Your camp is the "Hilton" for outdoorsmen. I used to think I was over the top at camping, not anymore. You, sir, are the king of camps! I just love your style, new subscriber here.
I also like to put a fly over any tent. A heavy duty tarp is what I usually use, on its own poles about six inches higher than the top of the tent. I don't camp in winter, and don't have a fire in my tent. I like the fly because it offers an air space for circulation between the tent and fly, effectively you are setting your tent up in the shade. And I like shade, even if I have to bring mine with me. I"ve used screw in anchors that they sell at pet stores to anchor it, but I like your tent pegs better. I've had several cabin tents, but never a great one, always something I got at WalMart. Still, with a good fly, sometimes as much as three times the size of the tent, keeping rain and sun off the tent helped keep us comfortable. Now-a-days, our camping is done in a travel trailer, which the wife and I can set up in thirty minutes, and hook up ready to go in twenty. We seldom stop over two nights anywhere and the purpose of our travels is to see people and places. But I'm kind of putting together some things in case we need to go to the woods, and your video gave me some ideas. Thanks.
We've stayed weeks in Colorado to places only a mule could take us... in bad tents, blizzard conditions the whole nine yards. I'm like you I have paid my dues you have to I'm sure. My camp sites have evolved though the years also. LOVE YOUR STYLE !! Say strong my friend.
Larry, It's alway a fun challenge to develop and hone our camps! It's no fun when weather conditions turn brutal and you cannot be warm and comfortable. I know we have both been there. It can be more than comfort. It can be a matter of survival. Thank you for your kind comments and thanks for watching!
glad to see the video content out at the hunting camp. please throw a bunch of content together on this camp set up, and all the ideas involved. I remember watching your quick set up video a long time ago...thinking how many great ideas you had put into your camp system!! Look forward to seeing all the details in upcoming vids, along with hopefully a season of cooks out there at the deer camp.
Great Camp!.........Bill, I plan to copy your chuck box this Spring and thank you for the ideas of hot water system for the shower as well. Although I haven’t got my perfect Wall Tent just yet, I did put 2 US Army GP Smalls (Old canvas type) together with a customized rainfly and awning. Thank you for your Videos........
I was a kid my parents took me and my sister to live in a wall tent & kitchen add on for a week each month in summer, in 1972 we updated to a tent camper because we were in it around the time the big flood happen my dad was called back to work, before it flooded a few days before big flood happen! he was a state policeman a big company strike police was called in due to damage people did! nice tent!
I've got a 16x20 I bought from salem tent and awning along with the same woodstove. I live 7 miles from them so it's easy for me to stop in there when I need something.
Hi Rob, That's a BIG tent. The first one I ever had made was 16X20 with 5' walls and 10' 6" at the ridge. I drew the plans and had it built by a tent manufacturer close to where I live in Virginia. They built tents for the military both here and abroad. The canvas alone weighed close to 200 pounds! I built the frame out of 1 1/2 inch alluminized steel muffler pipe. That tent was a Beast! I sold it after a couple of seasons hunting out west and had a smaller version, 13' X 16' custom made by the same manufacturer. After several seasons I just wanted something lighter & easier to handle. That is when I found Salem. As I am typing this reply to you, I am sitting in the same tent from this video by the stove in my mountain camp. It's been pouring down rain all morning and forecast to continue well into the night. I finally had to retire the stove like ours last year because it had just rusted through too bad to be safe anymore. I ordered a Four Dog Stove from this company in Minnesota.If you ever get to the point you need to replace your stove? You may want to consider Four Dog. I am including a link to a video I did last year featuring my new stove. I did add a rain fly to this tent last year. They are well worth the investment. 26 years now with this tent! I use this one more these days than my 10'X12'x5' tent. I would love to see pictures of your set up! Thanks for stopping by! here is the link. th-cam.com/video/AiZ81anoe4A/w-d-xo.html Stove feature starts about 18:25
5/24/21 thought you’d like to know. I spoke with Rory today and discussed their tents. Told him you were the reason I’ll be buying from Salem! Thank you for the great advice in this video
Wow I really like your set up ! I trust your opinion. Thank You for all the trial, errors and successes that will make it a bit easier for us when we go out there .
i’ve been binging your videos and idk why i find your videos so interesting, i’m a homebody city boy but watching your vids i all of a sudden i just feel like toughing it out in nature and grilling pork
Hi John, thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Also thank you for offering the correct pronunciation! Please visit again sometime. Have a great day!!
I have had a really great season michael! 'Spent nearly two months at my camp. Didn't shoot a thing! Just nothing I wanted to. But loved every second of it! Well except for maybe that one night when it blew 30 to 40 all night long with gusts up to 60! Thank you and thanks for watching!
Bill Dixon my daughter got her first buck on thanksgiving morning I couldn’t be a prouder dad even tho I never pulled the trigger the first time this season. The time spent with her has been the best. I’m holding off for late black powder my favorite time to hunt
Thanks Dave! Great to hear from you! I am doing well. Crazy busy. Just got in from a catering gig where I swear, I got as many raves on the collards and the smoked Canada Goose as I did on the Prime Rib. It's all good. I have 3 or 4 new videos all shot but finding it a challenge to get the time to edit them. Getting pretty close to winding one up that I really like. Gonna give you a call to see how your Northern Neck project turned out. If you get a chance, check out my video "The Chuck Box!" Talk to you soon & Thanks for watching!
Thank you Rick. I didn't shoot. I had opportunity at some small bucks but I am still quite well stocked on venison so I just let them walk. How about you?
Mr. Dixon. Unless I missed it, where did you get the little wood rack for inside the tent to stack your wood for the stove? If it's the piece I think it is in "Good Camp", I like how small it gets for transportation.
Hi Lee. I got that rack over 30 years ago at a True Value hardware store. it comes apart and will actually store away in my wood stove. Here is a link to a very similar one. Thanks for watching! www.woodlanddirect.com/indoor-firewood-rack-with-black-canvas-carrier/136673.html
Thank you Ham & Eggs! For some reason TH-cam often holds your comments for me to review as "Likely Spam". I have tried to explain to them that "Ham" is not "Spam"! Thanks again for watching my friend!
Mr. Dixon, did you ever use the Camp Chef out west in higher elevations while elk hunting, say 9000ft? I'm looking into upgrading my stove and have seen some reviews saying that the camp chef oven doesn't do well up high in the mountains. Keep up the camp videos good sir.
Hi Lee. When I was hunting in those high elevations out in the Rockies I had an apartment size propane range. I never experienced any issues. Sorry I'm not much help to you on this one. Happy Hunting! Thanks for watching!
Larry I really cannot remember as I had it made back in the middle 1990s. It was the heavier of the two fabrics they offered at the time. It's a treated canvas with a vinyl sod cloth Thanks for watching!
Excellent Camp! I haven’t used my canvas tent in a couple years. Out of curiosity what is the shortest duration that you’ll consider setting your camp up for? I seem to think it’s too much for a 3 or 4 day camp... what’s your thoughts?
Thanks Mike! 3-4 days is a pretty short stay for sure. A full week with some other scaled back equipment I have is something we have done numerous times over the years hunting out west. Thanks for watching!
I like everything about your channel, except... the hunting. Why do you have to kill those beautiful animals? Life is so hard for them as it is with habitat loss, forest fires, parasites, heat, cold, other predators, shortage of food, disease, illness, and then here you come with a bullet to the head. Big game hunting. Another name for mass murder. Imagine yourself living in the wild, adapted beautifully to your environment, enjoying your life in your prime, then BAM! Someone kills you for sport. So horrible. Humans are the worst predators and species of all. With regard to the tent staking, you are quite right. I camped years ago with my kids at Jalama Beach, CA. The winds picked up that evening to gale speeds of 50-60 mph. The tent just flattened out. We had to sleep in the van, all 4 of us plus large dog. It is amazing your tent holds up to such high winds. Quite an experience to weather high winds. Love your setup, looks very homey. The Camp Chef Blind Ranger II double propane stove has 17,000 BTU per burner whereas most similar stoves have 5000 BTU if that. However, the Camp Chef Stove Oven combo (your model) burners are set to 7,500 BTU which is very low by comparison to the Blind Ranger. It has always irked me that the oven combo is so low. Wonder why? If you want a strong stove, get the Blind Ranger model without the oven. Less bulky too. The suitcase Butane stoves are very high BTU as well, and very compact. As nice as this combo stove looks, you don't really need an oven. Who makes a whole turkey in camp? Any stove top foldable oven would work as well. I looked at other Chuck boxes after seeing both of yours. Nothing on this planet compares to your build. It is hands down the best Chuck box I have seen. So versatile and compact, really a work of art. You should seriously consider making it commercially for sale. Thanks for the tour! Democrat from California (against hunting).
MJ, I am happy you are enjoying most of my channel content. Thank you for your very kind words! Tali girl and I really do appreciate it! Thank you as well for your suggestions and recommendations.I will have to look into the Camp Chef model you suggested. Happy Camping In California!
Hi William, Actually you are right. There are a lot of river jacks that will explode in a fire pit or in a stove. I cover this in a video I made this past Fall "Tali Girl Goes To The Mountains". However this gravel and sand from the creek bank is not quite the same. At least not in this particular geographic region. I have been lining the bottom of my stove this way, with this gravel for decades and have never had an issue with any of it exploding. Thank you for reaching out, and Thanks for watching!
That cot nightstand from Cableas, I’ve used it 4 times in Iraq. I love that thing. It kept my personal items organized, vs dumping everything into a box. No the gun case was an excellent place to put my rifle/👍🏼
very Cool! thanks so much for taking the time to show us how you do it all! just a quick question ...why not have the oven area enclosed and away from the elements as well?
Your welcome Rich. Sorry it took so long. I do have a closed in version for the camp galley. You can see that in my video "Good Camp". Thanks for watching!
Your camp is the "Hilton" for outdoorsmen. I used to think I was over the top at camping, not anymore. You, sir, are the king of camps! I just love your style, new subscriber here.
Welcome to the Pungo Prairie 63hunter1 ! Great to have you aboard!
I also like to put a fly over any tent. A heavy duty tarp is what I usually use, on its own poles about six inches higher than the top of the tent. I don't camp in winter, and don't have a fire in my tent. I like the fly because it offers an air space for circulation between the tent and fly, effectively you are setting your tent up in the shade. And I like shade, even if I have to bring mine with me. I"ve used screw in anchors that they sell at pet stores to anchor it, but I like your tent pegs better. I've had several cabin tents, but never a great one, always something I got at WalMart. Still, with a good fly, sometimes as much as three times the size of the tent, keeping rain and sun off the tent helped keep us comfortable.
Now-a-days, our camping is done in a travel trailer, which the wife and I can set up in thirty minutes, and hook up ready to go in twenty. We seldom stop over two nights anywhere and the purpose of our travels is to see people and places. But I'm kind of putting together some things in case we need to go to the woods, and your video gave me some ideas. Thanks.
Outstanding videos, Bill. I'm shocked that you don't have a million subscribers.
Thank you GunGuy! It would be nice to have a few more but I am grateful for the ones that are here. Thank you for your support!
We've stayed weeks in Colorado to places only a mule could take us... in bad tents, blizzard conditions the whole nine yards. I'm like you I have paid my dues you have to I'm sure. My camp sites have evolved though the years also. LOVE YOUR STYLE !! Say strong my friend.
Larry, It's alway a fun challenge to develop and hone our camps! It's no fun when weather conditions turn brutal and you cannot be warm and comfortable. I know we have both been there. It can be more than comfort. It can be a matter of survival. Thank you for your kind comments and thanks for watching!
That’s unreal. What a setup
Thank you Andrew and thans for watching!!
glad to see the video content out at the hunting camp. please throw a bunch of content together on this camp set up, and all the ideas involved. I remember watching your quick set up video a long time ago...thinking how many great ideas you had put into your camp system!! Look forward to seeing all the details in upcoming vids, along with hopefully a season of cooks out there at the deer camp.
Thanks for watching again rbjackson. There will be more coming soon.
Wowwwwwwwwwww....You put camping....back on the map again. Great show.
Great Camp!.........Bill, I plan to copy your chuck box this Spring and thank you for the ideas of hot water system for the shower as well. Although I haven’t got my perfect Wall Tent just yet, I did put 2 US Army GP Smalls (Old canvas type) together with a customized rainfly and awning. Thank you for your Videos........
Thank you and thanks for watching John! Let me know how it goes with your chuck box.
Your youtube video "Good Camp" is one of my favorites. Great job! :)
Thank you Farrel! I really do appreciate that and your support of my channel!
I was a kid my parents took me and my sister to live in a wall tent & kitchen add on for a week each month in summer, in 1972 we updated to a tent camper because we were in it around the time the big flood happen my dad was called back to work, before it flooded a few days before big flood happen! he was a state policeman a big company strike police was called in due to damage people did! nice tent!
I've got a 16x20 I bought from salem tent and awning along with the same woodstove. I live 7 miles from them so it's easy for me to stop in there when I need something.
Hi Rob, That's a BIG tent. The first one I ever had made was 16X20 with 5' walls and 10' 6" at the ridge. I drew the plans and had it built by a tent manufacturer close to where I live in Virginia. They built tents for the military both here and abroad. The canvas alone weighed close to 200 pounds! I built the frame out of 1 1/2 inch alluminized steel muffler pipe. That tent was a Beast! I sold it after a couple of seasons hunting out west and had a smaller version, 13' X 16' custom made by the same manufacturer. After several seasons I just wanted something lighter & easier to handle. That is when I found Salem. As I am typing this reply to you, I am sitting in the same tent from this video by the stove in my mountain camp. It's been pouring down rain all morning and forecast to continue well into the night. I finally had to retire the stove like ours last year because it had just rusted through too bad to be safe anymore. I ordered a Four Dog Stove from this company in Minnesota.If you ever get to the point you need to replace your stove? You may want to consider Four Dog. I am including a link to a video I did last year featuring my new stove. I did add a rain fly to this tent last year. They are well worth the investment. 26 years now with this tent! I use this one more these days than my 10'X12'x5' tent. I would love to see pictures of your set up! Thanks for stopping by! here is the link. th-cam.com/video/AiZ81anoe4A/w-d-xo.html Stove feature starts about 18:25
Take's little effort to be cold wet an hungry. I like a good camp. you Sir, have a nice camp.
Thank you Gil! What you say is true and I like you like a good camp! Thanks for watching!
Bye the way, you had my subscription at good camp. Living in Colorado I've seen a lot of tent camps, none better than yours..
Thank you for subscribing Rick. I love Colorado. Set camp up there many times over the years.
5/24/21 thought you’d like to know. I spoke with Rory today and discussed their tents. Told him you were the reason I’ll be buying from Salem! Thank you for the great advice in this video
Rory is very helpful! I know you will pleased with what ever you purchase from them Bill. Happy Camping!
Wow I really like your set up ! I trust your opinion. Thank You for all the trial, errors and successes that will make it a bit easier for us when we go out there .
Always great to hear from you PREPFORIT! Thank you for your kind words and your continued support my friend!
Hi Bill.
I am Korean camper! Your camping style is just amazing! I will subscribe your channel.
Thank you.
Great to hear from you Sungdae HER! Thank you for watching and subscribing! Happy Camping in Korea!
i’ve been binging your videos and idk why i find your videos so interesting, i’m a homebody city boy but watching your vids i all of a sudden i just feel like toughing it out in nature and grilling pork
LMAO go for it man, you will be surprised at how relaxing it is! Just leave a plan and location with someone in case something goes wrong.
Nice n comfy setup!!!
Yes it is. Thanks for watching cillaloves2fish!
I remember the Good Camp video, that was a long while ago, it’s good to be back and watching your videos again Bill! Long time no see!
Doublegauge! Where have you been? Welcome back! Sorry I missed you at the Sportsman show.
I’ve been pretty busy lately so I haven’t been getting to make ideas but I’m gonna get back into watching your vids again!
Nice runthrough on your gear, thanks. Good to see Orono, ME represented! It's usually pronounced "OR'no" or "Or-uh-no"... just to let ya know.
Hi John, thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Also thank you for offering the correct pronunciation! Please visit again sometime. Have a great day!!
Awesome video bill thanks so much for sharing . hope your having a great hunting season
I have had a really great season michael! 'Spent nearly two months at my camp. Didn't shoot a thing! Just nothing I wanted to. But loved every second of it! Well except for maybe that one night when it blew 30 to 40 all night long with gusts up to 60! Thank you and thanks for watching!
Bill Dixon my daughter got her first buck on thanksgiving morning I couldn’t be a prouder dad even tho I never pulled the trigger the first time this season. The time spent with her has been the best. I’m holding off for late black powder my favorite time to hunt
Congratulations to you little girl michael! Made you proud for sure! Hope you have success in the late season!
Bill Dixon thanks bill
I love your vids! I’m gonna start tent camping this year, Lord willing! You’ve given good info!
Interesting vid, Bill! Keep plugging away, and hope you're doing well.
Thanks Dave! Great to hear from you! I am doing well. Crazy busy. Just got in from a catering gig where I swear, I got as many raves on the collards and the smoked Canada Goose as I did on the Prime Rib. It's all good. I have 3 or 4 new videos all shot but finding it a challenge to get the time to edit them. Getting pretty close to winding one up that I really like. Gonna give you a call to see how your Northern Neck project turned out. If you get a chance, check out my video "The Chuck Box!" Talk to you soon & Thanks for watching!
Bill, you build top end tent camps. I have not seen any better.. I am wondering how your deer hunt went this year ??
Thank you Rick. I didn't shoot. I had opportunity at some small bucks but I am still quite well stocked on venison so I just let them walk. How about you?
Bill. The master!🇧🇷
Man!!! Been waiting 3 years for this video.
Sorry to keep you waiting so long Come Again. Thanks for watching!
Hi Bill
Love all your videos. One thing I missed was your knock down bar shelves, who makes that ?
All the best Aussie Bob.
Hi Aussie Bob. Thank you! I think Coleman makes those fold up camping shelves. Thanks for watching!
great lay out, Thanks
Amazing Bill , warm greetings from us adventurous family ( In bahasa) " GALANG" Keluarga Petualang"
Wow! Indonesia? Thank you GALANG! Thanks for watching!
Lovely camp
Thank you andi & thanks for watching!
Maker's Mark. I knew this camp was quality..
Bravo!
I am not near a creek to get stones for my wood stove. Do you think I can substitute the rocks used in a barbeque grill??
Hi Paul, you could use sand & gravel from Home Depot or Lowes. Thanks for watching!
Mr. Dixon. Unless I missed it, where did you get the little wood rack for inside the tent to stack your wood for the stove? If it's the piece I think it is in "Good Camp", I like how small it gets for transportation.
Hi Lee. I got that rack over 30 years ago at a True Value hardware store. it comes apart and will actually store away in my wood stove. Here is a link to a very similar one. Thanks for watching!
www.woodlanddirect.com/indoor-firewood-rack-with-black-canvas-carrier/136673.html
Inspiring
Great.
Thank you Ham & Eggs! For some reason TH-cam often holds your comments for me to review as "Likely Spam". I have tried to explain to them that "Ham" is not "Spam"! Thanks again for watching my friend!
Mr. Dixon, did you ever use the Camp Chef out west in higher elevations while elk hunting, say 9000ft? I'm looking into upgrading my stove and have seen some reviews saying that the camp chef oven doesn't do well up high in the mountains. Keep up the camp videos good sir.
Hi Lee. When I was hunting in those high elevations out in the Rockies I had an apartment size propane range. I never experienced any issues. Sorry I'm not much help to you on this one. Happy Hunting! Thanks for watching!
Is your tent Vapex or Polaris ? Salem Tent offers either fabric. Thanks BIll !
Larry I really cannot remember as I had it made back in the middle 1990s. It was the heavier of the two fabrics they offered at the time. It's a treated canvas with a vinyl sod cloth Thanks for watching!
What kind of tarp do you use?
Excellent Camp! I haven’t used my canvas tent in a couple years. Out of curiosity what is the shortest duration that you’ll consider setting your camp up for? I seem to think it’s too much for a 3 or 4 day camp... what’s your thoughts?
Thanks Mike! 3-4 days is a pretty short stay for sure. A full week with some other scaled back equipment I have is something we have done numerous times over the years hunting out west. Thanks for watching!
I like everything about your channel, except... the hunting. Why do you have to kill those beautiful animals? Life is so hard for them as it is with habitat loss, forest fires, parasites, heat, cold, other predators, shortage of food, disease, illness, and then here you come with a bullet to the head. Big game hunting. Another name for mass murder. Imagine yourself living in the wild, adapted beautifully to your environment, enjoying your life in your prime, then BAM! Someone kills you for sport. So horrible. Humans are the worst predators and species of all.
With regard to the tent staking, you are quite right. I camped years ago with my kids at Jalama Beach, CA. The winds picked up that evening to gale speeds of 50-60 mph. The tent just flattened out. We had to sleep in the van, all 4 of us plus large dog. It is amazing your tent holds up to such high winds. Quite an experience to weather high winds.
Love your setup, looks very homey. The Camp Chef Blind Ranger II double propane stove has 17,000 BTU per burner whereas most similar stoves have 5000 BTU if that. However, the Camp Chef Stove Oven combo (your model) burners are set to 7,500 BTU which is very low by comparison to the Blind Ranger. It has always irked me that the oven combo is so low. Wonder why? If you want a strong stove, get the Blind Ranger model without the oven. Less bulky too. The suitcase Butane stoves are very high BTU as well, and very compact. As nice as this combo stove looks, you don't really need an oven. Who makes a whole turkey in camp? Any stove top foldable oven would work as well.
I looked at other Chuck boxes after seeing both of yours. Nothing on this planet compares to your build. It is hands down the best Chuck box I have seen. So versatile and compact, really a work of art. You should seriously consider making it commercially for sale. Thanks for the tour! Democrat from California (against hunting).
MJ, I am happy you are enjoying most of my channel content. Thank you for your very kind words! Tali girl and I really do appreciate it! Thank you as well for your suggestions and recommendations.I will have to look into the Camp Chef model you suggested. Happy Camping In California!
yo bill its or a no maine. home of old town canoes .
thats or a no maine. not are a no. home of old town canoes. thanks bill.
Yep, I got that a couple of times Ned. Thank you and thanks for watching!
How about a video on the interesting and complex hot water and shower system you had in the "Good Camp" video?
Lots of requests for that Shane. I will get to it. I promise.
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You might want to be careful. I alway's heard you are not supposed to put river rock in your fire,they will explode.
Hi William, Actually you are right. There are a lot of river jacks that will explode in a fire pit or in a stove. I cover this in a video I made this past Fall "Tali Girl Goes To The Mountains". However this gravel and sand from the creek bank is not quite the same. At least not in this particular geographic region. I have been lining the bottom of my stove this way, with this gravel for decades and have never had an issue with any of it exploding. Thank you for reaching out, and Thanks for watching!
The best "equipment" I saw in your Camp was the Holy Bible!🙌🇺🇸🇮🇱
Amen to that Stevenowski! Thanks for watching!
Amen brother!
I so love your set up's. And i love how organized you are. Thank you for the tours.
Well I just must appear to be organized tina, but not so sure that is the case in reality! But thank you so much, and thanks for watching!
That cot nightstand from Cableas, I’ve used it 4 times in Iraq. I love that thing. It kept my personal items organized, vs dumping everything into a box. No the gun case was an excellent place to put my rifle/👍🏼
I love your videos Bill, would be great to see a wall tent manufacturer sell the Bill Dixon tent including the awning and floor, food for thought
amaze with all your equipment, especially for the hot shower. greetings from far asia 👍
Thank you Oji! Thanks for watching!
As always.....EXCELLENT videos! Thanks for making them.
Doug
Belen, New Mexico
Always great to hear from you Doug! Thank you & thanks for watching!
very Cool!
thanks so much for taking the time to show us how you do it all!
just a quick question ...why not have the oven area enclosed and away from the elements as well?
Your welcome Rich. Sorry it took so long. I do have a closed in version for the camp galley. You can see that in my video "Good Camp". Thanks for watching!
Its not a camp
Thanks for watching hemant!