Cowboy Camping In The Wilderness
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I was never interested in Cowboy Camping, too many bugs, spiders, snakes, etc. In order to get a view of the stars at night I bought a Mountain Hardware tent with a large clear window in the top of the fly, and we had a clear view on top of our favorite spot on top of a Plateau thru from the front of our tent too. Awesome, safe, dry, and no bugs. You only get in what bugs you let in.
As I've gotten older, I prefer to Car Camp. Set up a base tent, and do day hikes around the state forest or wild area all day, go back to the base camp at the end of the day, get cleaned up, eat, and veg.
Date: 2020-08-18
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ColonialDoctor
Howdy, Dixie! A few years ago, we did a Living History horseback trip, in which all our gear was based on 18th century items. It was a Hunt, or Starve Scout, in which we covered 130 miles in the mountains of South Eastern Idaho, using only map and compass to guide us. We were allowed only 6 ounces of jerked meat, and 1 1/2 cups of parched corn, each, and everything else we ate had to be gathered, hunted, or otherwise found in Nature. We slept in our clothing, wrapped in our saddle blankets, with a small bit of painted canvas to shield us from rain and cold. It was an exceedingly hard, and yet amazing trip! I can send you some photos, if you would like to see a glimpse of what we did. THAT trip, was cowboy camping, at it's extreme! Thanks for the great video on this topic, and God Bless! - Doc Mark
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Howdy, Dixie! A few years ago, we did a Living History horseback trip, in which all our gear was based on 18th century items. It was a Hunt, or Starve Scout, in which we covered 130 miles in the mountains of South Eastern Idaho, using only map and compass to guide us. We were allowed only 6 ounces of jerked meat, and 1 1/2 cups of parched corn, each, and everything else we ate had to be gathered, hunted, or otherwise found in Nature. We slept in our clothing, wrapped in our saddle blankets, with a small bit of painted canvas to shield us from rain and cold. It was an exceedingly hard, and yet amazing trip! I can send you some photos, if you would like to see a glimpse of what we did. THAT trip, was cowboy camping, at it's extreme! Thanks for the great video on this topic, and God Bless! - Doc Mark
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Shane
There is a rifle company in one of the Australian Army infantry battalions that is known as Cobra Company, instead of Charlie Company. It hearkens back to a time when the company bivouacked in a palm plantation while in Malaysia, with a nest of Cobra's living in a pile of palm frond deadfall in the middle of the company position. Being in the tropics, the only thing that saved them was that they had their mosquito nets erected underneath their hootchies (tarps) with the edges tucked under their sleeping bags. Still, quite disconcerting to wake in the middle of the night with a cobra striking at your face and the only thing between you and it was a fragile piece of mosquito netting.
Good times.
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There is a rifle company in one of the Australian Army infantry battalions that is known as Cobra Company, instead of Charlie Company. It hearkens back to a time when the company bivouacked in a palm plantation while in Malaysia, with a nest of Cobra's living in a pile of palm frond deadfall in the middle of the company position. Being in the tropics, the only thing that saved them was that they had their mosquito nets erected underneath their hootchies (tarps) with the edges tucked under their sleeping bags. Still, quite disconcerting to wake in the middle of the night with a cobra striking at your face and the only thing between you and it was a fragile piece of mosquito netting.
Good times.
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Matt
Borah bivy makes a good sack for cowboy camping. If the weather & bugs are at bay, you can sleep with the head net section off (and I often do. If the weather & bugs start attacking, pitch the tarp and/or zip up the head net section & go back to sleep. The water resistant cover helps keep the bag dry when the dew hits. I'd caution the practice in tick areas, though. I've always been fine in the Sierra high country. The only time I've ever gotten a tick bite while cowboy camping (didn't zip up the bivy) was on the CA coast. I now use a fully-enclosed tent setup out there.
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Borah bivy makes a good sack for cowboy camping. If the weather & bugs are at bay, you can sleep with the head net section off (and I often do. If the weather & bugs start attacking, pitch the tarp and/or zip up the head net section & go back to sleep. The water resistant cover helps keep the bag dry when the dew hits. I'd caution the practice in tick areas, though. I've always been fine in the Sierra high country. The only time I've ever gotten a tick bite while cowboy camping (didn't zip up the bivy) was on the CA coast. I now use a fully-enclosed tent setup out there.
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Jeff
REALLY! NO ONE! Not even Dirty Harry is John Wayne cooooool! I've been cowboy camping many many years never a snake, or bug problems, but once being lazy section hiking the AT North of Grafton Notch, I and was sleeping about 3' from the trail, the earth started to shake, I rolled farther off into the woods rather than have a BIG MAINE MOOSE walk over me, he was taking his nightly walk down to the little pond, and I was in his way. My view from under the bushes was just legs. Being a cowboy camper I did not have to move anything, I already had.
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REALLY! NO ONE! Not even Dirty Harry is John Wayne cooooool! I've been cowboy camping many many years never a snake, or bug problems, but once being lazy section hiking the AT North of Grafton Notch, I and was sleeping about 3' from the trail, the earth started to shake, I rolled farther off into the woods rather than have a BIG MAINE MOOSE walk over me, he was taking his nightly walk down to the little pond, and I was in his way. My view from under the bushes was just legs. Being a cowboy camper I did not have to move anything, I already had.
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Dustin
My dad grew up on Black mountain (KY) a and when they went hunting they never slept in anything. Just the ground. And he said one time they woke up in the morning seeing lines in the loose dirt. And they were confused, so they looked around them and saw a snake. Just a black snake, but he said he never just slept on just the ground again. Lol
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My dad grew up on Black mountain (KY) a and when they went hunting they never slept in anything. Just the ground. And he said one time they woke up in the morning seeing lines in the loose dirt. And they were confused, so they looked around them and saw a snake. Just a black snake, but he said he never just slept on just the ground again. Lol
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cody
if you've been in the military, all you do is cowboy camping. you, a iso mat, sleeping system with a bivy is all you need. and if your afraid of bugs, cowboy up buttercup. 95% of the time, i cowboy camp. i have cowboy camped in the jungles of Okinawa during rainy season, slept in the deserts around the world, in the snow of south Korea.
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if you've been in the military, all you do is cowboy camping. you, a iso mat, sleeping system with a bivy is all you need. and if your afraid of bugs, cowboy up buttercup. 95% of the time, i cowboy camp. i have cowboy camped in the jungles of Okinawa during rainy season, slept in the deserts around the world, in the snow of south Korea.
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Ryan
the snake thing while generally true, if you lay near a snakes hole or near rocks with gaps in them, a snake may come and join you if it desires more heat than what it has where it currently is, this is why you should make sure there is no holes nearby your camp spot even for normal camping with a vestibule tent for example.
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the snake thing while generally true, if you lay near a snakes hole or near rocks with gaps in them, a snake may come and join you if it desires more heat than what it has where it currently is, this is why you should make sure there is no holes nearby your camp spot even for normal camping with a vestibule tent for example.
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Whats
I used to cowboy camp (not while hiking) mostly for 3 reasons 1) time, 2) dew, and 3) less work. The way I did it was I removed my air mattress and tent canopy, using the pack as a pillow. The tent canopy was for bugs. The next morning you rolled those 2 items up and you were done,
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I used to cowboy camp (not while hiking) mostly for 3 reasons 1) time, 2) dew, and 3) less work. The way I did it was I removed my air mattress and tent canopy, using the pack as a pillow. The tent canopy was for bugs. The next morning you rolled those 2 items up and you were done,
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Joshua
I do have a friend that woke up with a snake in his sleeping bag with him, and another time a few scorpions took refuge under his sleeping pad. That said, I really like cowboy camping while section hiking. Everything is simplified, and its super easy to leave in the morning!
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I do have a friend that woke up with a snake in his sleeping bag with him, and another time a few scorpions took refuge under his sleeping pad. That said, I really like cowboy camping while section hiking. Everything is simplified, and its super easy to leave in the morning!
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