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About three years ago my youngest son and I were goat hunting on Kodiak in Oct high above Terror Lake and across the valley from Crown Mt. when we were hit with a 3 day storm. From our camp site on the mountain side above a little man made lake called Shotgun Lake we could see the Shelikof Strait which make for a senic view...except when the storm hit one night. The wind blasts were documented at 95mph I later read in the paper after returning home. The people at the camp site before us must have been experienced Kodiak campers. I don't know what kind of tent they had but they had hammered sharpened 2 foot lengths of 2 x 4's into the ground for tie downs - which we used. We hunkered down in a Bibler Fitzroy and even though I had all 12 tieout secured I still had to lean into the windward side of the tent where the poles crossed during the worse blasts. We also had a megamid securely tied down for our gear and the pole got snaped. Throught out our entire 14 days there that tent was our "safe haven".
It is pretty spacious for two people (esp. for someone who usu'ly sleeps in tiny two man tents for sheep hunting). I would have no problem using it again in the same scenerio. For a bigger tent just as bombproof I would recommend you at least check out the Bibler Bombshelter - 4 person at 9 pounds with two enteries.....On 30 Oct I shot a 10" billy but my son and I ended up siwashing on the mountain top til morning in order to find a safe route down and back to our camp site for our pick up that afternoon.

Message Thread:

• Tent Suggestion Indiana Bowman Jan 03 2006
  • Fantastic Information Indiana Bowman Jan 04 2006
    • Kodiak Tents shphtr Jan 05 2006
  • Tent info? Michael Strahan Jan 04 2006
  • Tents for the Pitchin' Brian Richardson Jan 03 2006
  • Tents Jim in Delta Jan 03 2006
    • Tent Thanks Indiana Bowman Jan 03 2006
      • Mtn. Hardware GunsmithRob Jan 03 2006
        • Mtn. Hardware Trango 3 wags Jan 04 2006
  • Consider wind and rain B_M Jan 03 2006