A conversation about pitching a tent has not been had at our lease.

And can you safely use a Mr. Buddy heater in it and it be safe, comfortable? I currently sleep in motel but am considering saving some by sleeping in a tent. What say the forum?

Even though this is the front yard I sleep out here more than inside during the winter

Think biggest issue as others mentioned is getting off the ground or some form of insulation between you and the ground.

I have many times in below freezing temps. Just spend some money on a good sleeping bag and forget the heater.

yeah, but you have fresh deer tongue to keep you warm.

Throughout my life I have backpacked (all seasons - mostly northern geographies which means a real winter not this southern pseudo-winter) so tent camping is fine with me and that's what I do at my current lease. No Mr. Buddy in the tent though - not safe, not needed and no room.

I have many times in below freezing temps. Just spend some money on a good sleeping bag and forget the heater.

I have many times in below freezing temps. Just spend some money on a good sleeping bag and forget the heater.

what's a pseudo-winter it gots mo dan too leddas & me android goen

I have many times in below freezing temps. Just spend some money on a good sleeping bag and forget the heater.

Lol.

Winter to me is snow, a lot of it. And cold, really cold. Neither of which does most of Texas get. So though it's Winter, the *season*, it's not Winter weather like other parts of the country have.

Hope your Android is doing better.

Cheers to ya colt.45.

That sissy in the sleeping is nice and cozy because I have the extreme cold weather sleeping bag, and you have the heater on cause you have the intermeduate bag!

I keep the whiskey close enough that I don't need the extreme cold weather bag.

Been doing the tent thing for a long time. Started sleeping in the back of my truck and on the ground when I was in highschool, moved up to cheap 3 man dome tent in college, picked up a 10x12 canvas outfitter type tent last year from a member on here. This year stepped up and built a portable 12x20' hardsided shack with a canvas top that I set up and plan to leave at the lease until hunting season is over.

This is what I know.

Sleeping in 20 degrees is no problem, crawling out of bed in 20 degrees to go hunt at 05:00 can be. Get a good bag - I use the older military Intermediate cold weather bags. Supposedly good to 15 deg. I've slept out under the stars in the low to mid teens and I'd say that is about their limit. Make sure there is something between it and the ground for comfort and insulation. I use moving blankets for the kids. I sleep on a Cabelas 2" foam camp mattress and would say without a doubt it is some of the best money I have ever spent. Stay away from air mattresses. They are cold and always leak. Military style cots are nice. Make sure you use a pad if its cold for insulation and also drape a blanket over them to keep the air from circulating under you, otherwise you wake up in the middle of night with the cold azz. The cabelas mattress works great on a cot also.

I run a propane garage heater in my bigger tents. Usually not all night unless I've got some sissy *cough* LG *cough* at the lease. Then I will run it on low and keep it a little warmer. There is plenty of airflow where I sleep, I don't worry about oxygen levels. The heater is really more for warming up when I wake up.

Have a routine for waking up. Mine is this. Make sure coffee pot is loaded at night and ready to go on the stove. Make sure heater is ready and matches are close at hand. Sleep in longjohns. Depending on how cold it is jeans, socks and t-shirt in the bottom of the bag. Boots go right next to cot. Wake up, stay horizontal get clothes on in bag. Sit up and step into my boots. Once I get vertical I have 1-2 minutes tops to make it to the outhouse 50yds south of camp. Light the coffee, light the heater, duckfoot to the outhouse. By the time I'm done with business and back in the tent coffee is percolating and it is nice and warm - or maybe it just feels warm because its cold in the outhouse. Either way this is when I start waking whoever is along up and they have no complaints. If they do I just dump a finger or two of bourbon in their coffee cup.

I like propane appliances. Stoves, heaters, and lanterns. They light quick and are easy to use. However, I have accumulated a bunch of older coleman stuff I'd like to rebuild and try out. I also have a couple kerosene lanterns, one that belonged to my grand pa. I really like the light they put off and they are low maintenance and cheap also.


Putting up camp is fun. Camping in tents is fun. Taking down and packing up in cold wet weather can bring the suck. Minimize your equipment, keep stuff that can't get wet in the truck if you even think it might rain. Keep camp picked up and clean as you go during the weekend. Pack things to where they are ready to use when you unpack them next time.

Tent and chuckwagon I picked up from a fine gentleman on here



Not sure, think it was in the low 20's that night. Note the sissy in the sleeping bag, hence the heater is running....



Current hunting shack. I got tire of taking down and setting up the other tent every time I went out to the lease. Working out pretty good so far.

I love the modern day chuck wagon. WIth a much food as we end up taking to the ranch a whole trailer would be great.