As for camping, hunt dawn till dusk which means you, “camp” very little. So treat planning how you “camp” as a very low priority to worry with. I have a NV archery lope tag this year too. As with last archery antelope tag in NV and some other state archery tags in the past I may well never pop a tent up over a week if hunting to ‘camp’ at all. and just toss out a cot next to truck or sleep in the back of the truck (no topper) and sleep under the stars wherever I end the day and warm up dinner then go to sleep, wake up and make coffee/Bfast in the dark and hit the road to hunt at dawn. If rain is unlikely I never set a ‘camp’ when antelope hunting as I am spot and stalk hunting every day moving where the goat lead me and prefer not to add unnecessary driving to/from a camp that may end up no where near where the day ends and the next begins.
A few typical lope hunts:
- WY 2020 3 days two archery and one gun lope killed, 3 nights never set up a ten opr a blind
- NV 13 years ago, 7? days hunting slot on a cot next to track every night ne veer necessary a tent
- AZ lope 10? years ago 7? nights not tent needed, slept on a cot next to truck.
- NM antelope in 2019, 4 nights on a cot under stars a few nights in brothers slide in camper.
- And there are more lope hunts similarly lacking a “camp”
- Maybe I am just lucky but never been eaten alive by bugs that I recall when camping al fresco on lope hunts.
You do not need shade for your ‘camp spot’ if you are doing it right and are hunting lope in daylight.
What I usually experience is bluebird weather and precious little rain in archery antelope season. i bring a tent just in case but
- If you want to have a ton of fun scratch the idea of sittiing water all day in a blind and do spot/stalk and decoy. In an area with lots of lope you will have a ton of action and fun.
