Buck Sorry if I missread your post I thought you ment air materess not the self inflating kind.
Flannel is flanel it will collect moisture as all it really is is cotton. Leave it for a day or to in damp weather it obsorbs the dampness. As a removable liner the only advantage you have is you can take it out and hang it by the stove to get the dampness out. Trust me on this one 10 yrs of trapping out of wall tents in Ak a good portion of the winter I do know what I am talking about.

Otterman, what do you think about a fleece liner?

Fleece would be better buck. If you get a good quality bag there will be no need for it though, I have camped out in wall tents without heat numerous times up here down to 30 below with just my sleeping bag, no liner or anything. I was plenty warm.

Just remember to get a bag big enough for your boots also

I have no experince in sleeping with it I think it would depend on the fleece most is made to repel moisture so seems logical that it would work. It is what we line all our fur mittens with that we sell the big thing would be getting a good quality fleece not your typical cheap wally world stuff we have found the cheaper fleece from such places matts down in mittens and looses its warmth after a few years

get a blue tarp and throw over the roof, it will let the snow shake off a lot easyer than the canvas, also wont waterlog the canvas near as easy either. Take off to let canvas dry out on a sunny day about once a week.

Rich, you're alive !!!!

Sending you a pm.

Ive been looling at some tents and think i will go with a 14x16 canvas wall tent. It should have enough room for a bed, table, wood stove, place to hang pelts, and some extra room. Id think that would be the best option for me.

BuckNE:
I think i will get a gps. Youve got me thinking about once when i was deer hunting by myself. I shot the deer and wounded it but had to track it for about an hour or a little more. By the time i found it and gutted it, it was getting dark. I was in the middle of some thick bush and there was about 3 feet of snow in there. I lost direction of where i was. Had me scared there for a second. I took a good look in all directions and luckly could see a faint brake in the bush. It was the cutline that i was hunting on.

A gps is a good idea. Thanks.

One other suggestion to keep in mind if you have a decent bag no need to leave all your clothes on while you sleep strip down to your underwear and let your body heat escape into the bag it will keep you warm all night not to mention sleeping in your clothes gets quite uncomfortable or at leaste it would seem.
trapper 55 if you must buy one tent to do it all in and you are going to be alone make it as small as you can to keep from heating such a big space as suggested above 2 tents is better. When I was go alone fall beaver trapping I just have a tarp strung up outside by the fireplaace to cook and skin under. If I set my wall tent this winter and I very well may it is only
10x12 and plenty big enough. If you have good cold weather below freezing most the time you can keep your furs in gunny sacks stored outside. We always left ours on the roof of the cabin or in a tree 5 or 6 feet off the ground never had a problem but you want it where voles cant get it. This saves on the need to haul strechers to and from, not to mention trying to dry fur in a tent can be a real pain if the weather is rainy and you have to be gone all day checking traps.

One other thing if you do not have the tent yet and are going to buy one, then look into an Arctic Oven. I have spent some time in these and I do prefer them over a wall tent.

http://www.alaskatent.com/products/tents/arctic_oven.htm

I bought the A-10 "arctic oven" with the scout Cylinder Woodstove and love it, was only around -20 each time I spent a few nights in it but never did zip up my bag nor did my kids, you have to put wood in it every 2-3hrs but that's what the kids are for it really heats up fast and loved the waterheater on the side for melting snow. It's spendy but I love comfort the older I get

MY dream tent an arctic oven I wonder if I can get a grant for it

I have to agree with the part about trying to dry pelts in a tent. Can be difficult. Also sleeping in your undies will keep you warmer than wearing a bunch of clothes in your bag.

I hunted bears out of Wall Tents in ALberta in 2002. They levelled off their spot pretty well, and put down pallets they had picked up, and rolled out a carpet for the inside. It was just like sleeping in a cabin, outside of the noise. Lots of sounds coming from outside! First and only time I ever heard a wolf!

Top 2 pic's from early 80's. The bottom 2 from the late 80's. The top tent is still in use. The bottom is mine, and I have it in storage in Garage. I'm told it's a ,"Squad Tent". It was lots of fun, tenting like this, but also lots of work. Before and after, the trips. I agree with Yancy, get a trailer. More time spent hunting and trapping. But it was stated a trailer could be taken that far in.

Thank for all the info. Do you think that a redbone coon hound would be a good trapping dog. Ive been wanting a redbone for a long time and am gonna buy a dog soon, like within a month. What would you recommend?

Stanley's pix reminded me about routing stove pipe. When I first used a wall tent I poked to stove pipe through the roof. It works but you get spark holes in you tent that way sometimes.

Now I run it out the end on a 45 degree angle. You don't need to go far past the canvas and you can support the pipe with a couple of sticks tied together. Be sure to get some fire-proof fabric and make a safety. Cut a hole in the canvas and sew or safety-pin the safety into the hole.

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A hound of any kind usually does not make a good trap dog. They're always too busy hunting. Last thing you want is a dog that will take off on a coon trail while you're checking traps. I think working type dogs make better trapping partners.

Blue heeler.

How about a situation to avoid.

Yukon Territory.. far above timberline..... snowstorm in July.

View out the tent door waiting for the cloud cover to lift:




But worth the wait: