Cold weather camping

[Hummer]

While I grew up camping 12 months a year out of a Boy Scout pup tent, it's a tough way to go for hunting in the cold seasons. To hunt efficiently you want to wake to a warm, comfortable and well organized space so you can go hunt at top performance. And you want to come back to a camp where you can clean up, eat well, recuperate, prepare and re energize for the next days hunt.

Some hunters do that in larger groups with big heated tents. I enjoy the camaraderie in visiting those camps but I prefer to hunt solo and I think I'm more successful because of it. My base camp is a small camper trailer, one that I first used for my 3rd elk hunt in 1968. It has everything I need; a heater, kitchen sink, stove, oven, refrig, dining table, a warm comfy bed, shower stall and plenty of handy storage. I keep a quiet camp with interior lighting from storage batteries that last the season. (I have a gen set but don't take it).

Probably too late for this season, Irving, but I suggest looking for a good used late model camp trailer 15-18 ft., maybe with a reversible (high lift) axle, and prepare it for cold weather use. You might get one for a few $K and make it last a lifetime.