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I unexpectedly drew a high country Nevada tag for this year. I will be hunting September 8 - 16. We had planned on using a DIY pyramid on a Colorado hunt this year, but that tag is being turned back in. Being familiar with that area in CO, campsite locations were known that would accommodate the large footprint of the mid.
Being in an unfamiliar area in NV (been in the unit before but not the area I’m going to be hunting), we are planning to each bring individual tarp or tarptent shelters to ensure that we have more camping locations available to us. I think I have narrowed it down to a Kifaru Supertarp or Seek Outside DST. We will be camping at 9,000 - 10,500 feet.
As I understand it, the supertarp would be bombproof and be the choice for really rough weather, at the expense of being more cramped for most “normal” weather conditions. Conversely, the DST would be more roomy (thinking the diamond style pitch that folks seem to love on the DST pitches thread) for most nights but would be less stormworthy on a rough night.
I’m leaning towards the supertarp, because leaving early due to my shelter not handling the weather would be tragic on a once in a lifetime type hunt. But that comfort factor of the more roomy shelter over a draining 9 days could help with morale under the most likely conditions to be seen.
If you were in this situation, what shelter would you choose? Thanks for the recommendations.
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Being in an unfamiliar area in NV (been in the unit before but not the area I’m going to be hunting), we are planning to each bring individual tarp or tarptent shelters to ensure that we have more camping locations available to us. I think I have narrowed it down to a Kifaru Supertarp or Seek Outside DST. We will be camping at 9,000 - 10,500 feet.
As I understand it, the supertarp would be bombproof and be the choice for really rough weather, at the expense of being more cramped for most “normal” weather conditions. Conversely, the DST would be more roomy (thinking the diamond style pitch that folks seem to love on the DST pitches thread) for most nights but would be less stormworthy on a rough night.
I’m leaning towards the supertarp, because leaving early due to my shelter not handling the weather would be tragic on a once in a lifetime type hunt. But that comfort factor of the more roomy shelter over a draining 9 days could help with morale under the most likely conditions to be seen.
If you were in this situation, what shelter would you choose? Thanks for the recommendations.
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