Bivy camp...

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

What's your bivy set-up , I will be going to Colorado for the entire elk season and will bivy most of it. I have one small 5x7 tarp and one 10x10 tarp both good sil tarps , I have a military gortex bivy bag and a cheap hoop bivy but it is a POS.
Thinking about a better lighter bivy bag but is it worth the $$ over the military one..

,,Sam,,

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Here is a few of my bivy sets from last year , so I'm not new to it just looking for new ideas...










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[bigbadjon]

I'd just omit the bivy and use a the bigger tarp.

[Kevin Hansen]

Might want to try a hammock some year. Like everything they have their advantages and disadvantages.

[Basinboy]

I have the same Tent Sam. Eureka Solitaire under my Tarp.
Keep my gear on the edges under the tarp to keep dry. Sometimes I don't bring the tent, I just sleep under the tarp.
A couple more weeks and I headed west!

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

I bought a Kifaru slick bag for this year , I always worry about moisture on my old down bag.. Always have moisture ( damp ) sleeping bag when I wake up under a tarp or in a bivy bag. Not so bad I the military bivy...

,,Sam,,

[slatty]

Looks like you've got the bivy thing figured out. Unfortunately I think there's only so much you can do to dress it up. I really like my OR helium bivy but it is small.

[Chuck Jones]

I used a tarp for shelter in Colorado several times. I got wet and cold too many times. One trip, I was covered in snow that had blown in around the tarp. Could barely hunt after that.

I went to a center pole type tent. Replaced the steel pegs with aluminum, and made a guide from a piece of cord, for the poles lengths, to be cut at camp. Total weight was really not much more than the bivy camp, and was much dryer and more comfortable. Room for all my gear too. A lifesaver when you get a week of bad weather.

[wapiti792]

Sam why would you not go with something like a hammock set up? The one I have is a mosquito hammock. I use an underside blanket and it probably weighs 7 pounds total. I know it gets cold off the ground in the mountains but I have had some good sleeps in mine.

Otherwise a tarp and good bivy sack has been my go to. I got the bivy sack from Cabelas and used a simple 9 ft Kelty Noah tarp. Anyway good luck amigo.

[Machino]

I always thought my Military goretex bag was unbeatable.  Keeps the sleeping bag warm and I stuff it all (blow up pad, sleeping bag, mil bivy) in a compression sack.  Bivy bag keeps me on top of my sleeping pad, too.  Weighs little and takes up minimal room.  The tarp overtop it definitely good, but i usually omit that and find natural cover. 

[cacciatore]

I use a 2 person Kuiu Morning Star, not much heavier than a tarp and bivy. Good tent and sleeping bag make your hunt. I think the difference is in how much you are ready for your hunt more than a pound less in your backpack

[caleb7mm]

I have a mil bivy as well. I use a larger tarp to keep gear dry. If I'm gonna be in a heavily wooded area I have switched to a hammock. It's nice waking up dry on day 5

[ozy clint]

i have a kifaru super tarp and i made my own bivy after being disappointed with designs of others. it has a waterproof floor, head and foot box and breathable top with bug mesh panel. it has a center zip with 3 sliders like the kifaru center zip sleeping bags.
if it's fine weather i just use the bag alone. it packs down to the size of a coke can.

[Homebru]

Might want to try a hammock some year. Like everything they have their advantages and disadvantages.

What Kevin said.  If I can find trees, my hammock is worth it's weight in gold.....and then some.
homebru

[Flem]

I'm a big fan of tarp shelters!  I've tried and made quite a few. I sewed up this Trailstar copy summer before last and it's my favorite so far. Really versatile, can be setup in many configurations, bomber in nasty weather and eliminates the need for a bivy sack. Only downside is it's big footprint. Not good in thick timber.
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[GCook]

Please excuse my ignorance here.  But when you say bivy do you mean you have a base camp you hunt out of but use the bivy if you go long for the day or is that your camp and you hike in X miles and hike out of that camp, moving as needed to find animals to hunt?

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[SAM E. STEPHENS]

 Never sleep in the same spot always moving unless I find some elk to hunt in one spot. Will hunt for 5-10 day hunts before going back to the truck for food and clean up. Longest for me was 13 days out of the pack before getting back to the truck to reorganize....

,,Sam,,

[GCook]

Wow that's roughing it for sure.  Where can one park a vehicle that long and have it secure?

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[Biathlonman]

I run several of the smaller TarpTent tent options and find them better for me then the tarp and bivy option.  When it gets real cold I'll move up to a Kifaru Sawtooth and titanium stove.