Wood stoves and backpacking. Show us what you use!

[BlackNock]

Id love to see some pics of what guys are using? Im talking about heating one man, 2 man, tipi tents here not wall tents.

Ive been backpack hunting for years. I must say as much as we all love that form of hunting getting dry, staying warm and just feeling human again after the 5th day of a 10 day hunt nothing beats wood heat. I made a kick ass mini beer keg stove for a fun project last year. I thought to myself for the extra 5 pounds why not pack this in for those long foggy, wet, cold days sitting in my tent.

How many of you guys pack a wood stove on a backpack hunt?
What stove have you purchased?
Lets see your DIY home made stoves!
Lets see the stoves and stove pipes you use!

[eagle eye]

Great idea,i been thinking of making a backpackstove my self.
would be nice to see some pics

[mod7rem]

This is a Golite Shangri-la 4 with a titanium goat cylinder stove. I sewed in a stove jack and sewed a sod skirt around the bottom, I've been using this combo for mountain hunts since 2009. Lots of room for 2 with gear and the total weight is right around 4.5 lbs.
http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab155/mod7rem/2011%20sheep%20012_zpsyt4yebts.jpg


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[325 wsm]

I didnt know backpack and wood stove could be used in the same sentence.

[eric]

I was thinking..TUFF..SOB.

to pack in a wood burning stove..

[BlackNock]

Right on, this is what I'm talking about! I know guys do it its just nice to see some examples. Pretty sure 4 or 5 pounds split up is well worth the warmth and ability to dry out gear.

Hope others chime in.....

Thanks mod7rem!

[RackStar]

great theory!
you just cant put a price on being warm and dry... well for me anyways..
the only reason I have not purchased one is the cost.

[The Hermit]

Pricey due to the US/Can exchange right now but hard to beat a Titanium collapsible stove... http://www.vantagepoint-outfitters.com/seek-outside-titanium-stoves/

[Brez]

This is a Golite Shangri-la 4 with a titanium goat cylinder stove. I sewed in a stove jack and sewed a sod skirt around the bottom, I've been using this combo for mountain hunts since 2009. Lots of room for 2 with gear and the total weight is right around 4.5 lbs.

Awesome set up. Is that 4.5 lbs for the tent, stove, and pipe? would you mind if I ask what the cost of the stuff is? Thanks.

[bard]

Me and my sheep partner use the tigoat 7.5 tipi with the tigoat stove. It rocks. around 6 pounds for the whole set up. Tons of room. Nothing beats being able to dry your gear out.

[Trekker]

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Heres my buddys BCS from seekoutside, didnt use the woodstove on this sheep trip. I also have a 4 man tipi from them as well with the titanium woodstove. Have used it with the stove on muley hunts and other trips. Prefer to use the tipi late season when bugs are not around, early season hunts Id stick with a tent with a bug net if you think the bugs might be bad.

[SR80]

http://i996.photobucket.com/albums/af86/scottreidy/IMG_20151023_142659_zpsydyuyl5b.jpg (http://s996.photobucket.com/user/scottreidy/media/IMG_20151023_142659_zpsydyuyl5b.jpg.html)

[375shooter]

This is a Golite Shangri-la 4 with a titanium goat cylinder stove. I sewed in a stove jack and sewed a sod skirt around the bottom, I've been using this combo for mountain hunts since 2009. Lots of room for 2 with gear and the total weight is right around 4.5 lbs.
http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab155/mod7rem/2011%20sheep%20012_zpsyt4yebts.jpg


http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/ab155/mod7rem/IMG_2564_zpsrq5i17uh.jpg

Nice setup and beautiful country. My questions is, in an area like where your tent is situated, do you find that you're able to scrounge up enough suitable wood for use in the stove?

[RiverOtter]

Depending how compact the stove and pipe is, I could see the benefits of trading an inner tent for a single wall and replacing that weight savings with a stove. For me though it'd be a tough sell on early sheep hunts, where bugs would likely be the biggest "threat". Even if you got a couple or 3 days of rain, you could tough it out until the 18 hours of sunlight came back to dry stuff out. :D

[Cordillera]

Buddy of mine got snowed on hard the first week of August for three days. They couldn't get dry so had to cut their trip short. A wood stove might have let them wait it out easier.

I made stove last summer from a tin can from Wally world. Then bought the pipe from tigoat. It was hard to make the lid fit, but it works and total cost was about $125 and weighs just below two pounds. I made it for a seek outside little bug out shelter. I haven't had it on a hunt yet but it sure can cook in my backyard!

[Cordillera]

Buddy of mine got snowed on hard the first week of August for three days. They couldn't get dry so had to cut their trip short. A wood stove might have let them wait it out easier.

I made stove last summer from a tin can from Wally world. Then bought the pipe from tigoat. It was hard to make the lid fit, but it works and total cost was about $125 and weighs just below two pounds. I made it for a seek outside little bug out shelter. I haven't had it on a hunt yet but it sure can cook in my backyard!

[mod7rem]

Awesome set up. Is that 4.5 lbs for the tent, stove, and pipe? would you mind if I ask what the cost of the stuff is? Thanks.

Sorry guys, I just double checked my numbers. The tent with sod skirt added, stove jack added, extra stakes and in the stuff sack is 4.4 lbs. The stove with pipe in stuff sacks is 1.5 lbs. I've had this stuff for a while so not sure what costs would be today. If I ever replace the tent it would probably be with a Seekoutside Back Country shelter 2, or a Kifaru Sawtooth.

[mod7rem]

Nice setup and beautiful country. My questions is, in an area like where your tent is situated, do you find that you're able to scrounge up enough suitable wood for use in the stove?

We've found that as long as there's small trees or brush, theres always some dead wood to burn. Some of it burns better, but it all gives off heat:)

[BlackNock]

Sorry guys, I just double checked my numbers. The tent with sod skirt added, stove jack added, extra stakes and in the stuff sack is 4.4 lbs. The stove with pipe in stuff sacks is 1.5 lbs. I've had this stuff for a while so not sure what costs would be today. If I ever replace the tent it would probably be with a Seekoutside Back Country shelter 2, or a Kifaru Sawtooth.

Im two mugs away from building my second mini beer keg stove. All this info has been a big help and some nice looking set ups. I hope to post pics down the road with my finished stove. So far I've invested $40 in beer, and ill more than likely buy a telescoping stove pipe from one of the mentioned companies. So all said and done I'm thinking $200 tops to have a stove and pipe in the range of 4 or albs split between two guys for weight. I made the same stove last year and I was blown away at how well it worked. Inspired now to just do a much better job and shave even more weight.

[mjplewak]

I know this isn't exactly a stove with a chimney stack, but I think this still qualifies.

https://www.bioliteenergy.com/products/cookstove

[Lastcar]

http://i996.photobucket.com/albums/af86/scottreidy/IMG_20151023_142659_zpsydyuyl5b.jpg (http://s996.photobucket.com/user/scottreidy/media/IMG_20151023_142659_zpsydyuyl5b.jpg.html)

This little piglet is just over 4lbs for the shack and stove. Tons of room and you can get it too hot even below freezing if you aren't careful.

Burns for about 10-12 minutes before you need to feed it again. So no sitting around sipping moonshine and hoping you stay warm. But if you had moonshine I suppose you wouldn't need the stove.

Helps to have partner who'll get up early and fire it up!

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http://vid231.photobucket.com/albums/ee3/Lastcar_photos/DE8634EF-892D-4FB1-BF60-819BACE739BB.mp4

[BgBlkDg]

Nice setup, just right for two hunters and the wood heat is definitely a huge benefit in alpine living.

I just about pulled the trigger on a SO Cimarron, but, then Kevin let us know about the slightly larger Redcliff model that SO will introduce soon. That suits my specs. for a longterm base camp when combined with my Hilleberg Saivo and XP20 tarp, I will probably buy one of the stoves from Alberta, and maybe also use a Big Buddy on some trips.

The variety, quality and utility of the gear available now just amazes me when I recall what we had when I started over 50 years ago, but, it is a definite advance in hunting and other wilderness activities.

[Useyourfeet]

I have an 8 man SO tipi and SXL stove that I use for family backpacking trips and would be awesome for 3 guys on a pack hunt but it needs a big footprint.

For solo or two if needed my seek outside bt2 and kifaru cylinder stove is awesome. It's very roomy for one, stove makes it HOT if you need it and I'm right at 4# all in (stakes, stove and tipi).

[huntfish]

Is looking for a backpacking titanium wood burner stove, check out liteoutdoors, in Alberta, no crazy duty from them

[264mag]

Lite outdoors stoves are great, pack up to nothing. Great customer service, no duty, and Canadian made.