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Old 09-21-2004 | 10:06 PM
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ELKampMaster
 
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New wall tent, very nice --- good make too....

Add to the list:
Ember resistant rain fly (with ropes and stakes) with cut out for your stove jack/flue. This will protect your new tent and make it warmer too.

Be sure to set up the tent in your back yard so you know just how everything goes and that you have ALL the parts. Never over tension a piece of canvas with a zipper door in it --- a blown zipper will ruin your day. Remember your camp mates may not care for "your baby" as much as you will.. After setting it up, hose it down with water, let it dry, and then hose it down again/DRY IT again --- this will "swell shut" the holes caused by the stitching needle from when the tent was made.

Take a tarp and landscaping stakes to create a floor. It will reduce (eliminate) sweating and keep the dust factor down AND create a good seal against your sod cloth. A good floor (and floor/tent seal) is the key to a good wall tent. Take a piece of plywood to set your wood burning stove on, otherwise it will likely melt the plastic tarp underneath plus the plywood is good to set hot fire tools on.

Make sure you have a tarp to "lay out" your tent on while you are figuring (and flipping) things out as to which way things go --- no sense in getting a nice new tent dirty before it is time.

FYI, consider taking a black mark-a-lot with you and have whoever was in camp that year "sign in" right on the tent wall (in a given section for that year) and note what they got and whatever other clever remarks they might have along with the year and date. This way, by the time the tent is old and tattered, the walls will literally talk to you about a life time of adventure. It makes great conversation piece for new hunters. A great tradition IMHO.

EKM
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