Which tent to buy?

uptracker · 05-09-2008, 03:16 PM

http://montanacanvas.com/walltents.cfm

Which one do you guys reccommend and why?

Anybody have a decent picture of their set-up using wood "poles" instead of a frame?....I'm talking about long, felled trees you find in the mountains etc.

baltz526 · 05-09-2008, 07:52 PM

do a search

Rusty Psoadman · 05-09-2008, 09:43 PM

Check out Beckel Canvas Products in SE Portland....good guys...good equipment..I have some custom made canvas bags from them...don't have their tent though.

TheTexan · 05-10-2008, 05:44 AM

Kind of tough to reply to your questions without more information. How many guys? What kind of hunting? truck camp or packing in on horses?

desertjunky · 05-10-2008, 08:28 AM

I know an outfitter in Joseph that uses Beckel tents, he really likes them.
I bought a Bravo 12x15 with an internal steel frame and outfitter cylinder stove last year, AWESOME TENT!!! that stove will keep you warm all night, just load it up and shut it down. Looking forward to using it on our Seneca camp trip next month, our Malheur buck hunt in Oct. and then our Eastern WA buck hunt the following week and then our whitetail hunt in the Clearwater drainage, we really plan on using it, but you better for what you pay for a good setup!

Desertjunky

gottafish · 05-10-2008, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty Psoadman

Check out Beckel Canvas Products in SE Portland....good guys...good equipment..I have some custom made canvas bags from them...don't have their tent though.

Yep I bought one from them last year and couldn't be happier!!

namu mac · 05-10-2008, 04:42 PM

I have a Montana tent and it's a great tent, but the frame leaves a lot to be desired. BIG tent and a whimpy frame. I'm going to have to get another frame.
Have buddies that have Beckle and Bravo tents. Both are excellent tents, althought the canvas isn't as heavy as the Montana tent. Something about buying local.

ehunter · 05-10-2008, 05:16 PM

Buy Beckel localy and if you have a problem they can help and they make great products and good customer service.

RGB · 05-10-2008, 06:43 PM

I like my Canvas Cabins tent. Made in Hillsboro.

Coho-gill · 05-10-2008, 06:59 PM

Check out Bussards in Albany. This is our second canvas tent from them in the past 40 years or so. I research the heck out of it and concluded that there are a lot of good tents out there. I wanted to buy locally and have been very pleased. They are great people and will take good care of you.
I liked the five-foot concept they use. I purchased a 15X15 tent. There a lot of 5' poles and since I have a short box pickup I did not want 8'6" (?) ridge poles so I use metal sleeves and 3'6" short poles. Very easy to put up.
Nothing better than a wall tent!
Since there will be four of us this next Elk hunt, we added a five foot extension.
http://www.rdbussard.com

Tilla · 05-10-2008, 07:02 PM

I got a Beckel tent, came with a Elk guarantee, darned if they didn't come through!

bigd · 05-10-2008, 08:22 PM

KWIK KAMP,,,,14 X 16

DRUNK COWBOY · 05-10-2008, 08:48 PM

Why the Blue Tarp?

beardbuster · 05-10-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by baltz526

do a search

Always so helpful...

uptracker: I am glad some guys on here have answered your questions.

gottafish · 05-11-2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DRUNK COWBOY

Why the Blue Tarp?

That keeps the pine needles and leaves from staining the tent.

Cliff D. · 05-11-2008, 05:21 AM

All of those mentioned have good points. Comes down to personnal preference at this point. Checked them all out hard when i was in the market, ended up with a new tent trailer !! Wife's getting older and not as in to roughing it anymore !! That's my story and i'm stickin' to it .

uptracker · 05-11-2008, 07:47 AM

Thanks so far guys. I actually didn't know there were quite a few brands out there.

Hog King · 05-12-2008, 05:54 AM

We bought a 15x18 BRAVO a couple of years ago. A great tent and made in Clark County. I looked at every tent shown at the Sportsmans Show for several years and decided that BRAVO was the best. Kwik Camp was a very close second.

huntercgr · 05-12-2008, 10:49 AM

Ditto what Hog King said. I just picked mine up a month ago.

namu mac · 05-12-2008, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by uptracker

Thanks so far guys. I actually didn't know there were quite a few brands out there.

What ever brand you buy, you'll need a stove. IMHO the Kwikkamp stove is the best one out there. We use 2 tents end to end one with a Cylinder and the other with a Kwikkamp. The KK last longer on less wood.

MarlinMark · 05-12-2008, 07:37 PM

My uncle in Montana has a Montana canvas tent and it is so heavy that it's a pain in the rump. Plus, you have to run lanterns during the day to see anything in it. I like my Beckel so much more. I would go with Beckel Canvas in Portland again in a heartbeat. Cylinder stoves and don't look back.

Mark

northriver1 · 05-12-2008, 07:44 PM

I have been happy with my tent from Canvas Cabins from Newberg I believe. Whatever tent you get make sure you get the INSIDE frame. You will be happy with that decesion. A few years back Gun Rod Bow had a great post on tents. It would be worth your while to find that post and read it.

RAGHORN! · 05-12-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MarlinMark

My uncle in Montana has a Montana canvas tent and it is so heavy that it's a pain in the rump. Plus, you have to run lanterns during the day to see anything in it. I like my Beckel so much more. I would go with Beckel Canvas in Portland again in a heartbeat. Cylinder stoves and don't look back.

Mark

That Montana was a pig to fold up and get back into it's bag and truck.... I don't know what wieght that canvas was, but I about ripped my self a new brown eye trying to lift that pig....

mtn300 · 05-12-2008, 08:44 PM

check out davis tent out of denver. I have one it has been a great tent. I built a cylinder stove for it and you stay plenty warm enough.

gottafish · 05-13-2008, 04:20 AM

Well, I love my Beckel 15x25 with my Kwik kamp inferno stove. Its a sweet set up Plus its local and thats also a plus.