Wall Tent For 1? On the Cheap Side

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Alright Rokslide Collective, don't do me wrong here. I am looking for a wall tent type structure to use truck camping during my trip to South Dakota for pheasant this fall. I'd like something large enough for a cot and gear for just me and the dog. Doesn't have to be huge or the most high end model. Just a nice place to come back to after a good days walk.

Best guesses are is that it will see use once a year so I'm not really interested in spending a whole lot of money on it.


Guide me, oh great and knowledgeable ones.
 

muddydogs

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Kodiak Canvas all the way for the win. For the price you get everything you need to set it up, easy to set up for one person. Install a stove jack or use a buddy heater to take the chill off. I will say that if you can swing the extra cash get the 10x14, 10x10 is great but a little tight for 2 guys with there gear especially if you both like the nice wide cots.
 

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Walmart sells a Ozzark Trail branded Wall tent thats very affordable and a few videos on youtube it doesnt look bad
 
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Thanks fellas! I knew I could count on you.

Mr. Tyler, I have no doubt that your tent is a jam up product and would serve me very well, it is just a little too far out of my price range. If I could get more use out of it than just the once a year, I would be all over it.
 

Tyler Beck

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Thanks fellas! I knew I could count on you.

Mr. Tyler, I have no doubt that your tent is a jam up product and would serve me very well, it is just a little too far out of my price range. If I could get more use out of it than just the once a year, I would be all over it.
I understand! Best of luck in your quest!
 

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Army surplus used to carry basic little 8x10s with 3 foot walls no frills or zippers for around $350 bucks used one for many years until upgrading to a Montana canvas
 

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Army surplus used to carry basic little 8x10s with 3 foot walls no frills or zippers for around $350 bucks used one for many years until upgrading to a Montana canvas
I got one of these @ a yard sale for a song. I took it to a canvas shop, they added 2' to the bottom of all walls and doors. Perfect for 2 guys, cots. Used it for years, then a guy bought it for a cooking tent. Not as nice or as easy to pitch as my Kodiak 10x10, which seems like the last canvas tent I will ever need.
 

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Kodiak canvas 9x8. I have it and the 10x14, of going solo I’m taking the 9x8. It’s exactly half the same ft of the bigger one which I use for 2 ppl. Also easier to pack and setup


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parshal

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I use a Redcliff or 16-man tipi for bird hunting depending on where I'm going and for how long. When we go to Nevada we use a Kodiak canvas with a buddy heater. If I were in SD a month after the opener I'd have a wood stove.
 
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I have one of the Guide Gear tipis, very roomy and seems like it should last for years if taken care of. Couldn't beat it for $200.

 
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there's "someone" selling "cowboy bedrolls" on ebay for reasonable and the ad says "custom sewn to order" for like $140 or close to that - I bought one several years back and have used the HECK out of it in all sorts of conditions, it has really held up and satisfied my needs completely, I use it for my "traveling bed" all the time -
IF an actual tent is your preference there's an old school type called a "Baker's Tent" that I happened to have hunted out of north of Smithers BC some years back, we had all sorts of nasty weather on that trip (outfitted roving style moose/caribou hunt) and it was light, simple and effective - I'd be sure some tent manufacturers make that style but possible called something else by name ?
 

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I love canvas but with age and less than 5'4", I decided to sell my canvas and got a Cabela's Instinct outfitter. It can take a stove if it gets cold. Perfect for 1-2 but tight with 3. Best part is I can get it up on my own.
 
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Another vote for kodiak canvas , I have a small 10x10 works excellent for 1 or 2 people , use a good sleeping bag at night and fire up the buddy heater in the morning , heats up real fast. Great tent
 
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