OldGuy
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I'm good for about 2-3 days, then its a creek bath, or the little solar heated jug in the poop tent. Works well,
staying clean in the backcountry
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Fink
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Showers on a back country hunt?! Man.. I'm doing it wrong.
I just trade out merino wool underwear and t-shirt every day, and change the same two pairs of socks about every 8 hours. I'll clean my face and hands off with some baby wipes every other day or so.
I just trade out merino wool underwear and t-shirt every day, and change the same two pairs of socks about every 8 hours. I'll clean my face and hands off with some baby wipes every other day or so.
Bonecollector
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FitToHunt
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Sent free wipes. Small and large size. Small for #2, and large for a "bath" about every other day. I can last a while with these. 7 days easy.
geargrinder
Member
Here in NV there are a great many of these natural hot springs. They actually are fairly common.
It was a 15 minute drive from my elk camp.
This is right smack in the center of my elk unit this year. It's also a great muley area.
danroecker
New Member
+1 for the solar shower every few days - gets you clean and really does refresh your spirits at the same time. Scent free wipes are used otherwise.
Againstthewind
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We were doing a cabin a ways in. We had a solar shower set up pretty nice with a tarp for privacy. It was really pretty nice for the whole couple of months we were there.
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aclawrence
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These wet ones have a very strong scent. I definitely would recommend them if your doing a hunting trip.
Slugz
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Base camp = a large wall tent with a cooking and sleeping. We built a shower. Portable unit ( blue cube) that is powered off a small DC charger. Curtain hangs from the ceiling off a PVC square frame and the water drains into a small horse feeder rubber maid deal. that drains via a small hose outside the tent. Mix half hot half cold water for a very nice shower. Our base camp is on the edge of NF and we spike out from there 2-3 days at a time. I miss it this time of the year!
After my trip last year, I'll never use baby wipes again. I felt nastier when I finished; like someone lese said, it seemed to just smear the dirt around and left me feeling sticky. I used some unscented antibacterial wipes that were good but a wash rag and water as hot as you can stand it off the stove left me feeling truly clean. When I would dip it back in you could see it was working lol. That was some nasty brown water! That 1st shower after I came off the mountain was worth every penny.
Honestly, I do not do much. Merino wool, switching out socks, airing out boots and washing my hands/face in some water usually does the trick. I spent 7 days in the hot humid Appalachian mountains in TN, some articles of clothing had to be thrown away!
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JimP
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I did that once in Utah in early October. We had been elk hunting for a week and it was just time to do something other than a spit bath. I grabbed a bar of soap stripped down and headed to the deepest part of the small stream a short distance away. I jumped in and got wet and then out, I then soaped down and back into the stream I went to rinse off. The whole process took less than a couple of minutes but I sure felt better, and I am sure that I smelt better.
Some of those streams can be surprisingly cold... Used a small stream in SE OR once in early Oct, it was warm during the day, cool at night. Boy was I ever surprised and had to immediatey adopt a different cleaning process, no submersion, just lots of splashing. Sure felt better after.
