The truth about Boondocking
I want to know the truth about Boondocking, the pros and cons. I don't want it to turn into a 'story telling' thread but a thread about concerns, issues, advantages etc. Some examples I wonder abo...
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jefe 4x4
hi thanks for taking the time to reply.
First let tell you and folks here who I am and why I posted this thread.
I used to hunt(big and small game) and fish needless to say I use to hunt big game and camped out for a week or so. I had a pickup truck and made a home made 'portable carport' style tent, backed the truck up into it a bit and voila a living room and used the bed of the truck for sleeping I also had a small wood burning store to keep the place cosy. We also use to relieve ourselves behind some tress away form camp and bury it.
Back then I'm talking 25 plus years ago we didn't worry to much about private land and could practically camped anywhere in the forest. Today it's other story you do a search and find out if you can camp (boondock, you have to look for signs, ask permission and whatever just to legally camp a few nights and in some places if you don't do your homework or see a sign posted "NO TRESPASSING" you could get shot!. Yes times have changed. That said, I just wanted to know the truth about boondocking, I just want a place to lay over for a couple of days/nights and not do it in some walmart, I don't want a concrete forest. I wanted to know what folks do and what are their concerns be it legally camp, how long, cost, equipment, solar or generator or both, water issues, wildlife, Here in Canada I'm use to wildlife but not poisonous snakes, spiders etc. that we don't have here, well at least not yet maybe in the future do to global warming but that's a whole other story.
This thread has lots of great info and I'm surely will read it from time to time before I go out venturing in no-man's land.
Thanks everyone who posted.
hi thanks for taking the time to reply.
First let tell you and folks here who I am and why I posted this thread.
I used to hunt(big and small game) and fish needless to say I use to hunt big game and camped out for a week or so. I had a pickup truck and made a home made 'portable carport' style tent, backed the truck up into it a bit and voila a living room and used the bed of the truck for sleeping I also had a small wood burning store to keep the place cosy. We also use to relieve ourselves behind some tress away form camp and bury it.
Back then I'm talking 25 plus years ago we didn't worry to much about private land and could practically camped anywhere in the forest. Today it's other story you do a search and find out if you can camp (boondock, you have to look for signs, ask permission and whatever just to legally camp a few nights and in some places if you don't do your homework or see a sign posted "NO TRESPASSING" you could get shot!. Yes times have changed. That said, I just wanted to know the truth about boondocking, I just want a place to lay over for a couple of days/nights and not do it in some walmart, I don't want a concrete forest. I wanted to know what folks do and what are their concerns be it legally camp, how long, cost, equipment, solar or generator or both, water issues, wildlife, Here in Canada I'm use to wildlife but not poisonous snakes, spiders etc. that we don't have here, well at least not yet maybe in the future do to global warming but that's a whole other story.
This thread has lots of great info and I'm surely will read it from time to time before I go out venturing in no-man's land.
Thanks everyone who posted.
