p><p>That night a front moved in with very high winds almost all night. My tent, a Tarptent Moment DW solo tent, was very secure with no flapping since I had it guyed out and staked down well.</p><p></p><p>I awoke to a calm dawn and hunted until 9 AM then came back to camp had a nice hot breakfast of hot chocolate and instant oatmeal. Around 10 o'clock, after breakfast clean up chores, I re-tightened my tent's lines and it began to sprinkle and then gradually rain steadily. I got my rifle and myself in the tent and was forced to stay there for the next <em>seven</em> hours as the rain literally poured without letup. Lunch/dinner at 3 PM was three whole wheat "sandwich rounds" with potted ham, cheese & mustard, some jerky, a fig breakfast bar and some energy drink - all done inside my tent, which kept me perfectly dry.</p><p></p><p>Finally at 5 PM the rain stopped but I could still hear something on the tent fly. Snow! Oh well, I was above 8,000 ft. and it was late September in N.E. Nevada.</p><p></p><p>So I headed down the mountain the next day to where I had heard a yearling bleating on the hike up. As I neared camp 1 it began to rain, <em>again</em>! So, with a soaked tent I decided to call off the hunt and head home. "Wait 'til next year!"</p><p></p><p>Once home I rinsed my tent off in the bathtub, a ritual I've developed after a backpack. Then I put the tent inner body in the tub with Granger's wash-in DWR (durable water repellant) treatment.</p><p>After drying it in my backyard I sprayed it with Tectron DWR for good measure. This was to keep condensation from the inside of the fly from wetting the inner tent.</p><p></p><p>Every trip has its lessons. I was well prepared for this one but, as Dirty Harry once said, "A man's gotta know his limitations." Misery of another rainy, tent-bound day was not my idea of fun. Hunting in the cold, 40 F. rain, only to return to a damp tent was not enticing either. Besides, deer bed down in the rain and are even harder to find.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p><p></p><p>BTW, on my way to Ely, NV the day I drove home I was caught in a blinding snowstorm for about 15 minutes. The mountain tops were all snow covered and soon there were a few inches of snow along the highway. September snow, who'd a thunk it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1344602, member: 54178"] Just back from a doe mule deer hunt near Nevada's Mt. Moriah, in the Hendry's Creek canyon. My second camp was at 8,125 ft. on Hendry's Creek in a spectacular canyon. At 74 I gotta say it was a gut buster of a 5,000 ft. climb with a 55 lb. pack/rifle combo from my 1st camp. But still it was a beautiful hike. That night a front moved in with very high winds almost all night. My tent, a Tarptent Moment DW solo tent, was very secure with no flapping since I had it guyed out and staked down well. I awoke to a calm dawn and hunted until 9 AM then came back to camp had a nice hot breakfast of hot chocolate and instant oatmeal. Around 10 o'clock, after breakfast clean up chores, I re-tightened my tent's lines and it began to sprinkle and then gradually rain steadily. I got my rifle and myself in the tent and was forced to stay there for the next [I]seven[/I] hours as the rain literally poured without letup. Lunch/dinner at 3 PM was three whole wheat "sandwich rounds" with potted ham, cheese & mustard, some jerky, a fig breakfast bar and some energy drink - all done inside my tent, which kept me perfectly dry. Finally at 5 PM the rain stopped but I could still hear something on the tent fly. Snow! Oh well, I was above 8,000 ft. and it was late September in N.E. Nevada. So I headed down the mountain the next day to where I had heard a yearling bleating on the hike up. As I neared camp 1 it began to rain, [I]again[/I]! So, with a soaked tent I decided to call off the hunt and head home. "Wait 'til next year!" Once home I rinsed my tent off in the bathtub, a ritual I've developed after a backpack. Then I put the tent inner body in the tub with Granger's wash-in DWR (durable water repellant) treatment. After drying it in my backyard I sprayed it with Tectron DWR for good measure. This was to keep condensation from the inside of the fly from wetting the inner tent. Every trip has its lessons. I was well prepared for this one but, as Dirty Harry once said, "A man's gotta know his limitations." Misery of another rainy, tent-bound day was not my idea of fun. Hunting in the cold, 40 F. rain, only to return to a damp tent was not enticing either. Besides, deer bed down in the rain and are even harder to find. Eric B. BTW, on my way to Ely, NV the day I drove home I was caught in a blinding snowstorm for about 15 minutes. The mountain tops were all snow covered and soon there were a few inches of snow along the highway. September snow, who'd a thunk it? [/QUOTE]
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