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I find painter canvas tarps are great for the floor... And YES poly tarps get slick as snot when in snow and tracking a bit in...
Wood - dry and not additive type special fire logs as that will build up a lot of soot in the pipe.
Definately do a dry run with the stove... I find loading wood inside the tent - behind or on the side of the stove with minmal 1-2 feet of distance helps keep the wood ready to burn as it dries it out and makes a nice place to prop the boots and socks for a quick dry - just not too long Having that newspaper / thin cut kindlinig is very helpful especially if the red coals run out at night and need to get her rolling again.
A Damper is really nice! Don't ever close a damper completely as it will smoke you out. though you will find in your testing how much - little draft is necessary to keep the smoke drafting correctly as well as a spark arrestor / top for the pipe as that will dramatically reduce smke mixing with the wet and clogging up the pipe. Also the damper will enable the heat to remain much longer over night when your not able to attend to it (sleep).
I use a tarp as an extension to the tent for housing additional wood, chainsaw - (bring bar oil!) cooler / beer ( ) and other essential not necessary to stay in the tent or truck. Take 3 pecker poles and form an extention off the tent.
I have an aluminum long S shaped hook that I hang from the internal peak frame pole... it has about 2 feet in length - to use for hanging a lantern from - far enough from the roof of the tent and accessible to control.
Wall tent camping is great and makes a world of a difference to the enjoyment and comfort of the woods! Best of success in your adventure~!
Pictures! haha! take pictures!
Been wrapped in the information shared here too much! Some great tips! I can never learn enough - that is certain.
I hope the stove works for you as well as it has for me. Being your first wall tent stove use - PLEASE cut some good dry wood get a good feel for the damper and make sure those legs get locked in place. Haha!
Best of success in your hunt, guys!
What did you guys decide on the stove pipe type?
Congrats on getting a bull your first time out. Your buddy by chance didn't track that bull for a mile or so in the snow before you got it?
Excellent advice here, I would however have to disagree about the buddy heaters. I camp 12 months a year in my wall tent and sometimes do so where there are no trees for firewood. When this is the case I run buddy heaters off 20 and 30 lb tanks. If you have your tent properly ventilated you should have no problem with moisture and they do indeed heat the tent nicely. Here is a pic from last winter, nighttime lows were -10 or worse and the daytime temp was barely cracking zero. We stayed comfortably for 4 days in the tent.
I would recommend taking the buddys if for nothing else than to supplement the wood stove. I have found that in the morning we are in a big hurry to get out and up the mountain. Turning on the buddy heater for 15-20 minutes while you get dressed and chug down breakfest is a lot easier than stoking coals or building a new fire, plus when you leave you turn it off and don't have to worry about a fire/coals going all day while you are off hunting. I always take a carbon monoxide detector and fresh batteries, cheap insurance I think I paid about $5 for mine at wally world.
That being said if firewood is availlable the stove will have you playing cards in your boxers and can't be beat!