Nessy…that is a total unique experience in life. I lived in a small cedar cabin a few feet away from a mountain lake for 15 years. The musical tones from that lake as it froze and thawed was amazing. I could even feel the vibrations from the shifts . There is nothing like it. You have to experience that to appreciate that

So true, anyone ice fishing in the north country will attest to that!,..Spent plenty a night in the fish house listening to the ice hollers.

When the cub leaves, you are camping!

I've spent more nights in the front seat of a Toyota pickup than any other way of camping. But I've spent my fair share on the ground, both with and without a tent. One night that will always stand out in my memory. I was bobcat hunting with the hounds up towards the Canadian border. Dogs went up the mountain and like an idiot I left the snowmobile without my snowshoes. The ground was so steep I had to pull myself up with brush and the snow was only a little over my knees under the trees there, so they were more hassle than not wearing them. By the time I got to the dogs treed, it was almost dark, and I had been hiking slash wallowing through shirtpocket deep snow for several hours, and had crossed the top of the mountain to find them treed on the other side. I quickly spotted the cat in the falling darkness and shot it with my pistol. It disappeared but didnt hit the ground. I couldn't spot it again but was pretty sure it was dead but hung up in the tree. In just a couple minutes it was completely dark. I wasn't leaving without the cat so I decided to build a fire and hump up for the night. Anybody have any idea how hard it is to find decent wood in shirt pocket deep snow in a hemlock patch, in the dark, when it is pouring the snow? I was soaked with sweat of course, so I did my best to keep a fire going and pull up a dog or two to help with staying warm. Pretty sure I stayed warmer from gathering wood than I did from my fire. That was a long night, and there was 14" of snow on my snowmobile when I got back to it the next day.
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I’ll be a sissy prefer to sleep in my house in bed lol

For Me, it's a 10x12 Canvas Wall Tent. Small Wood Stove for heat and cooking, and a good cot and Sleeping Bag. Heaven ! Bob

well, we have a camper [rv fifth wheel], and enjoy 100 plus days in it a year, but I also pitch a tent and camp while hunting and I also winter camp with a tarp and sleeping bag. Why is it people thing that if someone does something in a different way than they do its wrong?

It’s not just on here lol

My most memorable was with only one side of a 2man shelter half tent and the good ole USMC Arctic bag 50 Mile's north of the arctic circle in Norway in Feb during a deployment Teamwork 80 with AMTRAC's running all night. Will never forget that week. Think I'd of preferred the moose

Dad was my boy scout master. We camped quite a bit. Wasn't always pleasurable, but certainly memorable. As a kid, I learned camping could allow you to temporarily live next to a good fishing spot, a duck blind, a deer stand, etc. Effort required to transport/set up/take down/store gear was always viewed as something necessary to do properly, and never as work. "Work" has many definitions, but doesn't belong with camping, IMO.

Summer fish camping . . .



Good to have AC in the tent on those hot summer days.





Duck camp, a quick set up with a single pole lodge. Quick up, quick down.





Rendezvous camps . . .





Deer camps . . .













Best pic. Dogs are long gone, little girl has grown up, and Susan and I have grown older.

As a kid growing up in WV we camped using tarps and Sleeping bags. The highlight was finding a soft rock to sleep on.

Humid days and cold nights at Dix in 86.

Slept on the ground Friday and Saturday night. Did have a pillow though. No tent. Can’t see the stars. Woke up to this.

nice guys we all know how to get outside an enjoy the great outdoors.

Dad and my camp at the WI convention last weekend. We have used the same set up for turkey and deer hunting.

That's a nice looking set up Ksnow!

I have a small tent for a back pack trip or kayaking night on a snadbar, an inexpensive med sized tent that can ride around under the back seat for emergencies, and a bigger tent for fish camp or a base of operations in 3 seasons.