Are there any Bivy hunters left?

[JackOfAllTrades]

My basecamp is usually a bivy and if I am not lucky enough to get back to that, a big tree usually suffices.

That won't work for those of us with 7% body fat! 

-Steve

[JLS]

if you have packed in so far as to do a bivy hunt and spend a few days getting in deeper, how do you all get your kills out before the meat goes bad? i hunt out of a bivy set up but we mt bike in and live out of our packs. how do you do it in wilderness settings?

By properly judging my capabilities and limitations based on the area.  As long is it isn't ridiculously hot, you can get meat cooled in a creek bottom and/or shaded north slope.  Submerge it in a creek if you have to with a garbage bag.  Get it in coolers and iced down ASAP.  Personally, I'd figure if I was on foot, I don't want to be more than a 5-8 hour pack from the vehicle.  Obviously, this changes with the weather.

[dreamunelk]

Anyone have some recommendations on a good bivy sack?

[colockumelk]

I'm not man enough to sleep in a bivy.  I need a tent to keep all the "bears and cougars and sasquatch" from killing me in my sleep.  But i hunt with my brother so a 3 man tent split between us doesn't weigh any more than if we each carried a bivy.  We hunt the same way though.  In the morning we throw everything in our pack and off we go.  Wherever we happen to stop for the night is where we set up camp.  I LOVE the Wilderness.

[Tim in Wa.]

You should look into some type of shaped tarp like a Kifaru Para tarp (11 oz.) or super tarp (16 oz.) or something similar.I don't know how you get in or out of a bivy in the  rain without your bed getting soaked
Tim

[oldleclercrd]

Advanced bivy by Outdoor Research. We talked about it earlier in this thread.

[oldcamper]

I used to pack in and bivy, but a bad day at the office left me disabled so I hike back to camp. allthough I haven't got one since so not sure how it will all work out when i do to haul the animal. will see one of these days.

[sebek556]

i have bad knees from the army and lots of experience sleeping on the ground(also from the army) so bivy hunting is about the only way i elk hunt I just make a hooch and sleep in my bivy under it and don't worry

[time2hunt]

http://store.eurekatent.com/solitaire-tent

[Bearhunter]

We be headed into the Backcountry of Montana in Late September threw Early October, dont plan on coming out tell were packing meat out.  By far the best way to maximize your success rate and be in the prime spots first light, and listen to them all night long when your already in there!!!!

[sebek556]

call me old school but what I use is a millitary poncho, bungee cords,550 cord, poncho liner for really cold nights, and a millitary sleep system. doesnt weight much and has tons of uses. when i make a hooch i have never gotten wet. plus a poncho folded in half with two sticks and the 550 cord will carry/drag out 200+ lbs.