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What type of shelter do you use most often for backpack hunting during rifle season?
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<blockquote data-quote="bearcat2" data-source="post: 881890" data-attributes="member: 18832"><p><strong>Re: What type of shelter do you use most often for backpack hunting during rifle seas</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>???</p><p> </p><p>I don't consider a hammock shelter, what exactly is it sheltering you from? Certianly not rain or snow, nor skeeters. Now I could see a tarp hammock combo, in which case you could have voted for just tarp. Otherwise I would consider a hammock unsheltered (which isn't a choice either and should have been) I have spent some time 'unsheltered' although never with a hammock. Usually this involved being either under a tree or a rock overhang and building a fire, also usually without the benefit of a sleeping bag. As I get older those nights get less pleasant <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Frankly my most common shelter hunting has been a sleeping bag/front seat of my truck, combo. But the question was about backpack hunting, so that is right out. That is also getting less comfortable for more than a night or so as I get older also, so last year I broke down and bought an enclosed cargo trailer with a ramp rear door. I put a propane cookstove and light in it, and a propane heater, then built a fold down bunk and a fold down table. I can load my fourwheeler or snowmobile in it, drive to wherever I am going to be hunting, unload the ATV or snowmobile, flop down the bunk and table, and camp is set. I am going to put a wood stove in it because I far prefer wood heat over propane, you just can't dry wet clothes satisfactorily with propane.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bearcat2, post: 881890, member: 18832"] [b]Re: What type of shelter do you use most often for backpack hunting during rifle seas[/b] ??? I don't consider a hammock shelter, what exactly is it sheltering you from? Certianly not rain or snow, nor skeeters. Now I could see a tarp hammock combo, in which case you could have voted for just tarp. Otherwise I would consider a hammock unsheltered (which isn't a choice either and should have been) I have spent some time 'unsheltered' although never with a hammock. Usually this involved being either under a tree or a rock overhang and building a fire, also usually without the benefit of a sleeping bag. As I get older those nights get less pleasant :). Frankly my most common shelter hunting has been a sleeping bag/front seat of my truck, combo. But the question was about backpack hunting, so that is right out. That is also getting less comfortable for more than a night or so as I get older also, so last year I broke down and bought an enclosed cargo trailer with a ramp rear door. I put a propane cookstove and light in it, and a propane heater, then built a fold down bunk and a fold down table. I can load my fourwheeler or snowmobile in it, drive to wherever I am going to be hunting, unload the ATV or snowmobile, flop down the bunk and table, and camp is set. I am going to put a wood stove in it because I far prefer wood heat over propane, you just can't dry wet clothes satisfactorily with propane. [/QUOTE]
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