Camping for upland hunting

I do the travel trailer thing about a couple of times on multi-days trips during hunting season. I do use it about 12 times during summer for family camping here in CO and the west.
I can usually have about 4 days on the double batteries while dry camping but all the other conveniences from propane. Dry camping in the hunting season is most often use but there are some campgrounds whether state, public or private with limited hook up. It is a excellent way for lodging as one doesn't have to worry about finding good pet friendly motels in rural towns.
My son has a slide in truck camper and is able to get into more back country but he also big game hunts. He often slides the camper out as his based camp and takes the truck around his hunting areas. My TT -22ft 3500 dry weight. Pull by my Durango Hemi.
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UplandHntr said:
You could full time it in that rig!
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You could easily full time in it, we use the back garage area as our girls bedroom. They have there own space and their own bathroom too. I just got my new tent yesterday, ordered the Gazelle T4 hub tent and I can honestly say I am impressed with how nice it is. Sets up in 90 seconds and comes down in about the same amount of time so that will make camp on opening weekend more enjoyable!
 
I've done toppers and tents, both work well. In my "golden years" now I prefer a travel trailer and my wife really prefers it to a tent. Usually not hard to find a place to park it. Do mostly dry camping as we camp through the winter. A great place is county fairgrounds, they usually have some elec hookups and showers that go most of the season. We have hunted out of it down to minus 15 with the only problem being getting going in the morning. Biggest benefit is not having a problem finding a motel that will take 4 dogs.
 
I just got back from the Nebraska Sandhills on a camping/bird hunting trip. Stayed for 6 nights. Hunted sharptail grouse, dove and blue wing teal. We had a blast.
 

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It has been bumping on the 90s all this week, bet those dogs needed a break! I don't think GSPs would live through hunting in temps like we are having, even 20 degrees lower! Looks like fun though. Never been much into camping, did it a few times in SD shooting prairie dawgs years ago, but in mid June the heat at night made sleeping tough. Decided a shower at the end of the day and sleeping in AC was a much better option if available. Much easier not packing all the bags, tents, etc too.
 
remy3424 said:
Much easier not packing all the bags, tents, etc too.
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This is the reason I rarely camp while hunting anymore. I can travel so much lighter, have less to deal with at the end of a day of hunting (and on the return trip). After hoofing it 10 miles that day, it's nice to come back to a room, flip on a light, feed the dogs, microwave something I pre-made before the trip and kick back before the next days hunt.

I'll camp and hunt for turkey hunting more than bird hunting however, it's a lot easier to deal with all the extra chores when you're hunt ends at noon instead of at dark.
 
The cooking is a team effort. We use the down time during the heat of the day to do a lot of the prep work, so all we have to do is light the fire when we get in at night. The camping has its pros and cons. It’s a lot of work for sure but it’s also nice setting around at night and not seeing a light or hearing car traffic etc. It also puts us right where we want to start hunting the next day which on this trip saved us about an hour and half drive from the nearest hotel. The heat out in the Sandhills was actually a relief from the heat we are use to in TN. My dogs usually run twice a day during the summer so a 2 hour or so run out there wasn’t too hard on them. There was also a shower house at a RV campground nearby so that was a game changer for sure, hot shower each day while camping makes a huge difference.
 
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