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How many camp instead of paying for cabin or hotel.

barlow96

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We have been going out of state hunts for the last 3 years. We have always paid for cabins or got a hotel. I bought a nice tent last year. And stayed a couple days in it last season. Thinking of doing it from now on. The tent is a kodiak canvas flexbow. Looking at getting a shower system and a generator and I think I will he set. I don’t think it will be roughing it to much really.
 
You can save quite a bit of $$$ by camping. Free to camp on most national forest land for up to 14 days in the same location.

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You can save quite a bit of $$$ by camping. Free to camp on most national forest land for up to 14 days in the same location.

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Yea for LBL it’s like $15 for a camping permit. Instead of about $40 a day for cabin.
 
I’ve used my War Bonnett Hammock and Tarp a good bit on NF. I plan on being more mobile this year and purchased a nice foldable travel mattress for the back of my Ford Expedition EL. I like the ability to relocate to another part of the NF without having to take the time to break down and then re set up camp. There are small streams everywhere so it’s pretty easy to find a place to take a bath at the end of the day.
 
Usually when I go on a hunting trip I get a motel or rent a nice cabin if in the area for an extended time but wouldn't be against camping in a good area. I have a good tent set up with cots and a separate shower tent so it would be a real comfortable long term. The most important thing for me on hunts is a good nights sleep. After a hard day of hunting recovery is huge for the next day and makes a hunt so much more enjoyable. Never fun when you can't sleep well due to being uncomfortable. 30 years ago I would camp any amount of days and not have a problem with it. These days my aging body needs to be pampered a bit more. If you do buy camping gear do yourself a favor and invest in some good quality gear.
 
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Tent camp, but at a campground with power and showers. Little heater and I sleep just fine. I have a 10-14 tent to myself so room for all I need, then we set up a pop up tent and table to cook and have meals at. Not sure about your shower situation, if you’re up north and it in a cold snap in low 30’s for a few days like last year early November it be rough.


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Usually when I go on a hunting trip I get a motel or rent a nice cabin if in the area but wouldn't be against camping in a good area. I have a good tent set up with cots and a separate shower tent so it would be a real comfortable long term. The most important thing for me on hunts is a good nights sleep. After a hard day of hunting recovery is huge for the next day and makes a hunt so much more enjoyable. Never fun when you can't sleep well due to being uncomfortable. if you camp spend money on quality gear.

Yea I do. I have the cabelas lounge cot. Pair with a good sleeping bag and I sleep good.
 
Tent camp on every out of state trip I’ve been on. This past season, 7 nights during deer season, and 4 turkey season. I do it as simply as I can. Cheap Tent, air mattress and sleeping bag. Typically get a shower at loves every other night.
 
I don’t shell money out for cabins or hotel rooms at all. I either pitch a tent, sleep in the truck, or one property is only 50 minutes away from some family land my parents have a camper on.

I can barely convince my wife the fuel to and from is justified... I’d totally lose her if I added lodging to that!

I keep dreaming of converting a small insulated trailer into a hunting/camping rig though. I might could even convince the wife on that one. We could use it for vacations as well.
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I pull my travel trailer to Illinois for 10 days every year and lots of weekend hunts closer to home.Built a double hammock stand that hooks up on my hitch hauler on the back of my truck.I have only used it a couple of times cause i built it right at the end of the season.If i got to stay in a motel to hunt again I ain’t going.
 
Every year a group of us tent camp for a public land hunt. Some really great times. Wife and I tent camp for weekend trout trips in the mountains, including our annual 4 day thanksgiving weekend deer hunt/ trout fish. I have thought seriously about a small camper or DIY enclosed trailer due to my aging old self
 
We have always tented or used a camper when traveling out of state. We did a lot of camping growing up so lots of useful stuff still kicking around from that. Our hunting camp up here in Maine is also solar and generator powered so we use a lot of what we need to hunt regularly. Makes things easy
 
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Plan to go in September for a buck with velvet maybe. The only hard part of that is heat and sweating. There creek near by for water for shower though. So that should help. If I can get a decent deal on generator may even find a deal on a portable stand up AC. Make things comfortable.
 
So me and my oldest of 3 camped without paying this spring in my truck. I bought a truck bed air mattress. It is great paired with my cap on top. It is now the camp I never had! I just throw an ez up over my cap and we are good!
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I’ve done both. $40 for a cabin vs $15 for a camp site, I’d get the cabin every time. Lol. That’s cheap. I feel like I have to pack too much stuff with a tent. And I hate tearing down camp. Especially in the rain. Mud every where. Have to set everything back up when I get home to dry out and sometimes spray mud off. I guess the experience can be completely different depending on location.
 
Out of state trips to Wyoming we've always used canvas wall tents and Cabeles cold weather tents. Took the converted cargo trailer 2 years ago since it was a little colder at Christmas time. Use the cargo trailer on our lease up north and makes it easy to drive up Friday night, sleep, and hunt the next morning.
 
Wanna do a trip to LBL just haven’t yet but have always wanted to.I did hunt FT Campbell a long time ago and enjoyed it,Killed a stud 6 pointer.128 inches
 
Wanna do a trip to LBL just haven’t yet but have always wanted to.I did hunt FT Campbell a long time ago and enjoyed it,Killed a stud 6 pointer.128 inches
LBL is pretty tough hunting but low bow pressure. Other public land in KY may be better worth your time
 
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