My moose home

Thanks for the input. Trucks a 2013, the shelf idea with the cover is a slick idea. I'm kinda flying by the seat of my pants since this is going to be a solo hunt for me. People i hunted with bailed on me this year. I got to start scrouging and getting a plan for next year together so this will do for this year. Thanks for the suggestions and advice! Any more tips would be greatly appreciated! ��

The tent idea is ok for storing your stuff , but it would be more comfortable to sleep in the back seat.
That's what I do.

My parents used to do this.. But put a double bed mattress on the truck bed... (In the tent) will sleep better that way than on the bench ;)

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Originally Posted by topher

My parents used to do this.. But put a double bed mattress on the truck bed... (In the tent) will sleep better that way than on the bench ;)

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And a tent heater.

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Originally Posted by Bushmoose

Welcome to the forum! Your enthusiasm is great, however I just gotta say..... you're going to freeze yer butt off. Kinda reminds me of when I had my old dodge van (early 70's) and struck out ready to conquer this moose hunting thing everyone was talking about. Snow of the ground first day, no heat, no way to dry out the wet clothes or boots. No place to cook even a box of kraft dinner, and the saga went on.... My advice is scrounge around for a small el cheapo wood stove and build yourself a quasi portable tarp shack of sorts. Doesn't have to be fancy, just a place you can do all of the above in relative comfort compared to a pup tent.
Good luck!

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I have to agree with Bushmoose. 35 years ago, or so, we started out hunting out of bush tents with wood stoves. We put two tents with the doors facing each other, then with cut logs, plastic and tarps, we made a hootchie in between where we cooked etc. You need to have good warm space to be able to dry clothes and boots out. We slept on cots, with good sleeping bags. It was always a chore to get someone out of their bags first, to light fire !
The weather has really changed over the years, but it can still go from rain to snow very quickly. You will be thankful for a good roaring wood fire. There is nothing more miserable than trying to hunt when you are cold and wet ! Since you are going it alone, you might consider borrowing or renting a hardtop camper or small trailer. You can set up your camp, and still use the truck.

Get tarps and cut 3 inch trees and make a shelter. Buy a small cheap wood stove,a cot and you good to go. In the 60's our November deer trips in NB consisted of a back pack, a machete ,knife ,plastic,rope gun ,and ammo. We lived off the land or went hungry.

Was thinking of making a shelter similar to the "dewalt ice hut" for moose camp.. But making it 8x10 with a peaked roof.. Should need 4 sheets of plywood.. 10x20 tarp and 5 10' 2x2.
Then making a wood stove out of an old propane tank.. And good to go.

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Originally Posted by last5oh_302

And a tent heater.

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Nope,no tent heater unless you put it outside before going to sleep. Those things are killers if you're not very careful.

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Originally Posted by rick_iles

I have to agree with Bushmoose. 35 years ago, or so, we started out hunting out of bush tents with wood stoves. We put two tents with the doors facing each other, then with cut logs, plastic and tarps, we made a hootchie in between where we cooked etc. You need to have good warm space to be able to dry clothes and boots out. We slept on cots, with good sleeping bags. It was always a chore to get someone out of their bags first, to light fire !
The weather has really changed over the years, but it can still go from rain to snow very quickly. You will be thankful for a good roaring wood fire. There is nothing more miserable than trying to hunt when you are cold and wet ! Since you are going it alone, you might consider borrowing or renting a hardtop camper or small trailer. You can set up your camp, and still use the truck.

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Absolutely the best set-up I've ever used was two 10X12 outfitter tents face to face like you described with a 20X40 pool cover over the entire unit. One tent was used for cooking and sitting around and hanging clothes to dry from the heat of the cook stove and Coleman lanterns,the other for sleeping and stowing gear to keep it dry. We had a small Can Tire galvanized steel camp stove in the sleeping tent that kept us warm and dry all night. There were six of us. It either rained or snowed four days out of ten and the temp didn't get over 40F,but,we were all comfortable and warm. On crown land,a camp like this can be set-up anywhere for as long as needed relatively inexpensively when taking into consideration the cost of lodges and permanent camps. Older hunters may not be as comfortable,but,for the younger hunters,I don't think it can be beat.

I remember using a Coleman lantern to heat our tent. But not something I would recommend extremely dangerous. We came very close once to a disaster. But we do use a tent heater we attach it to a board to give it more stability.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Nope,no tent heater unless you put it outside before going to sleep. Those things are killers if you're not very careful.





Absolutely the best set-up I've ever used was two 10X12 outfitter tents face to face like you described with a 20X40 pool cover over the entire unit. One tent was used for cooking and sitting around and hanging clothes to dry from the heat of the cook stove and Coleman lanterns,the other for sleeping and stowing gear to keep it dry. We had a small Can Tire galvanized steel camp stove in the sleeping tent that kept us warm and dry all night. There were six of us. It either rained or snowed four days out of ten and the temp didn't get over 40F,but,we were all comfortable and warm. On crown land,a camp like this can be set-up anywhere for as long as needed relatively inexpensively when taking into consideration the cost of lodges and permanent camps. Older hunters may not be as comfortable,but,for the younger hunters,I don't think it can be beat.

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Thanks for the info guys, very much appreciated.