I'm torn on Tent/Stove choice

[Luked]

Have plans to do a rifle hunt in CO next year.
its looking like ill be going solo.
But I am torn on what Tent/Stove setup to use.
Im not backpacking in so a Canvas type tent ill be camping in is what I am looking for.
I have been looking pretty hard at the Kodiak Canvas tents.

Here is where my issue comes in.
I have thought of getting a 10x10 with a wood stove like a Colorado Cyl Stove.
Would be easy to have fuel to heat etc. But more cost and more bulk and weight to take.
Would also be able to cook on it if needed, boil water etc.

Or I thought of going with something like the Kodiak 8.5x6 and just using a small buddy heater.
Yet with that ill have to have propane using this setup. And the worry of either running out. The buddy heater having an issue, or it not working at higher elevations around 10k are by concerns.

I Have a good sleeping bag so not concerned there.

Also hunting like this will probably be the only time this tent setup ever gets used.

 

[csrichardson97]

Id save the money and go with the smaller setup. Especially if you don't plan to reuse. You can honestly get by with whatever you want, just depends on how important comfort is.

I've been hunting CO 4th season with a $30 Walmart tent for the last couple years, but comfort is definitely sacrificed haha

 

[Luked]

Or another option is to buy something like a Seek Outside Cimmaron with a stove.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Or another option is to buy something like a Seek Outside Cimmaron with a stove.

I would never consider an ultralight tipi for roadside camping. Canvas tent with a wood stove for primary heat and buddy heater to run for 15 minutes in the morning while you get dressed.

 

[sndmn11]

I would never consider an ultralight tipi for roadside camping. Canvas tent with a wood stove for primary heat and buddy heater to run for 15 minutes in the morning while you get dressed.

This is good advice @Luked. The exception for me is packed size so take that into consideration if you are one-trucking an out of state elk hunt and end up being successful. A dry finish canvas, like what Davis Tent uses, will breathe the best of any shelter material and it will feel warmer because of that.

We use our Courthouse the most of any tent because of how much smaller it packs than a traditional wall tent.

Courthouse 3p (sized for cots*)

Ultralight wall tent for horse packing and base camps

seekoutside.com

 

[svivian]

Kodiak Canvas flexbow with a Diesel heater off amazon for $150 would be hard to beat and safer than the mr buddy. You could always put a wood stove in later if you wanted/needed it. Just my .02

 

[BCSojourner]

Have plans to do a rifle hunt in CO next year.
its looking like ill be going solo.
But I am torn on what Tent/Stove setup to use.
Im not backpacking in so a Canvas type tent ill be camping in is what I am looking for.
I have been looking pretty hard at the Kodiak Canvas tents.

Here is where my issue comes in.
I have thought of getting a 10x10 with a wood stove like a Colorado Cyl Stove.
Would be easy to have fuel to heat etc. But more cost and more bulk and weight to take.
Would also be able to cook on it if needed, boil water etc.

Or I thought of going with something like the Kodiak 8.5x6 and just using a small buddy heater.
Yet with that ill have to have propane using this setup. And the worry of either running out. The buddy heater having an issue, or it not working at higher elevations around 10k are by concerns.

I Have a good sleeping bag so not concerned there.

Also hunting like this will probably be the only time this tent setup ever gets used.

For your stove option, check out GStove. Made in Norway (there is a US distributor) and smaller version of the bigger cylinder stoves. Stainless steel, lots of accessories and reasonably priced. Will last a lifetime. Another good option would be one of the Riley Stoves. Bigger ones are double-wall and will hold heat. Also lots of accessories for truck camping.

 

[Luked]

I think I have settled on going with the 10x10 Kodiak and adding in a Wood Stove.
I did look at the Diesel heaters, and they look pretty slick. But then I am back to taking more stuff with me like Diesel fuel and then a way to power the heater weather it be a battery or a Generator.

So I think I am pretty set now on going with the Kodiak and the Wood Stove.

 

[Mike 338]

IMO, about the only advantage a stove offers during a solo hunt is peeling off your outer duds when you stumble into camp after dark. You can have an hour or two to get your dinner ready and maybe tend to your feet in relative comfort. You can heat your water on a "flat top" stove. Once in your bag, you never touch the stove all night and the fire won't last long. For me, it's a waste of time and effort to start a fire in the morning when all I want to do is get dressed, eat, make lunch and go. A stove is nice for hanging around camp but you can hang around camp in just your sleeping bag too. No stove means when you get into camp at night, you make a fast dinner, eat and jump into your bag without lingering around in your long johns. Your choice.

 

[PNW CAMPER]

What ever you decide, bit the bullet and buy a good tent now to start building around, you will have that then dang near a life time, if you buy a good one. Perhaps buy the slightly better/ bigger tent this year and the stove/heat source next year or the year after. A nice 10X10 Kodiac Flex Bow Canvas tent is one of the sturdiest tents out there, 1 person set up, less than 15 min after you do it a couple times. If you have kids or a hunting buddy, then buy the 10X14, you can still set up by your self in less than 20min and you will never outgrow it. I have the 10X14 Kodiac Flexbow Canvas tent and Mr/ Buddy heater. Thought about putting in wood stove, but the Mr Buddy just works. Life is good!

 

[Conrad101st]

I would never consider an ultralight tipi for roadside camping. Canvas tent with a wood stove for primary heat and buddy heater to run for 15 minutes in the morning while you get dressed.

Why not?

I use my tipi in the backcountry or off the fire roads.

 

[WeiserBucks]

Why not?

I use my tipi in the backcountry or off the fire roads.

If I'm roadside camping it's gonna be in a huge tent with a big stove and plenty of standing room. I make almost zero compromises for truck camping.

 

[Conrad101st]

If I'm roadside camping it's gonna be in a huge tent with a big stove and plenty of standing room. I make almost zero compromises for truck camping.

I get that idea. The only advantage to using the tipi is I can move camps very quickly. I just have to roll my stove pipe and stuff my tent into the bag.

However, there is something joyous about having a a full size wood burning stove loafing along all night.

 

[WyoKid]

If you are near Denver, try before you buy - Outdoor Geek has tents, stoves and other stuff to rent for a few days or a few weeks. It worked out well when I was flying to Colo to hunt. I've rented several canvas wall tents and cylinder stoves from Will in the past and he was great to deal with. He even had lump coal for sale (don't know if he still does as this was several years ago). He also has an end of the year sale on his items after a season or two of use.

 

[Ross]

I road camp quite often, but not a fan of an elaborate camp. I like quick and easy. I use my two dog stove in both my redcliff and 8x10x5 wall tent. The red cliff setups up super quick 15 minutes and the wall tent 25. Both good for two with cots and you get all the wood heat wood heat goes along ways when the weather turns crappy &or when there is more dark time in camp. This stove is over 20 yrs old and will out live me and will burn about 4 hrs and retain some heat for 5-6. Being mobile goes along ways sometimes

 

[Ucsdryder]

I have a sweet wall tent and wood stove. I’ve used it exactly 1 time the last 11 years in Colorado. I hate setting up and taking down camp. This year I hunted 3rd rifle and just slept in the truck. Sure is nice throwing my shit in and leaving…assuming I remember to throw it all in.

 

[cnelk]

I think everyone should set up a tent with a wood stove when they go elk hunting.
Arrive early. Bring a chainsaw and and a hatchet. Then cut and split wood, stack wood, split kindling for a weeks worth.

Feed that stove every 2-3 hours. Cut more wood, split more wood, split more kindling.... feed stove every 2-3 hours.

You'll soon appreciate propane heaters

Granted, I have both and you just cant beat propane for cleanliness, and quick heat.

Now if you want to sit around the tent a lot, by all means go wood stove

 

[Lurch12]

This is good advice @Luked. The exception for me is packed size so take that into consideration if you are one-trucking an out of state elk hunt and end up being successful. A dry finish canvas, like what Davis Tent uses, will breathe the best of any shelter material and it will feel warmer because of that.

We use our Courthouse the most of any tent because of how much smaller it packs than a traditional wall tent.

Courthouse 3p (sized for cots*)

Ultralight wall tent for horse packing and base camps

seekoutside.com

Love my courthouse!