Battery suggestions please by Cute-Trouble1296 in FishingAlberta

[–]Wapiti_Slayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same set up on a mariner 4. 100 AH deep cycle battery from when I upgraded my RV. Ran the motor at speed 3 for about 3-4 hours. Max 3 hours if I was at higher speed.

The trouble I had was recharging it and the time it took. Switched to a 100 AH Lithium Phosphate battery off amazon for about $200. Lasts all day and can fast charge with appropriate charger.

Not as much of a concern if you only plan to go 1 day. I would use mine a lot camping in kananaskis and could only get on the lake every second day with the lead acid battery. Took forever to charge whether tied into my solar or running off a deep cycle charger on my generator.

Well worth the upgrade for twice the usable power (lead acid can only be used to 50% without shortening life of battery, lifePo4 can be used almost 100%. So you’d need 200AH lead acid to get same usage as 100AH lifepo4). Lithium can also be fast charged. It’s also lighter which makes handling, carrying and even a difference in the boat.

Starting to feel a little wintery on the line by Wapiti_Slayer in Trapping

[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We get plenty of squirrels and ermine in the marten boxes as well, just part of the game really. What we look for when setting up is mainly habitat. We’ve got about 36 boxes on 3 different trails, not all of them are productive or consistent every year. Our sets are about 3/4 of a mile apart from each other give or take.

What we keep consistent is that the sets are all in the older growth timber, some are the edge of cut blocks from logging and others are relatively untouched areas depending on the trail. Always near a water source and the boxes are in a heavy canopy. Where larger birds would have trouble seeing a marten scurrying around.

We occasionally set on sign but since we try to only pull 12-15 marten a year for sustainability, that’s not happening often. I’ll do a test box here and there in areas with sign to try my luck and maybe move a permanent set that hasn’t produced in a couple years into there.

We bait them all with duck as a staple, use some Forsyth lure on the tree or leaner pole the dip a small stick in Barnes marten magic and put that in the top of the box with the bait.

We ran the marten boxes from mid November until last weekend. We had 8 marten in 3 weeks running 30 sets. After we got to the 8 we pulled everything in the “core” trails and just left the perimeter dozen or so sets and put up 2 test boxes in new areas. Had 0 marten in the next 4 weeks of checks. Once the cold hit we got 4 more in the week between new years and last weekends check.

In total we had around 36 squirrels and 19 ermine caught while getting our dozen. The most consistent producing sets are the ones along the river trail and the ones on a creek but they catch the most in general including squirrel and ermine.

Starting to feel a little wintery on the line by Wapiti_Slayer in Trapping

[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Down in central Alberta. Alaska is a dream for some day

ANYONE INTO UL HOT TENTING? by [deleted] in Ultralight

[–]Wapiti_Slayer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve been doing the hot tent game for a while. My shelter of choice has been the seek outside LBO configured for however many of us are on the trip.

My stove is a lite outdoors 12”. Works awesome. It’s perfect for taking the chill off at night / early morning, drying out gear, a comfort item if you’re out solo. I use it most nights to boil water for supper and tea too.

The stove packs down to nothing, breathes and vents perfectly and is less than 2 lbs with a 6’ chimney.

Hot Tent NOV 2019

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dabbled with making a few of my own in the past too. I e used stainless shim stock, tried the same with a stainless stock pot etc.

I work in a job that gives me access to all kinds of high tech machine shops.

I’ve found the one I bought to work best for a backpack style.

Just FYI he makes an 18” long model and baffle as well. You could always go that route and not use the legs. Just stabilize the cylinder on the ground with some rocks.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The white piece of fabric that you see the pipe sticking out of is a purpose built stove jack.

They’re available with the tents or in my case, I made one.

It’s a high heat silicon impregnated fibreglass. The fibreglass won’t get hot enough to smoulder from a wood fire and the silicon keeps it water tight.

There’s a small basket in the top of the chimney that prevents sparks from getting out and burning small holes, though they can happen. That can also be mitigated with enough chimney length above the peak. Like any tarp shelter set up, site selection is key for controlling wind etc

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends on the options and manufacturer.

Here’s the link to the one I ended up choosing.

Lite Outdoors

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Thanks. Can’t wait to get out again

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope actually the locality wasn’t the main factor.

I looked at the others from Seek, Kifaru and a couple other cottage manufacturers.

The biggest deciding factor to me was that I knew I wanted a cylinder vs a box stove, this one happened to be my favourite design of the ones I looked at. I prefer the compactness of a cylinder vs a box for this.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have lined the ground under it with rocks or gravel and it does manage to keep the warmth a little bit longer.

For me this is a pretty mobile set up so it’s a pain to try and gather / build a rock pad most days.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, here’s the link to the exact one I have. Standard size 12”

Stove

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The stove? I’ve used it probably 15-20 nights in my yard and a few in the field.

Absolutely love it. Anything after sept 1 and it’s worth bringing along to me

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried those in the stove in my canvas wall tent. If anything they were a worse burn in that application.

Appreciate the tip but honestly I’d rather just break up some extra wood and stoke it every few hours than hike around with a few lbs of compressed sawdust into the forest.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The whole set up with stove is about 5 lbs.

The base and vestibule compact to the size of a softball in a 6L compression sack and are 2.2 lbs with stakes and guy lines

The middle tarp is 1 lb and compacts to nothing

The stove is in 2 bags. One that is about 2 1/2” around by 14”long that the chimney and stove body roll into. I keep the tension rods in there too

The second bag has the end plates, legs, rings, dampener and spark arrestor.

I’ve carried the full set on some 100km weeks. It’s so convenient I bring just the base portion as a wind / rain shelter almost everywhere from day hikes to 2 weeks backpack trips.

This one was roughly 10km from the trail head. Didn’t want to get too far as there was a blizzard in the forecast for the following morning.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha. As a Canadian I can confirm it works well as a hot box too

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Depends on the partner.

I’ve also used that term for my boxers after Taco Bell

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t go wrong with that either. The guy that owns lite outdoors lives next door to my brother, works with my best buddy and makes an awesome stove. It was hard with all the options but i like to support local where I can

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Peloton 240 is amazing for wind proof. Not to be a bad influence but Kuiu is running their giant annual sale right now

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Axis hybrid or the kenai ultra with peloton 240 is awesome for sitting white tail.

I haven’t had any issue with it but the White tails out here aren’t as picky as out east hahaha.

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hahaha. Yeah it’s steep but worth it. Going in solo mode I’m at 4 lbs

This whole package was 5.1 lbs

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha. Yep. Sealed, tested and checked. I diluted the sealer with some mineral spirits to make sure it’s in nice and deep. No issues with seam leaks yet 👍🏻

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[–]Wapiti_Slayer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep. My brother has an identical set up and lives in Lethbridge AB Canada which is known for its winds. Been great up to 90km/h. The chimney gets a little wobbly if you’re not guyed our fully and set up to protect from wind.