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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2019, 11:01:11 AM »
mice and bugs are something to consider for September camping.
this always cracks me up. Guys will take endless naps in the woods, glass for hours on end. Leave stuff outside when at a truck camp but wont dare sleep without a floored tent :chuckle:

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Mosquitos can be a PIA sometimes, but they can be avoided as well.

I swear its the ants that drive me nuts when sleeping on the ground. That and I have had numerous chipmunks try to swipe stuff from my bag and that is why they are now always called Red Devils.
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #16 on: June 18, 2019, 11:02:21 AM »
I did have a mouse run IN my bag one night Turkey hunting with @Jonathan_S . That was exciting and crazy enough I didn't die. Only other time I had a real mouse issue was in my camp trailer. He tried climbing up my face. It was quite the wakeup lol
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2019, 11:06:46 AM »
I did have a mouse run IN my bag one night Turkey hunting with @Jonathan_S . That was exciting and crazy enough I didn't die. Only other time I had a real mouse issue was in my camp trailer. He tried climbing up my face. It was quite the wakeup lol

M-m-m-MOUSE!   :chuckle:

Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #18 on: June 18, 2019, 01:49:02 PM »
Tarp never leaves my pack ever

Looking at a sheep tarp potentially
sheep tarp needs to be about a foot longer and a foot wider in my opinion.

What’s the general opinion for size of a tarp for a single person to sleep under? I was thinking like 7x10?

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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2019, 01:54:41 PM »
I enjoy the space and multiple configurations I pitch under my 9x10.
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2019, 07:51:05 PM »
mice and bugs are something to consider for September camping.
this always cracks me up. Guys will take endless naps in the woods, glass for hours on end. Leave stuff outside when at a truck camp but wont dare sleep without a floored tent :chuckle:

I'm glad it cracks you up.  I would guess you haven't been on the high hunt when the mouse population is high and they are running across you.  It cracks me up what the wilderness experts come up with.

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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2019, 07:59:40 PM »
mice and bugs are something to consider for September camping.
this always cracks me up. Guys will take endless naps in the woods, glass for hours on end. Leave stuff outside when at a truck camp but wont dare sleep without a floored tent :chuckle:

I'm glad it cracks you up.  I would guess you haven't been on the high hunt when the mouse population is high and they are running across you.  It cracks me up what the wilderness experts come up with.
yeah one of these days I'll step away from the keyboard and actually go spend a night in the woods :chuckle:
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2019, 08:09:27 PM »
Karl doesnt need to go into the wilderness to have mice moving into his sleeping bag. He gets that in the lowland.

I think he has spent a night or two in wilderness though
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2019, 08:10:05 PM »
Tarp never leaves my pack ever

Looking at a sheep tarp potentially
sheep tarp needs to be about a foot longer and a foot wider in my opinion.

What’s the general opinion for size of a tarp for a single person to sleep under? I was thinking like 7x10?

I slept under a 9x10 this weekend and it was spacious. I agree its nice to have that size to allow for other pitch options.
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2019, 08:11:58 PM »
Mice suck, mosquitoes suck, I'm a pansy and want a floor and mesh around me.  Even my bivy sack had a mesh hood.

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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2019, 08:29:26 PM »
Tarp never leaves my pack ever

Looking at a sheep tarp potentially
sheep tarp needs to be about a foot longer and a foot wider in my opinion.

What’s the general opinion for size of a tarp for a single person to sleep under? I was thinking like 7x10?

I slept under a 9x10 this weekend and it was spacious. I agree its nice to have that size to allow for other pitch options.
that few extra feet really does open up additional options and it costs you just a minute amount of added weight. Jon made my tarp and I honestly can't remember the dimensions.
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2019, 08:31:55 PM »
Karl doesnt need to go into the wilderness to have mice moving into his sleeping bag. He gets that in the lowland.

I think he has spent a night or two in wilderness though
they love me :chuckle: and yeah about 22.........years. first trip I was 14 and it's been 80+ days a year sleeping on the ground ever since :tup:
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2019, 08:50:08 PM »
Tarp never leaves my pack ever

Looking at a sheep tarp potentially
sheep tarp needs to be about a foot longer and a foot wider in my opinion.

What’s the general opinion for size of a tarp for a single person to sleep under? I was thinking like 7x10?

I slept under a 9x10 this weekend and it was spacious. I agree its nice to have that size to allow for other pitch options.
that few extra feet really does open up additional options and it costs you just a minute amount of added weight. Jon made my tarp and I honestly can't remember the dimensions.

The Jon made mine as well. Pleased as punch.
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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2019, 08:51:37 PM »
Mice suck, mosquitoes suck, I'm a pansy and want a floor and mesh around me.  Even my bivy sack had a mesh hood.

So I picked up one of the MSR Thru Hiker mesh houses. Weighs about 10 oz or something ridiculous. Fits right under my tarp. Bug free and still super lightweight with zero condensation

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Re: bivy/tarp
« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2019, 09:26:49 PM »
I don’t have as much experience backpacking as other guys but this worked for me in high country in August with no big or mice invasions.

 


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