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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #15 on: June 13, 2013, 03:56:39 PM »
I picked up a nice cot for my drop camp hunts and love it. I had used an air mattress once and only once. When not if you get a leak you will be unhappy, uncomfortable, and will hate every minute of your hunt.
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #16 on: June 13, 2013, 04:03:19 PM »
Cot and pad. Ditch the air bed.
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2013, 04:05:01 PM »
cot and pad
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2013, 04:14:45 PM »
  If you have room and if the extra weight is not a problem, you will be happy with the cot and pad.

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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2013, 06:11:51 PM »
Check out the Comfort Cot at REI
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2013, 06:18:55 PM »
You pansy's!! Sleep on the ground, just kidding.  :chuckle: Definately the cot.
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #21 on: July 31, 2013, 07:11:10 PM »
Have to agree with the cot & sleeping mat option. Air mattress is just asking Murphy to come along and screw up your trip IMO.

I've been on a hunt in the snowy mountains where my buddy's air mattress deflated. I was woken up in the middle of the night to rustling sounds & grumbling as he tried to stay warm & get comfortable ON THE GROUND  :bdid:
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2013, 07:39:58 PM »
i did a 2 week 6 mile in last year and all i used was a small tarp, self inflating pad and sleeping bag on the ground. i had no issues. but i also through down a bunch of grass and what not under the tarp for extra comfort!

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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2013, 05:38:15 PM »
Cot with a good pad but it must be a good pad if not the underside will be cold. Of coarse this depends on the temperature outside. You are less likely to have sore spots sleeping on a cot. I remember once I was glad to be sleeping on a cot when hunting on the Olympic Peninsula and it rained all night when I got up to put my shoes on there was 3 inches of water on the tent floor. Poor tent placement on my part.
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Re: air mattress or cot for drop camp hunt
« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2013, 05:58:33 PM »
Cots don't go flat....
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