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Offline coachcw

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2016, 09:33:09 PM »
I like enough room to move around in and store my gear , tarp tent or small tent. along g with a dry set of 0 clothes

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2016, 09:57:50 PM »
Bivey and a tarp are always in my pack, because you never know.  Main camp is always set but sometimes not visited for a couple days.

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #17 on: October 17, 2016, 05:39:08 PM »
For me it is rain dependent. If everything is soaked, as it often is around here, I just hike in 7-10, set base and day trip from there. My fave way to do it is just bivy, super light weight, get up and go every day.

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2016, 11:41:38 PM »
I like to base camp.. Makes me hunt hard all day knowing I have warm dry clothes and a hot meal waiting for me when I get back.. Spent plenty of nights under the stars too I suppose, but anymore a nice little light base camp and I'm a happy camper... Er I mean Hunter!

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2016, 12:37:32 PM »
I have a super lightweight single man tent that I leave set up.  The thought of packing my entire camp on my back every day isn't appealing as it would greatly limit the ground I could cover in a given day.  I hunt light and fast and am prepared to hike long miles back to camp in the dark if necessary.

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Re: Bivy or Basecamp?
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2017, 08:23:07 PM »
I like to base camp.. Makes me hunt hard all day knowing I have warm dry clothes and a hot meal waiting for me when I get back.. Spent plenty of nights under the stars too I suppose, but anymore a nice little light base camp and I'm a happy camper... Er I mean Hunter!

 :yeah:  Nothing like a lil fire in the stove, fireball, drying off the clothes, shooting the bull with a buddy, nice warm bed.  ahhhhh 

 


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