Any Hunters out there ?

[Danny Bell]

Any "boondocking" hunters out there in Airstream land ? The wife and I and our bird dogs hunt 4-5 months a year out of our 66 Ambassador. If the dogs aren't dirty, we put an old quilt on the floor and let them in for a while to warm up when it's cold. They are trained to "stay" on the quilt. At 56, the AS sure beats the hell out of tent camping/hunting as we did in the old days !

Dan

[pappy19]

Yep, we do a fair amount of hunting and fishing out of our AS. We are fortunate to live in the middle of some of the best hunting in Idaho right in our back yeard. We do take a number of fishing trips and if I had a dog, I would do more bird hunting, which is my favorite.

[handn]

We bowhunt in Colorado for deer, elk and moose when we draw a tag in Colorado in our Airstream.
It does beat a tent.
We have modified our trailer with solar, bigger batteries, led lights, a water filter and radiant heat for living off the grid.
We have a 25, specifically for driving on forest service roads and getting into tight campsites.
I like to bird hunt also but there isn't much of it in early fall before we go south for the winter.

[Starstream]

When we are done with the remodel. We will be traveling and following the seasons with 3 labradors and the wife's 2 collies and 4 rabbits.

[Danny Bell]

Originally Posted by pappy19

Yep, we do a fair amount of hunting and fishing out of our AS. We are fortunate to live in the middle of some of the best hunting in Idaho right in our back yeard. We do take a number of fishing trips and if I had a dog, I would do more bird hunting, which is my favorite.

We live 100 miles from Coeur D' Alene. Good grouse around there ! We have Labs and Britts, same lines for 26 years.

[Danny Bell]

Originally Posted by handn

We bowhunt in Colorado for deer, elk and moose when we draw a tag in Colorado in our Airstream.
It does beat a tent.
We have modified our trailer with solar, bigger batteries, led lights, a water filter and radiant heat for living off the grid.
We have a 25, specifically for driving on forest service roads and getting into tight campsites.
I like to bird hunt also but there isn't much of it in early fall before we go south for the winter.

We have talked about making a combo Grouse and Ptarmigan hunt in Colorado. Would love bagging a Ptarmigan for mounting. Probably leave the AS down low and spike out up high a few days for Ptarmigan.

[Ultradog]

Yup!
My AS never goes anywhere. It just sits up at my land. It's my get-a-way from the city and the base camp for deer hunting, tractoring and a little fishing.

[JaynEss]

I hope to take advantage of some hunting opportunities in the future (have to figure out the non-resident requirements). At the present time I have everything arranged to carry all of my flyfisihing and flytying "stuff."

[handn]

I carry a 22 rifle in case I see a dusky grouse while looking around for deer and elk in Colorado. I shoot a few of these great eating birds. People with dogs and shotguns can usually get a limit of 3 in good habitat but they have to cover a lot of ground.
I haven't seen a ptarmigan in years, but there are a few of them around. They need high vegetation for shelter above timberline and where there is high altitude snowmobiling, the bushes get beaten down.
District 10 in NW Colorado has a short season for sage grouse. I saw several covies before and after the season but someone got to them before I did. I was just walking around trying to flush them myself. Again it is a job for a good dog.

[Ladylongwing]

I have a '99 27' Safari that has been customized for falconry and one-person travel. I have an English Setter and a new English Pointer puppy and have recently moved to SW Montana. Always looking for fellow falconers who have Airstreams. I want to upgrade to solar but for now use generators when necessary. Works great for fly fishing too!

[batman]

I will be 60 in may, hunted my entire life. An Airstream is the best mobile base camp EVER. Our 64 Safari has been ground up rebuilt for extended booney camping. Plans for 2015, CA. tags for Archery Deer (D-3,4,5), (D-6) and upland game stamp. I would like to get an Elk tag in Idaho or Utah this year or next also.


Ladylongwing "I have a '99 27' Safari that has been customized for falconry and one-person travel."

Lady,
what a great Idea!
I have a good friend who just got his Falconers license here in California.
I will have to tell him about you and your trailer.
Who knows maybe another AS owner in the future.

[zapper]

Originally Posted by Danny Bell

Any "boondocking" hunters out there in Airstream land ? The wife and I and our bird dogs hunt 4-5 months a year out of our 66 Ambassador. If the dogs aren't dirty, we put an old quilt on the floor and let them in for a while to warm up when it's cold. They are trained to "stay" on the quilt. At 56, the AS sure beats the hell out of tent camping/hunting as we did in the old days !

Dan

Amen to that. Have done bunches of trips to the Coconino National Forest, up on the Mogollion Plateau in Arizona. I have a 2007 AS and the underside of the trailer is enclosed and have to exercise extra care in back country because of the low ground clearance and enclosed underside. Punched a hole 4.0" diameter when crawling over small river rocks. Opps, big surprise.

Water seems to be the limiting factor when dry camping. I can stay out about a week by myself without much of a problem. Have Honda generator for AC power.

Have at it, enjoy.

[Danny Bell]

Originally Posted by Ladylongwing

I have a '99 27' Safari that has been customized for falconry and one-person travel. I have an English Setter and a new English Pointer puppy and have recently moved to SW Montana. Always looking for fellow falconers who have Airstreams. I want to upgrade to solar but for now use generators when necessary. Works great for fly fishing too!

Lady,

Falconry...Very Cool !!! I have (2) friends that are falconers. "The sport of Kings," in your case, Queens !

We have hunted Montana a bunch over the last 20 years, big game and birds !
We usually make a bird hunt every year around Thanksgiving.

[Danny Bell]

Originally Posted by batman

I will be 60 in may, hunted my entire life. An Airstream is the best mobile base camp EVER. Our 64 Safari has been ground up rebuilt for extended booney camping. Plans for 2015, CA. tags for Archery Deer (D-3,4,5), (D-6) and upland game stamp. I would like to get an Elk tag in Idaho or Utah this year or next also.


Ladylongwing "I have a '99 27' Safari that has been customized for falconry and one-person travel."

Lady,
what a great Idea!
I have a good friend who just got his Falconers license here in California.
I will have to tell him about you and your trailer.
Who knows maybe another AS owner in the future.

Batman,

My Dad bought an AS in the 50's. It stayed at the duck club in Wasco, CA for the entire season until the late 60's. It was the Gilbreath bros duck club, on gun club rd. We would go hunting every weekend during the season. In the late 60's, Dad moved the AS down to the Salton Sea where we hunted Wister Refuge. As a small kid I knew someday I'd have an AS to hunt out of. Some of the best times of my life back then ! Back in the day, there were lots of pheasants in the cotton fields from Wasco to Kettleman city.

[1greengarden]

OK. I have to ask.. How do you winterize an Airstream for cold weather hunting? I had a Featherlite SURV (total length was 31' with gooseneck) that was ideal. Heating pads attached to grey and black tanks, 100G fresh water inside the trailer so less likely to freeze. I installed a propane generator in the front compartment after I used a power inverter for 4 trips to run the 110 freezer that was in the back for meat. It would carry everything inside for hunting. I survived one hunting season where it was down below zero at night and just above during the day with heavy snowfall and gusty winds in SD. But now use a lighter and smaller Airstream for "warm weather" camping. So much easier to pull and park....But no 6500lbs of carry capacity anymore either.

[WaLee]

So... What trailer do you have? Are you hunting Elk or moose and need the freezer space? If you tow with a pickup maybe a Yeti type ice chest and dry ice would keep the meat cold enough. A good gen set and plenty of propane to run the heater to keep the tanks liquid. My 23 has the heater pads for the tanks.

Either way you'll be burning fuel to keep it all going.

How long are you out for? Boondocking or hooked up somewhere?


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[handn]

If it is cold enough to freeze the tanks, I am in Mexico.
I used to hunt in November but switched to archery where the season is in September and the weather is moderate, most of the time.
We have nighttime temps in the teens occasionally but it warms up to well above freezing in the day--not enough to freeze the tanks.
We have two big, wheeled coolers, enough for a boned out Shiras moose. The coolers are five day and we add a bag of ice every other day. Be sure to keep the meat out of the water.

[Hibby]

I pheasant hunt in South Dakota, but that's as cold as I get. It's usually below freezing at night but warms during the day. Running the furnace at night is an easy solution, as long as you have access to propane. I have two Honda 2000 generators that I carry in my truck bed for juice if I don't have hookups.

I think next year we should plan a trip to moosehunt together in the snow...

Hibby


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[handn]

We hunt moose with a bow in September. The hardest things about a moose hunt is getting a tag and getting the moose in the coolers. Start accumulating points, it takes three to get in the draw in Colorado.