Well I don' t unnerstand the " horse stays outside" part. Course a horse stays outside. You gonna invite him inside the tent? An' if you mean he don' t go into camp, then you gotta walk out to git him to go back fer yer meat. An' you cain' t fit a whole elk on one horse. So I say, the perfect spike camp is one with at least 3 horses. One saddle hoss an' two pack hosses. I don' t walk with stuff on my back ' cept when I' m carryin' my saddle over to my horse.