Paul in Idaho
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Recent hot days have me looking forward to fall, and looking through hunting photos. I found some I had been meaning to share here.
I have access to a place where I can set up a wall tent camp for as long as I wanted. Since I planned to visit during the winter, the tent needed to be able to stand up to snow. It turns out the tent remained standing through 2 winters with far above average snowfall for that area. It also stood up to lots of storms in all seasons for those 2 years.
Here are photos of what I built to reinforce the tent to withstand the snow weight. There were 3 vertical posts and some horizontal boards. I hope this can help someone out there who uses tents in late season hunting.
small boat Y bow stop, ends trimmed and a 1-inch slot cut with a hole saw, set on the end of 1-inch EMT conduit
5/8" (I think) nut inserted in the other end of the conduit, with a ring of center punch divots to keep it from sliding up. Bolt threaded into it for height adjustment
Support in place at back wall of tent. There was another in the center of the ridgepole, and a third at the door.
Cedar planks (fence pickets) between frame pieces
Inside view showing 2 of the vertical supports and planks
Shoveling off after one of the storms. The dark tarp seemed to help the snow slide off easier. The roof cleared itself after some storms, but not all.
I have access to a place where I can set up a wall tent camp for as long as I wanted. Since I planned to visit during the winter, the tent needed to be able to stand up to snow. It turns out the tent remained standing through 2 winters with far above average snowfall for that area. It also stood up to lots of storms in all seasons for those 2 years.
Here are photos of what I built to reinforce the tent to withstand the snow weight. There were 3 vertical posts and some horizontal boards. I hope this can help someone out there who uses tents in late season hunting.
small boat Y bow stop, ends trimmed and a 1-inch slot cut with a hole saw, set on the end of 1-inch EMT conduit
5/8" (I think) nut inserted in the other end of the conduit, with a ring of center punch divots to keep it from sliding up. Bolt threaded into it for height adjustment
Support in place at back wall of tent. There was another in the center of the ridgepole, and a third at the door.
Cedar planks (fence pickets) between frame pieces
Inside view showing 2 of the vertical supports and planks
Shoveling off after one of the storms. The dark tarp seemed to help the snow slide off easier. The roof cleared itself after some storms, but not all.
