cabelas Alaskan guide tent

[Zbearclaw]

On Kodiak last year we used my buddy's 4 man for base camp.  We got hurricane force winds and that thing never had an issue.

We stayed in it a few days during the beginning of the storm and it handled those high wind easily.

Make sure to get the aluminum poles to make sure it is fully bombproof.

I'm going to get the 8 man for my family.

[snag]

At 30lbs the 6 man is not a backpacker! But it is a good tent for setting up a base camp to hunt from if that is how you are going to hunt.

[Killdeer]

 

I don't leave a tent up and unattended. I get up when I have to and knock snow offa the fly. I have the old style tent, which I prefer. I like to be able to zip shut the vents, and the large vestibule is very nice to have.

Sleep in a freezing sleeping bag, cram feet into frozen felt liners, and go out and kill a buck...   :eek:  

That, sir, is hard-core hunting! I bet you killed it just to warm your hands!   :D  
Killdeer  

[Two Dogs]

Killie, I havn't seen the new tents in person; but you can't close the vents? don't like that attall,cant make my mind up now, 6 man or 8 man,hmmmm

[Killdeer]

I haven't seen them in person either, but saw references to it in the reviews onsite.

There was a 6-man in our classifieds here, and believe me, I was trying real hard to justify buying it!

Killdeer ~budding tent-collector  

[critter69]

Ive had one for years, Had it collapse in a snow storm (6" of snow) not really a heavy snow. Poles ripped holes in tent. Sewed holes and replaced fiberglass poles with the aluminum poles they now offer and have not had any problems since. Oh yea bought it at cabelas side walk sale,they have every year for 100.00. So its been well worth the money.I would suggest ordering it with the aluminum poles, cost a little more but well worth it.Good luck.

[Wapiti Chaser]

Can't close the vents in the new ones but the vestibule is now part of the tent. Here's mine a fter a all night rain storm nice and dry !

[troutms]

I have the 4 person and it is everything that others have mentioned. The only drawback to the 4 is it has room for 2 people and just a little gear. If I had to do over, I would get the six person. On one trip, I woke up during the night to the sound of rain and thunder but noticed the tent was not moving hardly at all. The next morning when I stepped outside, the folks next to me were putting there collapsed tent back together and the people in the gooseneck camper were talking about how the wind was rocking them back and forth. Very satisfied with this tent.

[Gray Buffalo]

I've had this one around 15 to 20 years and its still going strong. Had one bad night in it on an open plain when we got 70 mile/hour winds. One minute it was up and the next it was pressing me to my cote. At the end of the storm everything was alright and I finished another week of hunting.        

 

[sbschindler]

had one for 20 plus years and it will stand up to anything, but 20 years is about its lifespan.

[Taiga Recurve]

I have the 6 man with fiberglass poles. Have had to replace the old rainfly/vestibule with a new one due to the sun destroying the old one after 12 years. Not a big fan of the smaller vestibule, but it works. I have been through very heavy rain storms, 6"+ and very heavy winds. Stayed dry and upright.
This tent comes with a lot of tie downs and if you use the velco straps on the inside of the rain fly which attaches to the poles, stake all tie downs down it would take a lot to collapse this tent.

 
 

[Taiga Recurve]

Forgot to add. One of the best truck/base camp tents I have been around. Would highly recomend this to any one.
What I would also recomend getting with it is the floor liner. It will extend the life of your floor and it makes it much easier to clean out after a long hunting trip when mud comes into play.

[Killdeer]

That looks like a comfortable camp.

Killdeer  

[Taiga Recurve]

The wind shelter was a new add to our camp last year. Very easy to move around to block the wind. Some thing that is a constant in ND.