Wildlife for BC residents
My hunting partner just picked up a wall tent after years of contemplating. I ask the question of all wall tent users, with a wall tent set up, what are a few of your "luxuries" or "necessities" that you like to make your camp more enjoyable? We have cots, tables, generator and lights and a few other little things. Fire away....
There was a time I thought all parties that cared for wildlife and habitat conservation could find common ground. I was wrong. Adapt....
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wood stove (a chainsaw turns a few liters of fuel into a chord of wood). extra tiedown ropes
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Mouse traps!
Wildlife for BC residents
Originally Posted by hawk-i
I like that!
There was a time I thought all parties that cared for wildlife and habitat conservation could find common ground. I was wrong. Adapt....
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We were up to a dozen traps ...once the lights went out they were full in 15 minutes.
That was with the tent set up on the edge of a meadow with a one foot snow coverage...kinda had them thinned out a bit by the second week.
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Sounds like you need a couple of the CO2 powered good nature mouse traps, the mice would be stacked up like cord wood in the morning.
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Definitely a must. Last moose trip with wall tent we caught 21 mice around tent in first few nights. Nightmare if you don't bring traps.
HuntingBC Champ
I dont want to jinx myself, but in 4 years having a wall tent, never ever have we had problems with mice or rodents. the thing that drives me nuts is that at night flies get into the tarp and bounce off the walls. drives me nuts. they come in for the heat I guess.
the wood stove... best I can recall is getting about 3 hours sleep before having to add more wood. not the best nights sleep, but i am warm and dry.
My wife and i sleep on a queen size air mattress with a blanket underneath and a -18 sleeping bag over us like a blanket. woken up kinda sweaty in the morning and went outside for a leak.. it was like -18 or -19... I had no idea it was that cold outside, cause we were so comfortable in the tent.
internal frame tent, 10X12 with a 5' overhang out front.
I place plywood under the stove now as sometimes I have had embers hit the floor and almost melt a hole in it. tent has a water proof flooring that velcros to the tent itself.
love the wall tent, but its not for short trips, and it sucks breaking camp in the rain or heavy snow.
Get it on the ground, that's when the work starts
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This is the first year we got mice. Ill be buying a couple mouse traps for next season. We run our cots with a small hike/tent air mattresses with a -32 bag.
Last edited by Aaron600; 11-02-2019 at 06:02 PM.
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Leave generator at home!! Use lanterns and headlamps
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