WANTED: Your Top 5 Base Camp Tips or Hacks

[trophyhill]

Crazy how eastern guys can always get massive groups of dudes to commit to an adventure 27 1/2 hours away and I live in smack dab in the west and my buddies are lame lol

Poop seat off Amazon.. the best thing

I heard that. My first couple elk hunts here in NM, I thought for sure my deer hunting wannabe elk hunter buddies would want to go and be part of the experience. Well they never have and I embraced the solo hunts from the start. Since then, there's just something about doing it all myself from field to table that trips my trigger that I never really expected when I first started.

 

[Blacktail247]

Take everything needed for great sleep. Ear plugs, melatonin, thick pad, comfy cot, big sleeping bag. Decent sleep is great on a long hunt. With that many ppl set up a good shitter everyone will use. Premade meals are great also. Vacuum seal and freeze them. Then simmer the bags in a pot of water to heat up. Have a plan to deal with the amount of trash that many ppl will make over the course of a hunt. Bring mouse traps.

 

[Franchi]

Has anyone talked about rodent management? That's something that is easily overlooked.

We had an issue with this last year. Had mice nesting in the engines so we left the hoods open in the trucks during the night and that seemed to solve that issue. On one trailer we set out lights under the trailer and that stopped them from coming in. On other trips we have setout sticky pads for unwanted guest. Mice will chew through anything when they are hungry.

 

[Franchi]

Coffee gets brewed before going to bed and put into a thermos. First morning cup is immediately ready. Another pot can be made in the morning, if needed, while getting ready.

Great idea don't mind if I use it!