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Hopefully you gave him a time out.
If you don't have a stove to dry the ground out, and you have no floor, how do you keep your bag dry? Especially in bad weather? Seems like a lightweight 1 0r 2 man tent with a floor would be much better to keep you out the elements?
As said, value of a tipi depends on the use and even more on the preferences of the user. I've backpacked and backpack hunted for 60 years, including a job leading two week wilderness trips, and have never backpacked a tent. I prefer to burrow into natural nests that I find under a down tree etc. and use a flat tarp to augment shelter that is already there. A person must sleep well or he will not hunt well, so carry what you need to sleep comfortably. For some of us, that ain't much.I own several tents for compact camping out of a vehicle, but for almost all of our backpack hunting we have used flat tarps. Flat tarps are infinitely versatile to fit any size or shape of ground, and are not limited by the need to find a pre-determined footprint. Above timberline is the only time I prefer a tent and even then with a tarp I have slept in goat beds on ledges, clumps of waist high brush, against or between boulders, etc. The few times we have carried a tent or pre-shaped tarp have been to try them and without exception my sons and I prefer the versatility of a flat tarp. I bought my 6 man tipi after two consecutive tough trips with heavy deep snow near timberline hunting the late season in Western WA. I was just going along with son and grandson to keep camp and though we slept warm enough with overlapping flat tarps, a tipi with stove would have been roomier and more comfortable. Have only used the tipi for vehicle camps, from -25F to rainy Septembers. Have really enjoyed the tipi. Pitch it high for more room and especially room at the edge. For more room and less carry weight, discard the center pole and either hang it from a high limb or make an exterior tipi frame/tripod from at least 3 poles and hang the tipi from them. Flat tarp uses have included buggy summer paddling trips, on a contour trail as the only semi-flat surface on steep ground, as a wall across the open side of a rock overhang, up against a tree to keep from sliding/rolling down on steep ground.Use a ground sheet. A large leaf bag cut down the sides opens to a good ground sheet for one man. If you have water under you, you picked the wrong place to sleep. Look at where water will flow and don't sleep there. Find slightly raised ground with natural drainage. On top of a clump of heather is good. Bugs are no problem in most hunting seasons, but a mosquito net from REI will rig under any tarp when needed.If we limit ourselves to the pre-sewn shapes, supports and tie-outs, and limit ourselves to the manufacturer’s expected use of an item, we severely limit our gear options in the infinite outdoors.
Quote from: Okanagan on January 17, 2018, 08:39:29 AMAs said, value of a tipi depends on the use and even more on the preferences of the user. I've backpacked and backpack hunted for 60 years, including a job leading two week wilderness trips, and have never backpacked a tent. I prefer to burrow into natural nests that I find under a down tree etc. and use a flat tarp to augment shelter that is already there. A person must sleep well or he will not hunt well, so carry what you need to sleep comfortably. For some of us, that ain't much.I own several tents for compact camping out of a vehicle, but for almost all of our backpack hunting we have used flat tarps. Flat tarps are infinitely versatile to fit any size or shape of ground, and are not limited by the need to find a pre-determined footprint. Above timberline is the only time I prefer a tent and even then with a tarp I have slept in goat beds on ledges, clumps of waist high brush, against or between boulders, etc. The few times we have carried a tent or pre-shaped tarp have been to try them and without exception my sons and I prefer the versatility of a flat tarp. I bought my 6 man tipi after two consecutive tough trips with heavy deep snow near timberline hunting the late season in Western WA. I was just going along with son and grandson to keep camp and though we slept warm enough with overlapping flat tarps, a tipi with stove would have been roomier and more comfortable. Have only used the tipi for vehicle camps, from -25F to rainy Septembers. Have really enjoyed the tipi. Pitch it high for more room and especially room at the edge. For more room and less carry weight, discard the center pole and either hang it from a high limb or make an exterior tipi frame/tripod from at least 3 poles and hang the tipi from them. Flat tarp uses have included buggy summer paddling trips, on a contour trail as the only semi-flat surface on steep ground, as a wall across the open side of a rock overhang, up against a tree to keep from sliding/rolling down on steep ground.Use a ground sheet. A large leaf bag cut down the sides opens to a good ground sheet for one man. If you have water under you, you picked the wrong place to sleep. Look at where water will flow and don't sleep there. Find slightly raised ground with natural drainage. On top of a clump of heather is good. Bugs are no problem in most hunting seasons, but a mosquito net from REI will rig under any tarp when needed.If we limit ourselves to the pre-sewn shapes, supports and tie-outs, and limit ourselves to the manufacturer’s expected use of an item, we severely limit our gear options in the infinite outdoors. great post! I too have come to love the tarp setup for early to mid season.
