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Sleep Shelter Options
http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=367735
If you are bugging out without somewhere to go them you are not bugging out you are a refuge.
When you are bugging out you are trying to get to point A to point B as fast as you can wile going through points C,D,E and F. If there are MBZs between points A and B you may have to go through points J, R, Q and X. You should have caches in place with replacement gear at points C,D,E,F,J,R,Q, and X You should also have caches at and P,T and W just in case.


You are not on a camping, fishing or sightseeing trip you are bugging out. You should make use of natural cover whenever possible. Your clothing should keep you warm enough without a tent. When shelter is needed a well made improvised shelter should be sufficient. You do not need a three person tent as one person will be awake at all times, the person going down will use the bed roll of the one getting up.

When bugging out a full night’s sleep will be a very rare event. For the most part the only sleep that your group will be getting is just enough so you can keep moving.

 

What he said^^^

This is why you bug out to a BUG OUT LOCATION. The location doesn't necessarily have to be a super stocked fortress of death. But you should have a plan and an idea of where you are headed and have a logical reason why.

 

A tent isn't part of my BO gear. I do have OD green post Vietnam era military issue poncho that can be used as a shelter.

 

What if you're using tent at your BOL? You didn't have time to cache it?
And you have to spend several nights before getting there?
Or you have to remain in one location due to traffic/weather/injury/etc?

Maybe he just wants a tent?
Maybe there's four people?

No need to belittle anyone's idea of bugging gear.

 

I'm not big on 3 person tents. A lot of times I use a 2 person one just for myself. Especially if I am in it for a long time or extended bad weather. I have spent months at a time in tents.

In todays thermo detection world, use a good tent and add an extra sil-nylon cammo rain fly/over tarp to help hide you and your thermo signature.

In your case 2 or 3 two man tents to carry and perhaps a larger cabin type at the BOL

 

Ranger hootch-
Get each person a woodland poncho. In your kit keep six metal tent stakes and bungie cords. Loop 550 cord through each eyelet on the poncho and a three foot length around the neck of the poncho, sealing it off from the top and allowing it to be suspended from low branches.
Problem solved. If you're on the move, living in a tent has a few problems.
1. You get comfy. Comfy people don't stay alert. Stay alert, stay alive.
2. Tents take a lot of time to put up and secure. A Ranger hooch can be put up in less than five minutes, and taken down even faster.
3. If you need to leave fast, you can and retain your equipment. In a tent, it's likely to be abandoned.

 

Thanks for all the answers and suggestions, I was actually thinking about long-term shelter and not temporary. The tent is only after I have arrived at my predetermined Bug-Out-Location.

I know that most of the answers for this thread was for on the foot travel and taking spontaneous breaks along the way too the Bug-Out-Location, but that's cool because I am down with that as well.

I have already know the distance that I have to go using my Bug-Out-Vehicle and the amount of time that it takes for me to arrive at my Bug-Out-Location, approximately 8 hours of driving time.

 

Thanks for all the answers and suggestions, I was actually thinking about long-term shelter and not temporary. The tent is only after I have arrived at my predetermined Bug-Out-Location.

With your location showing in Canada, are you looking for a four season tent you can heat when the temps are really low? If so, something like a wall tent with a stove may be more what you're needing than a camping dome tent -- and if you're getting to your BOL with a vehicle, the weight/volume of that kind of tent plus a stove may not be an issue.

Not sure if anyone out there makes camo wall tents, though.

Barring that, there are a few places that do modernized teepee designs in camo or drab colors that you can run a small stove inside.

 

Ya, OP mistated his OP as ;bugging out---- I now understand,, he wants a BOL semi permanent shelter when he gets there. Ponchos and Bivys are great when Bugging out but once there, a shed roof structure of poles covered with a tarp , or whatever is available Pine bough thatch. etc.. Set over a dug out (sorta like Little House on the Prairie early episodes---I grew up in a similar dugout my first 4 years or so.. very cozy, and little fuel needed ) ------ Do NOT dig it deeper than hip high of your smallest person... in case of a cave in....(unless you know what you are doing and how to shore up the sides.. a heavy rain could trap you in a mud slide .. Good for defense too, a giant fox hole.. might get thru a forest fire in that trench too..... One of the reasons my Bug Out Kit, includes a shovel,, not a paratrooper folder,, a regular real full size pointed garden shovel.. with an unbreakable synthetic handle.--has a zillion uses,, not only establishing a permanent BOL shelter and garden, but has several valuable functions along the way there, whether on foot . or vehicle , summer or winter . ---I think I will do a post on the Survival Shovel

 

I guess I will be the exception to many of the prior responses.

There are dozens, even hundreds of possible O' Crap events. Many of these could force you to quickly evacuate your home. Most do not force you to travel on foot, you can simply load your gear in the family car and drive away.

I belive that a high quality tent suited to your family size and your climate is one the most important preparations a person can make. Pick a tent that will shelter your family in the very worst conditions possible.

My suggestion for folks in very cold areas is the Cabelas Big Horn outfitter tent with the wood stove.
http://images.cabelas.com/is/image/cabelas/s7_518440_999_01

I have owned one for over ten years. Just spent two weeks hunting in rain and sub freezing weather. This is a quality tent that has survived and provided me shelter in the most severe conditions.

 

Eureka Mountain Pass 3XTE is what I just bought. I haven't had time to try it out but I did I lot of research before I spent the money.
Ooops, sorry but it's not camo.

 

Besides, what are the odds on getting a tent in the camouflage pattern you'd want anyway?

 

Tent's can be had in many camo patterns from multicam, acu, flecktarn etc. Or take any color tent and augment the natural materials for a tent ghillie suit of sorts.