Tarp????

[ScottR]

How many of you use a tarp of any kind for backpack hunting? For an emergency shelter?

Personally I have used one a few times, in fact when I started backhunting on my own I used a cheap blue tarp from Wal-Mart. I have since used quite a few other makes and models.

 

[25contender]

I carry one but normally use it at camp as a lean to to cook under. I carry two space blankets most of the time they are light and work great in a pinch if I decide to stay away from camp for the night. I think most people underestimate the space blankets.

 

[ScottR]

I carry one but normally use it at camp as a lean to to cook under. I carry two space blankets most of the time they are light and work great in a pinch if I decide to stay away from camp for the night. I think most people underestimate the space blankets.

I have a Woobie for that purpose.

 

[micropterus79]

I sure carry one, even when just backpacking. Remember how Rambo made a dang suit our of an old tarp in the first movie (lol)? A small tarp can also make field dressing easier, especially if you're alone. It gives you something to drag the animal with, tilt it if needed, etc..etc... plus it helps keep all the ground debris from getting on the meat.

 

[d.kerri]

I carry the 1.1oz, 8' x 10' from here: http://www.shop.cookecustomsewing.com/category.sc?categoryId=12

Remarkably strong, lightweight and durable.

 

[buckbull]

I sure carry one, even when just backpacking. Remember how Rambo made a dang suit our of an old tarp in the first movie (lol)? A small tarp can also make field dressing easier, especially if you're alone. It gives you something to drag the animal with, tilt it if needed, etc..etc... plus it helps keep all the ground debris from getting on the meat.

LOL Gotta love rambo!

 

[laxwyo]

I really should start packing a space blanket

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

I carry one but normally use it at camp as a lean to to cook under. I carry two space blankets most of the time they are light and work great in a pinch if I decide to stay away from camp for the night. I think most people underestimate the space blankets.

I also carry a couple of them with me. There's been a few times when it made an unplanned overnight stay on a mountain a lot more comfortable.

 

[Joseph]

I carry a 8x10 siltarp while backpack hunting. Use it for an awning for cooking space in front of my tent, carry it in my pack while away from camp in case I need emergency shelter, and best of all it is big enough for a one man sauna for getting clean when there's lots of snow around.

 

[coastalarms]

I carry a Stasha with me, only had to use it once. I was stupid (just this one time) and ignored the weather reports. Got slammed by a front while hunting on the coast...ended up wrapping up in it and waited it out for a couple hours.

At a base camp, extra tarps are just as important for keeping the rain off as keeping the sun off.

 

[tim]

kifaru super tarp in the selway

skid trail set up, bike hunting.
tarp and bivy sack and you are good to go.

 

[tim]

river wing

tarps attatched to the wing. These are taken from our desolation canyon trip a couple of weeks ago. Got to love snowrafting.

 

[Againstthewind]

You have some cool outings tim. Is snowrafting riding the snow in a raft? I wasn't sure.

 

[tim]

against

just snowing while we are on a raft trip. We put in on Monday, heavy winds on Tuesday, snow Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. turned to rain Friday and stopped Saturday morning. thunder, lighting and more rain Saturday night, Took off on sunday. 84 mile float. class 2 to 3 water, class 4-5 weather. No tent, just bivies and the wing and some shot blue tarps.

 

[Againstthewind]

oh gotcha. Thanks. I thought I heard about a float trip coming up that you were doing. That is pretty darn fast it seems like 84 miles in a week. I like that class 4 - 5 weather, well I wouldn't like to be in it, especially on a river.

 

[tttoadman]

How many of you use a tarp of any kind for backpack hunting? For an emergency shelter?

Personally I have used one a few times, in fact when I started backhunting on my own I used a cheap blue tarp from Wal-Mart. I have since used quite a few other makes and models.

I have adopted a Six Moons Gatewood Cape and a Raven Omni bivy. I got this as a spike out setup, and I am slowly making the transition to floorless. I will always have my copper spur if I wimp out on the tarp.

 

[laxwyo]

1.1 oz Ccs tarp is over $100 . That's pretty steep.

 

[go_deep]

I bought one from menards and it had a mail in rebate and then it was free

 

[tim]

buddies sheep hunt in 2008, buy a good one, once.
labor day weekend

 

[Firefighter44]

its a great thing to have in a pinch.