Cold Camp or "Stoke that Fire"

[WapitiTalk1]

Do you folks have a fire at your camp (base or backcountry) to dry clothes, gaze into, or tell stories around when you're bowhunting or packing a smokepole (earlier season elk hunting).  Or, do you have a cold camp because you feel smoke on your clothes/person stands against you in battle with the sensitive nose of the wary elk? 

[vandeman17]

We have fires but I change out of my hunting clothes and into my camp clothes. I also rotate through a few pairs of clothes and leave my next day's pair hanging in the trees during the day while we are out hunting.

[6haase6]

During the archery we went cold.

[superdown]

For me and the family a camp fire is a huge part of the experience and ambiance. It just isn't the same without one we do a large portion of our cooking and visiting around the fire.

[6x6in6]

Fire, and never in any part of my hunting attire.

[snowpack]

Fire if the rain stops long enough.  Smoke gets washed out the next day in rain anyways.

[BULLBLASTER]

If you are camping and not showering you stink... period. Especially if you sweat at all. You have to hunt the wind. It won't matter if you smell like campfire or not. So say have a fire to stay warm and dry out.

[Mfowl]

Fires are great around camp. I always like to have one when it is permitted. Sometimes we have a fire in our duck blind while we are hunting all day, that is awesome!

[washelkhunter]

 

[scottcrb]

If you are camping and not showering you stink... period. Especially if you sweat at all. You have to hunt the wind. It won't matter if you smell like campfire or not. So say have a fire to stay warm and dry out.

Fires are great around camp. I always like to have one when it is permitted. Sometimes we have a fire in our duck blind while we are hunting all day, that is awesome!

gotta have a fire when permitted . been thinking about getting one of those propane camp fires for burn ban seasons.

[Ccortez]

If you are camping and not showering you stink... period. Especially if you sweat at all. You have to hunt the wind. It won't matter if you smell like campfire or not. So say have a fire to stay warm and dry out.

Fires are great around camp. I always like to have one when it is permitted. Sometimes we have a fire in our duck blind while we are hunting all day, that is awesome!

gotta have a fire when permitted . been thinking about getting one of those propane camp fires for burn ban seasons.

I have one and it's great during early season. I can't stand being at camp after hunting all day and not being able to hang out next to a fire

[3nails]

If you are camping and not showering you stink... period. Especially if you sweat at all. You have to hunt the wind. It won't matter if you smell like campfire or not. So say have a fire to stay warm and dry out.

 I was going to say the exact thing. After two days everything I own smells like bacon grease, smoke, sweat, coffee, etc.... No matter how well you de-scent you still need to play the wind. Build a big fire and enjoy! 

[MtnMuley]

Fire all the way.  Doesn't matter what I stink like even after 7 days.  If I don't have the thermals in my favor, I don't pursue that elk.

[buglebrush]

We like to carry camp on our back.  one guys sets up a tarp while the other one gets the mountain house ready.  Then it is eat, sort gear, and sleep.  No time or energy left for a fire.   Elk season is all too short I can camp during the other fifty weeks of the year 

[huntnnw]

if anything animals smell fire all the time! I have hunted areas with actively burning slash piles.. i purposely wore my clothes around the fire