by the time you go out and buy a heater,really good sleeping bag,etc better just to drive the 30 min!!!!

by the time you go out and buy a heater,really good sleeping bag,etc better just to drive the 30 min!!!!

All this talk of hotels just blows me away. I guess while he is there, he can just stay inside, get under the covers and watch the outdoors channel.

Good hunting stores don't often start with, "I left the hotel to get to the pasture . . . ". Live the experience and embrace the challenge. Carpe diem!

All this talk of hotels just blows me away. I guess while he is there, he can just stay inside, get under the covers and watch the outdoors channel.

Good hunting stores don't often start with, "I left the hotel to get to the pasture . . . ". Live the experience and embrace the challenge. Carpe diem!

Exactly. "remember that big Kansas cold front in December 2019 when we sat on the couch and watched Bonanza reruns instead of getting out and going deer hunting," said Noone Ever.......

From the OP's 2nd post, "Oh, and I don't have too much money to spend so I'd like to keep costs on equipment down." I love the way so many respond without regard to this statement. What a 55 year old man realizes and can afford to make things more comfortable is a stark contrast to a youngen" just wanting to get out there, enjoy the experience, embrace the challenge and do it with no frills. A lil' encouragement should be in order rather than the stay in a hotel comments. He'll find out for himself.

For 14 years, I stayed in a metal cabin with little in the way of amenities. Always colder on the inside than on the outside, it was awesome and the girls have their stories from when they started getting down there from the age of 5 on. You could actually walk out the door and start hunting.

One of my favorite hunting trips got us caught in a blizzard on a mountain in NE Utah. No propane, no electricity and we woke up with the tent collapsing from the weight of the snow. One of the guys told us you keep warmer by sleeping naked. Did not sleep next to that fella' that night or ever since. Getting down the next day was heck, true heck. None of us got a buck that trip, but all of us still reminisce about that night.

My favorite fishing trip was putting in on the Hwy 57 bridge near La Pryor and to head down to Carrizo. Hotels were not an option as seeing a home or a human wasn't either. It was only 20 something miles. Locals do that trip, but not in February. It didn't reach 45 that first day. People still laugh at me for going then. It didn't matter as a three inch rain the night before near Uvalde caused the river to swell and lots of paddling kept us warm as we dumped over multiple times each day. Portaging helped to keep us warm also. There was so much dead fall I wish I could have conjured up a chain saw. The fire next to the two man tent pitched on the pecan bottom during our overnight stay was the best camp fire ever - could not have ever, ever been a better one. I am just glad we caught fish or we also would have been hungry. Cooking up fresh bass in crushed pringles turned out to be gourmet quality.

That which does not kill you makes you stronger.

It sounds like you’re in college. This should be a no brainer. Take One fat girl or two skinny ones with you. I’d recommend two skinny ones. That way they’ll have someone to talk to while they’re cooking breakfast and dinner during hunting hours. You’ll stay warm at night either way and the memories will outlast any Boon and Crockett you might kill on the trip, plus it’ll make a lot better story. If you can’t find a friendly fat girl in Lubbock there’s plenty in Kansas, you could rotate them out. Post up the pics when you get back!