I searched for the old thread of trad hunting cabins/camps and can't seem to find it. I'm sure that I'm just not typing the right search words in. If anybody knows where it's at, would you mind letting me know. Thanks.
Chances are if the thread is found, most of the pictures are gone. I enjoyed that thread immensely. maybe if its not found a new one should be started?
Yup, Photobucket put the screws to that one I'm sure.
Yeah, forgot about that. I really enjoyed that thread. All the awesome pics let me daydream and scheme about building something on our farm.
I built one a long time ago. It was simple but comfortable. One room about 12x20. Had hooks by the door to hang packs and coat. A wood stove in the middle with the chimney out the top. Shelves on one short side for gear and bunks lining the other two walls. I had a couple of lawn chairs and a table to eat at and relax. I miss that place.
QuoteOriginally posted by Dorado:
I built one a long time ago. It was simple but comfortable. One room about 12x20. Had hooks by the door to hang packs and coat. A wood stove in the middle with the chimney out the top. Shelves on one short side for gear and bunks lining the other two walls. I had a couple of lawn chairs and a table to eat at and relax. I miss that place.
Sounds like the kind of place that I want to build. A simple one room cabin, with either a fireplace or a wood stove. Nothing fancy. I don't need electric or running water. One of my dad's best friends had a small cabin like what you described and we all went there for gun season. Playing cards, eating good, having some drinks, and just enjoying good company. I sure miss those days.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=099496#000000
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Man I love that thread.....
Someday hope to do the same....
Tim B
QuoteOriginally posted by Sockrsblur:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=099496#000000
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That's the one! Thanks!
Here is my cabin that my Dad and I built one summer 22 years ago. One of the best things I have ever done. No power or water. Wood burning stove, propane cook stove and a couple lanterns. A corner table with storage under the bench, a cooking table with storage underneath and a small pantry/cabinet. Well insulated. 20' x 12' with a 12' x 12' loft for sleeping and a 20' x 8' covered porch. It helps that it is in the middle of Colorado elk country. Don't wait for someday, I have been enjoying this for almost half my life now.
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Awesome cabin, Mark..
QuoteOriginally posted by JakeD:
QuoteOriginally posted by Dorado:
I built one a long time ago. It was simple but comfortable. One room about 12x20. Had hooks by the door to hang packs and coat. A wood stove in the middle with the chimney out the top. Shelves on one short side for gear and bunks lining the other two walls. I had a couple of lawn chairs and a table to eat at and relax. I miss that place.
Sounds like the kind of place that I want to build. A simple one room cabin, with either a fireplace or a wood stove. Nothing fancy. I don't need electric or running water. One of my dad's best friends had a small cabin like what you described and we all went there for gun season. Playing cards, eating good, having some drinks, and just enjoying good company. I sure miss those days. [/b]
Yeah it was great. It could sleep four comfortably and more if they didn't mind sleeping on the floor. No electricity or running water. I came out one summer and built an outhouse. I even insulated it and had one of those clay pot and candle heater things in it for the winter.
We normally used a Coleman lantern for light or a kerosene lamp that hung on the wall. The lantern was a liquid fuel lantern. I could light it easily. However one of my hunting buddies couldn't, he nearly burnt the place to the ground.
I got my first deer at that lease and somewhere I have a picture of me and my deer at that cabin. That was always the staging ground for our hunts be it deer, dove, or quail.
I used to keep a lock on the door but it kept getting cut off and the place torn up. I fixed it back up one time but didn't have a lock. Came back the next weekend to find panties and a few beer cans but it was otherwise unhurt. I stopped locking it and no more damage was done. Heck they even started to leave canned food. I just left it at that. I did leave a note once that I set up a game camera and that I was enjoying the pictures it took very much. I think it stopped after that.
Love that cabin, Mark. Mine is a work in progress but it's finally been weather-proof for a while now. Took a few pics of the inside while relaxing after a hunt recently:
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Heading back there tomorrow afternoon, I'll try to get a few pics of the outside in the light. And maybe some lighter inside pics...
Some pics of the property:
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Nice!!
Damon, what more could a guy need? Awesome little camp & cabin!
Thanks I love it there and it's only about 35 miles from home.
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Here's ours. My grandpa had the middle of it built but it only slept 4, had no kitchen of any sort, and it lacked a place to release digested food or shower off blood. My Dad, brother and I added onto both sides of it so it can sleep 8 now, has a full kitchen and a full bathroom. It was a lot of work but very rewarding
There is a book called 'Cabin Porn' that's a collection of pics of off the grid getaways and their stories from tree houses to yurts to underground. It's a must-read for anyone dreaming of their own, even if you know it will only ever exist in your mind! I've got a hardback copy. Google it and if someone's interested PM me. I'll be gone hunting until Sunday, but I'll reply then. I'm sure we can work out some kind of swap.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=113171;p=10#000142
Woodchucker's Catskill mountain Retreat!
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Thanks, Brother!!!!! Some day... I owe you a trip up there!!!
Bringing this back up in the hope that maybe some guys will re-post some pics since photobucket screwed everything up.
The cabin thread and the trophy room thread were always a couple of my favorites
Tim B
To keep this thread going here is mine in NE VT. The dream became reality 16yrs ago with purchase of 10 acres and after 6yrs of weekends became an almost finished camp - the past 10yrs has been more enjoying than working on it.
The cabin is 16x32 and with the wife's influence became more of a little house in the woods rather than a primitive hunting camp as initially planned. It is well insulated and heated solely by wood and a gutted gas grill allows outside cooking over hardwood in addition to a propane camper cooktop inside.
There is electric service and inside plumbing with a shower but the shallow well only supplies water April thru Oct and we haul it in throughout the winter so there is still a primitiveness to the experience - especially during hunting season.
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We have found more than 25 apple trees on the property....
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....and a bit of bear activity.
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Here is a view of the property from across the neighbor's fields. The cabin is located at the end of the rainbow.
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May you someday find your dream at the end of a rainbow.
Chuck never knew you had a camp , it just screams deer camp ! Very nice
Thanks, Bob!!!!! Actually, the cabin is a joint venture, between my brother in-law, his 2 brothers, and I. The 3 brothers bought the mountain from their grandfather, back in the 80's. We all hunted there as kids, and I killed my 1st buck there in 1978. Tyler killed his 1st buck there in 2015, about 100yds from where I killed mine. It is truely a special place!!!
Makes me want my 40 acres back, we just had too many poachers living on the outskirts of our 40 ac. It wasn't too safe, too many gun hunters trespassing, not enough game wardens.
What was nice about the 40 was it was all old growth, it had never been clear cut.
Maybe someday again.
DS
Any more cabins and camps out there? Being relatively new here I don't recognize a lot of the posters in the thread from 5-6 yrs ago but there must be others to keep this going.
Anyway, a good read on cabin building and life I can recommend is:
Cabin - Two Brothers, a Dream, and Five Acres in Maine by Lou Ureneck
I got it at B&N a while ago and it's available online used for about four bucks.
My wife and I are currently in the process of buying a 3 bedroom cabin in the north ga mtns. It's basically centralized in my typical bear hunting areas. Its on 2.5 acres that butts up to the national forest. Not many deer but great bear and pig hunting with some turkeys thrown in. Great trout fishing too for both stockers and wild. Its all log exterior with a big wraparound porch set up high and beautiful interior. It's a bit nice for a hunting camp but I needed a place the wife and daughter would go too.
My family camp in PA is about 100 years old. Its a more typical camp with no power or water and gas lights
I put a one room cabin on my property down by Steelville, MO three years ago. It is 12x24 with 4 feet of that front porch. Off the grid. I have a small solar package for lights and such and a radiant propane heater for heat. 250 gallon propane tank and I use about 100 gallons a year.if you can drive to it the propane man can get to it. The place is 6/10 of a mile down a logging road off the gravel.
I thought hard about a wood stove but am glad I went with the propane heat. Pack in coolers and water and use a solar shower when warm enough. Outhouse, fire ring and pavilion for wood storage.
My advice is to do as soon as you can. The wife loves it and several friends enjoy it also.
Had pics on photo bucket but haven't got into the new one . Would send pics to someone if they want to post them for me.
I've been playing with this Imgur. Let's see....
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Outhouse
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And a few inside shots...
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The solar package is really neat. Plug to an outlet on the outside and it goes right to the breaker box which powers al the outlets inside
Shrew Haven deer camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Bringing a deer into camp up Armstrong creek
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The Shrew Crew
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Some of the guys by the main cabin which was built in 1936
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John, that is a great cabin and setup. That gets you out in a quiet secluded area. Wonderful!
Inside the cabin on company night
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Ron, I always love the posts about shrewhaven. It really seems like a great place full of wonderful memories. If you wouldn't mind, could you give a little bit of history about it? I don't think I've ever seen anything about how long it's been around, how it originated, etc.
John- what solar package did ya get?
Tim B
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Tim, It'a a Harbor Freight package. 3 15 watt panels hooked to a 750 watt solar charger. That goes to two marine batteries that are cabled as one. Then an inverter/converter is hooked to the batteries to turn DC into AC. The cabin was wired so I can plug into an outside outlet and power the breaker box. A heavy duty outside cord from the inverter to the outside outlet. Cord has male plugs on each end. Got to be careful. I plug into the cabin first then to the inverter and reverse order to undo. Other end is hot after plugging into inverter.
The power goes to the box as 2 legs of 6o instead of 120. Confused even a life long electrician friend. If you enlarge the pic you can see a small dog house (with removeable roof) where I keep it all. It is doing the job but will probably upgrade when it is time.
Too much information :)
No not too much! That's great - thanks for taking the time to post that!! So if your going to upgrade - your probably not getting the juice ya need?
Thanks again
Tim B
Always very much enjoy the Shrew Haven pics!!
I like that solar set-up, might have to rig something similar. I have power at camp but would like to be as off-grid as possible just in case. Wonderful places guys, loving this thread.
:campfire: We need a little cabin "emoji-ma-callit" on here.
Really all the power I need. Could add another battery for more storage. An upgrade would let me run a dorm size fridge but would probably never use it. Also would have to keep everything plugged in. I store the cord and inverter inside when I leave.
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Nice place Chuck!! Love all the pics everyone!! I really loved the last thread and this one!! I should have my place here within 2-5 years, currently laying the groundwork-want to live, work and hunt all in the same area. Looking in the same area you and your wife are, Sean, maybe we'll be neighbors!! Hahahaha! Gonna harvest my own meat and grow my own fruits and veggies-that's my dream and I know I am going to achieve it. Gonna pass that love down to my 3 sons as well!! Keep the pics coming everyone!! It's great motivation!!
If you ever get up to NY Liz...
Give me a holler!!!!!
There's a whole mountain to roam!!!
This past week I was at the VT camp with exterior views on page 2 for the late archery season and took some inside pictures.
The main room is 14' x 15' and the kitchen area is off of it.
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Here are four views of the main room. There is a 9.5'x 9' "master bedroom" and a 9.5'x 6' bunk room behind the pine doors.
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...and front and back views.
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The other view is of the closet with a curtain instead of a door as daily reminder of what we are looking for and the bathroom door.
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There is a loft above the bedrooms. The frying pan with bullet holes is a memento from the previous owners - there was an old geodesic dome on the property.
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and the plan for the day posted between the bedroom doors.
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Very cool! Love it!
Posted these on the older thread, but I'll add a couple here, too, since Rob D schooled me on imgur:
Gotta fly Old Glory (time to replace her):
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Can't wait til this weekend, gonna work on the interior and do some hunting in the snow.
Nice camp Damon. Where you located?
Thanks Damon.
Hope you have fun working on your interior. These camps can be a long term adventure!
Once we got the shell in place Labor Day weekend 2001 it was 6 yrs of weekend sweat equity to get to where it is today. I had never done any of this type of work before and without the help of a now ex-brother-in-law's experience would probably have not gotten the shell in place.
Pay-as-you-go was the only way I could do it. I got books for everything and learned enough to do the electric, plumbing, insulation, sheetrock and finish work - which you can see is still not yet completed. Made the custom doors and frames and still marvel at it all whenever I'm there.
I have forgotten most of what I learned on this project and still joke to my wife if I knew what I was doing and didn't have to redo so much I would have been done in half the time!
Glad I did it when I did as I couldn't afford to do it now. So if you get an opportunity don't let it pass.
Jon, roughly between Rothbury and Hesperia in Otto township, so not too far not to get up there often.
Joseph, "long term adventure" is one way to put it, lol! Always something else to work on. Fun stuff for the most part, though. I've been building stuff for most of my life and I'm still learning from mistakes. My late brother helped build the walls, a good hunting buddy from Colorado/Ohio helped on the rafters over a long weekend and a life-long friend shingled the roof and comes up often just to split wood and hunt/drink beers around the fire. Already a million memories of family and friends having fun there. Agreed on doing it when you can, I wouldn't trade my time there for anything.
You guys have some awesome places.