Hunting campers

[rileybassman]

We just pickup up a smallish toy hauler this year and will be trying out the camper life so we have some more options for hunting with the kids. Coming from wall-tent land, I'm looking forward to expedited set up and tear down of base camp.

About 6ish witha full tank of water, 4 wheeler, and hunting stuff. Pulled it about 1k miles with a half ton and it seemed to pull just fine.

 

[Phaseolus]

We've had our Eagle Cap 950 for 18 years. it's been mounted on a F250 with mods to tires and suspension for most it's life with us. We thought it worked fine until we bought an F450 and drove it Alaska and back spending 60 days this summer. The F450 makes a big difference. It's been to many hunting camps, summer camping, and roadtrips as far south as the southern tip of Baja and north to the Arctic Circle. We bought a 7X14 covered trailer last year and it is helpful for hunting camp to get our ATV's there and for use as a mud room once unloaded. It works great for us.

 

[LFC911]

Here's what I'm rocking this year...we bought it for hunting and also a couples camper, so the wife and i can use it for vacation and weekend trips to the lake. 27', half-ton towable at 5500 lbs unloaded with a 2000 lb cargo capacity. My baby duramax handles it well. 400W of solar, 40 gal of fresh water, heated tanks, tankless water heater at just over $30k.

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[Fatcamp]

We've had our Eagle Cap 950 for 18 years. it's been mounted on a F250 with mods to tires and suspension for most it's life with us. We thought it worked fine until we bought an F450 and drove it Alaska and back spending 60 days this summer. The F450 makes a big difference. It's been to many hunting camps, summer camping, and roadtrips as far south as the southern tip of Baja and north to the Arctic Circle. We bought a 7X14 covered trailer last year and it is helpful for hunting camp to get our ATV's there and for use as a mud room once unloaded. It works great for us.View attachment 920052View attachment 920055View attachment 920057

I had that exact truck! My first F250.

 

[TacoHunter]

Another vote for a truck camper. Picked up one so I could tow my SxS to hunt from. Looked at toy haulers, but didn’t want to drag a 30’ camper through places I’ve never been/scouted.

 

[Randle]

I have been working on this for a few years.
The back 2 shelves for travel and they can be switched to the top E trax to make a 3rd bunk

 

[Tremain4414]

I’ve got an apex nano offgrid that I like. Take it elk hunting each year out in Hells Canyon and it does fine. Upgraded the batteries and added a disconnect but other than that it’s got just about everything I need. Diesel jeep tows it just fine.

I’ve also done a cargo trailer conversion on a 16’ V nose. Added bunk beds, diesel heater, tables, cabinets and solar. Worked great to tow the sxs then convert into a really comfortable camp.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Get a double axle trailer, pulls much better.

This is sage advice. My 20 foot behind my 3/4 ton tows like I don't even know it's there. You can get a lot of creature comforts in a 20. Get a slide out too. People who diss slide outs are the people who don't have slide outs.

 

[redsox87871]

School me on what you use to hunt, any recommendations on certain brands or certain ones to stay away from.

Preferably around 20 feet so I can store it at my house. Wife is wanting to get out more so wall tent is kind of out of the equation due to wanting creature comforts like a shower, toilet etc. I don’t plan on dragging it anywhere crazy just a good base camp that can sleep probably max 3 people and be pulled by a half ton truck.

Anyone have any knowledge of Kodiak Canvas Tents?

 

[Randle]

People who dis slides have had them fail at the worst times.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

We've been using this thing for 5-6 years or so. Front deck is a huge bonus for coolers and gas tanks and such but it would also fit a 4 wheeler. It'll go pretty deep off-road without too much worry, and it's super easy to tow with no wind resistance. Small toilet so no need to go outside to crap, inside and outside shower, and hydroelectric heater keeps the edge off the cold. Also it's actually easier to pick a campsite than a big tent because I can level out the trailer with the stabilizer legs. Another bonus is that you can put things under the bed slides to keep out of the rain and snow because they're pretty high up. I've actually sat underneath in a turkey chair while it poured rain and stayed dry.

The downside is it kills time if we layover and camp for a two day drive, and it's still just a tent so it's drafty. Also the water tank freezes when it's real cold so have to plan accordingly (toilet water is insulated so doesn't freeze).

 

[Boarmaster]

I looked campers for a long while. I ended up with a cabin but what I found was I could get away with a smaller camper if I had a good bit of useable outdoor space. A larger fold out awning goes a long way for some gear storage and cooking if weather permits. I found some with side walls that would greatly expand the useable space. I had planned to mostly use the camper itself just to sleep in.

 

[sndmn11]

We have been looking at pickup topper/canopy "campers" like the Four Wheel Campers Project M, ORU Designs Bruin XL, Tune M1, Lone Peak.

Our biggest wants are consistent power to charge devices, and a small diesel heater. Does anyone have experience with similar styles and those priorities?

 

[BLJ]

I looked campers for a long while. I ended up with a cabin but what I found was I could get away with a smaller camper if I had a good bit of useable outdoor space. A larger fold out awning goes a long way for some gear storage and cooking if weather permits. I found some with side walls that would greatly expand the useable space. I had planned to mostly use the camper itself just to sleep in.

Interested in what you found for awning/sidewalls? Thanks.

 

[jeffpg]

Anyone have any knowledge of Kodiak Canvas Tents?

Yeah, I have a 10' x 14' Kodiak deluxe model that I used on a moose hunt in Montana with great results. It held up very well and kept me warm and dry for 2 weeks during very inclement weather with lots of snow.

 

[RichardSkinner]

edit: meant to quote you @sndmn11

I have a FWC Grandby shell that I built out posted on page one. I've built out two of them with diesel heaters, solar, etc.

My brother has a Go Fast Camper on a Raptor and has similar wants to yours. My opinion on your question is that it's kind of difficult with regard to having the diesel fuel for the heater in the truck bed and the fumes. That's no joke. Carefully think through where you would store it at.

One method people do is put the heater in a harbor freight pelican case knock off and set it outside and use ducting to duct the heat in. The hassle of that is that it's another step in set up/tear down and isn't incorporated to "the house".

As for solar, where are you going to mount the lithium battery and controllers? That isn't as hard if you can fabricate, but it's another task. Are they going on the truck bed floor and going to be plugged/unplugged from the camper shell to remove seperately when the camper is removed, or are they going to be mounted inside the shell somehow so it's one unit?

 

[Phaseolus]

We have been looking at pickup topper/canopy "campers" like the Four Wheel Campers Project M, ORU Designs Bruin XL, Tune M1, Lone Peak.

Our biggest wants are consistent power to charge devices, and a small diesel heater. Does anyone have experience with similar styles and those priorities?

We put 400 watts of solar on our roof, have two 100AH Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, and a 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter in our camper. We also have a built in generator which we find we don't use anymore because of the above. It's been great for us in Colorado winter and summer.

 

[sndmn11]

We put 400 watts of solar on our roof, have two 100AH Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries, and a 1000 watt pure sine wave inverter in our camper. We also have a built in generator which we find we don't use anymore because of the above. It's been great for us in Colorado winter and summer.

Does your setup charge off the alternator when driving too?

 

[Randy11]

edit: meant to quote you @sndmn11

My brother has a Go Fast Camper on a Raptor and has similar wants to yours. My opinion on your question is that it's kind of difficult with regard to having the diesel fuel for the heater in the truck bed and the fumes. That's no joke. Carefully think through where you would store it at.

I really like the design of the GFC, but that has been my biggest hangup. I almost always have Jerry cans in the bed of my pickup.

I had a Braxton Creek teardrop camper that I liked a lot, but I'm thinking about trying to save some money this time and buy a cargo trailer to finish out.