wall tent hands down, nothing more comfortable for a bunch of people, I can't even imagine the disaster of shoehorning 5 guys and a stove into a teepee, for my money I can't imagine going to the trouble of packing a camp in anything less than 5 miles, live comfortably at the truck and cruise around on foot without a heavy load, or pack far enough from the truck to make it worth the hassle...
I would take more than 1 vehicle on a hunt in that situation. 1.5 hiurs to drop guys off in barious doots and a reprat each evening would suck and becan energy and time sink to avoid.
Personally I tend to agree, but there are a lot of people who have trouble with three miles, especially off trail, so if it takes them half the day to do 3 miles in, it's going to make more sense for them to camp closer to where they can hunt.15 mile days aren't feasible for everyone.
I don't disagree, but usually, the people I see struggling to do longer day hunts seem to do even worse packing in, I'm generalizing but hunters, particularly those packing teepees with stoves, seem to bring the kitchen sink, and they work themselves over so much getting all the stuff a couple of miles back that they can't really hunt effectively anyway... I'm sure there are exceptions and people have the minimalist camp dialed but from what I see in the woods those people are the rare exception.
Yeah comfy camps make lazy hunters and if you're already struggling sleeping in might be a problem, probably helps if there's someone cracking the whip in the group to keep everyone motivated and hunting hard. In my case my hunting partner is less mobile than me so when we hunt together and the situation is right we'll set a 3 mile camp and it works well, then we can split up and hunt as deep as we each want. I have a 2 person 2 pound tent for warm weather and we got a seek teepee for cold weather. Usually use the teepee as a base camp but we have spiked it in a couple times. Groups of 4 or more probably have more trouble staying on task if not all serious hunters.
I go back and forth on packing in a short (ish) distance. It is, however, nice to wake up where you are hunting (or very close to). I sleep about the same in a truck camp or a backpack camp, but get to sleep more in the backpack camp usually. This is especially helpful in early season when mornings come early. Later season, I like having the amenities of a truck camp.
I'm a fan of tipis. Fits the needs listed above.
Because some seem sensitive, I'll proceed with caution...
Agreed. Most tents with stove, wood, gear etc.. you're not going to fit the amount of people they say it can. I have SO redcliff and its a tight fit with 3 with gear, stove, and wood.
