Hi guys,

I have been looking to purchase a wall tent for a while now and nothing seems to be coming up in the bargain finder so I am thinking of buying new.

Anyone have any suggestions as to which brand to go with or where to order from?

Once hunting season is over keep watching the bargain finder. One is sure to pop up. I bought an army cvold weather tent through the bf.

I'm on my second wall tent, first one was a hand me down white canvas wall tent from a buddy that got a new one. I used it until it was falling apart then gave it to my brother he used it the rest of the way till it was done. My new one is a wall tent of a different breed. It is a Cabela's Alaknak II. 12'x12' with 4' side walls and a 9'8" center heighth, and stove opening. Sets up easy and all in all is a great tent and I'm happier with it than I ever was with my canvas wall tent.
I watched used for mine for 5 months and only saw one come up on E-Bay and for a used tent they got nearly new price for it, so I ordered a new one from Cabela's. Very happy with it. I posted a picture of it with my sons first Colorado Mule deer in a post on American Hunting.
Good Luck!

I have used and seen used alot of the Norsman line of tents. They are sold by Campers Village in Edm and Calgary, they are made by north west tent and awning. They are excellent tents that stand up very well and will last for many years if taken care of. We have been using ours for over ten years with no problems. You can custom order what size and features yoy want. Personaly I would go with the 14x16 or larger, window or two, no floor but maybe a bug screen. There is also a good web site out of BC, can't recall the name but search for wall tents and stoves and it should pop up, prices there are not bad as well.
Best way to go is the canvas wall tent, makes for alot of good memories, especially when the bears come calling in the night, or mice that sound like bears. Or skunks that like the warm fire. Or moose who take out half the support ropes. Or drunk hillbillys that show up at 3 am looking for more drink, ( oh wait that was my brothers).
Oh ya buy a good wood stove they are essential to the comfort of a good tent.
Happy huntin.

Have to agree with the CF Arctic tents. They're bell shaped though. Come in 5 and 10 man. Keep you nice and warm at 40 below with just a Coleman lamp. There is a stove pipe hole in the roof, but I never saw any stove while in the Queen's Service.
The downside is that they're designed to go up in snow with plastic pegs and one center pole. The snow gets piled up around the outside to seal the bottom of the short wall. No floor either.
After all that, I looked at the cost of a commercial wall tent and opted to sew my own. Cost me under a grand. $500 of which was the treated canvas. Made a 15 x 15 x 9.5 tent with 6 foot walls. Winterized it isn't though.

I have a Norseman Deluxe Outfiteers tent. 14x16 x 5.5 walls x 9.5 peak in size with an aluminum internal frame I ordered from Kwik Kamp in Montana in 1997. Great set up. We use it for moose camp and for winter snowmobiling camp set up in the mountains for 4 months of the year.

The internal frame is the way to go! Our tent has a heavy duty zippered front flap. If I was to buy a new tent with frame, I would seriously look at the ones from Deluxewalltents in BC.

Davistent.com

Read the canvas info page lot of good info there.

We just spent a week in a yurt and it's by far the best tent I've ever used. It stood up to huge winds without even a flap of the canvas. I'm going to be posting pics of the hunt pretty soon and you can take a look.

the chef

I think Grizzly Adams may have one on sale... only slightly damaged by fire.

Come on Chef.... how many did you get? And did you do Mongolian stir-fry in that yurt?

Frans

Frans, I've a special surprise in store for you. You have to be a good boy or Santa won't show you the pics.

FOR SALE; slightly used 10 x12 Norseman wall tent.


The most humerous part of this little escapade was when the lovely lady, who calls herself smiley, asked; " should that flame be up there". Might need you to show me how to build a Yurt, Chef.
Grizz

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Originally posted by Swarovski:
Hi guys,

I have been looking to purchase a wall tent for a while now and nothing seems to be coming up in the bargain finder so I am thinking of buying new.

Anyone have any suggestions as to which brand to go with or where to order from?

Where are you located?
bigbull

I second the Alaknak tent from Cabela's.
It has a floor, windows, easy to set up and you can purchase a vestibule that attaches to it and gives you a ton of space to store firewood and other gear.

It is about the price of a small canvas tent, without a floor, windows or a frame.

....Alaska Tent and Tarp in Anchorage ...I,ve lived in sevral of them and they are great .....Many shapes and sizes to choose from ..

I bought a Bighorn 12'x14' tent from Reliable Tent and Tipi in MT last year. Used it this fall at deer camp...great tent. I am quite pleased with it.

I only wish I had waited until early fall to buy it! The exchange rate was much better.

Cheers,
Canuck

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Originally posted by gumboot458:
....Alaska Tent and Tarp in Anchorage ...I,ve lived in sevral of them and they are great .....Many shapes and sizes to choose from ..

I second that!!

Swarovski - you need to get a set-up from Montana Cansas/Outfitters Supply down in Montana... that way you can bring back my cook porch/ frame, and porch-stove with you. Hell - I might even go down with you if you buy me a beer or five at Moose's Saloon...

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Originally posted by Jetboater:
I have used and seen used alot of the Norsman line of tents. They are sold by Campers Village in Edm and Calgary, they are made by north west tent and awning. They are excellent tents that stand up very well and will last for many years if taken care of. We have been using ours for over ten years with no problems. You can custom order what size and features yoy want. Personaly I would go with the 14x16 or larger, window or two, no floor but maybe a bug screen. There is also a good web site out of BC, can't recall the name but search for wall tents and stoves and it should pop up, prices there are not bad as well.
Best way to go is the canvas wall tent, makes for alot of good memories, especially when the bears come calling in the night, or mice that sound like bears. Or skunks that like the warm fire. Or moose who take out half the support ropes. Or drunk hillbillys that show up at 3 am looking for more drink, ( oh wait that was my brothers).
Oh ya buy a good wood stove they are essential to the comfort of a good tent.
Happy huntin.

Agree.

I have a 12'x14' Deluxe model, that has a zippered back window, with screen and the obligatory stove pipe asbestos hole.

I bought mine in 1990, so it's got some miles on it. The roof has half a dozen burn marks, from embers that went out the chimney. I keep meaning to get them patched but just haven't done it yet (it doesn't leak inspite of them).

A buddy bought the identical tent, the same year as me and he has had issues with his leaking. Mine has never leaked and I've never had to do anything to it.

Holy cow I think the pics worked!! Here's the tent. it's a breeze to set up-an hour. Buddy and his wife can do it in 45 minutes flat, but we weren't trained up yet. The bulkiest part is the ring for the top, the rafters can be carried in one or two armloads if you have to. The diameter was about 18 feet but the canvas shrunk a bit and now it's 16 feet or so.

the chef

Awesome Chef!!

I like it alot. Where does one find such a thing in Canada??

Cheers,
Canuck

ps: If you use the [IMG] code instead of [URL] code, the pics will display in your post. I edited yours so that they would....if you click on "edit" at the bottom right-hand corner of your post you can see what I did. Excellent work getting them into Photobucket and then on here though!!!

Canuck thanks for the help! You can buy them on e-bay, but damned expensive....3 grand methinks. They don't seem too hard to make though.

The wood parts are easy enough. The rafters should run into the roof ring at 30 degrees. The ring has some wands bent over the top to make sure the rain runs off the canvas that covers the hole. The canvas can be moved to allow smoke out. And incidentally on hot summer days it's as comfy as can be with the door and roof hole providing lots of air convection.

The lattice is simply bolted together. It's important to get the bolt spacing perfect or it won't accordion smoothly. Once folded up the lattice is a bundle about18 inches around and about 30lbs.

If you look at how the rafters sit on the lattice you'll see that each rafter is on an individual triangle with 2 legs. Add up the 45 rafters or so and it's incredibly strong. Once the framework is up a big guy can do chin ups off the ring without anything budging. The lattice clamps into the sides of the door and a couple bands around the outside will pull it all together nice and round. I'd probably use ratchet straps but buddy just pulls it tight and ties it off.

The canvas walls are just one continous peice of material. The roof material takes a bit of fiddling. There are sites on the net that show you how to piece the roof canvas together in order to minimize waste. The most important piece is the band that attaches to the door frame and goes around at the top of the wall. Without it there's no strength.

The whole shebang weighs, um....250 lbs or so. That's with 22 oz canvas!! Lighter canvas or woven plastic would drop the weight considerably. also 1x4 rafters could be dropped to 1x2...I'm thinking about using some black spruce poles instead. I think they would be stronger on the end where it jams into the ring.

The first time I walked into the yurt I was blown away at the room and comfort. I'm gonna make one this winter and might report on total cost etc. If anyone knows a cheap place to buy canvas I'd be interested!!!

the chef

This is the man that made my tent. I bought the "Prospector" style of a tent but he makes all kinds from tee pees to hurt's/Gur's like the one pictured above, it's a mongolian style hut, his site has alot of pictures and tips. They are made right here in Quebec, Canada. Alot of options are available and very solid build.
bigbull

http://www.atuktents.com/indexe.html