RE: What Is Your Favorite Elk Camp Set Up?
Our current elk camp set up is a 16x52 wall tent structure with 5 foot sides with internal steel frame.
Divided up as follows:
16x20 sleeping area with a vented, thermostat controlled propane farm stove.
8x8 shower room/changing room
8x8 either storage or extra bunkage
16x24 kitchen, dining, loafing area with wood stove.
All lighting is propane lanterns
4 burner cook stove setup
110V generator powering a chest freezer and microwave
Plus a 3x3 by 7'high outhouse tent - heated with a lantern on a 20# propane bottle.
We go with this set up because our target hunting group is 10 (9 plus the chef, my wife). Last year had 6 hunters. We generally scout for 5 days after a day of set up, then add the five day season and a day for take down.. As I get older I just seem to appreciate the comforts of life when hunting plus its a good deal for the misses specially when you are in camp for 12 days or so and a raging blizzard keeps you shut in for 2-3 days. Each year we have our group and everyone who comes to visit sign a canvas panel in the wall tent and then we give a brief description of what happened that year!
Over kill I know, but we love it!
EKM
Good judgement comes from bad experience! Half of elk hunting is knowing what NOT to do!