huntfishcamp
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hello all, a little background leading to my question: in 2010 my buddy and I went on our first elk hunt. We started out hiking into the Lee Metcalf near Ennis, MT and quickly realized we were in way over our heads, being passed by horses and snickering hunters. On opening day we hiked out (6 hrs) and drove to the Beaverhead Natl Forest and camped, and on day 6 finally found a nice legal bull thanks to the snow (pic is my first elk!). All we can hope for again is snow for 2011 opener. Otherwise, wow it will be interesting.
Since we are officially hooked now, we each paid the huge NR fee and we are heading back, this time with a new 16x20 canvas tent and the works, we decided this route as last year tried to be hard core but we froze in a small dome tent with a 2' snow storm one night. The drive off the mountain to a hotel every day seemed senseless, and $$, so we took that money and put it into a wall tent. We are in our 30's so we hope get decades use out of it..
My questions are, being new to the wall tent way of hunting, does anyone have any advise on 'must have' or 'nice to have' gear, we did buy a chainsaw and some decent cots, and a wood stove. Other than that we are pretty green on the whole wall tent thing, but excited as hell to try it out. Thanks in advance!!!!
Since we are officially hooked now, we each paid the huge NR fee and we are heading back, this time with a new 16x20 canvas tent and the works, we decided this route as last year tried to be hard core but we froze in a small dome tent with a 2' snow storm one night. The drive off the mountain to a hotel every day seemed senseless, and $$, so we took that money and put it into a wall tent. We are in our 30's so we hope get decades use out of it..
My questions are, being new to the wall tent way of hunting, does anyone have any advise on 'must have' or 'nice to have' gear, we did buy a chainsaw and some decent cots, and a wood stove. Other than that we are pretty green on the whole wall tent thing, but excited as hell to try it out. Thanks in advance!!!!
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