I recently purchased the bighorn 2 with stove,vestibule and floor liner.I hav'nt used it yet just set it up in the back yard last summer, was wonder if anyone else has this tent and what they think of it.If possible include temps and conditions when you used it.
Thanks for your imput.

I have the Cabelas Alaknak II for deer camp and truck camping, 12x12. Great for the family of 5 plus, 2 dogs. I use the large Alaskan stove by Kni-Co. Tent alone Wts 65 pounds!!! Lots of condensation!!! Make sure you leave ALL the vent windows open. Great for what we use it for but would NEVER try to hump it in to the BWCAW on a sled. Made for base camping by truck or horse.

cedarboy

Kids call it the Circus Tent

yes I will be using it as a base camp and venturing forth from there skiing and fishing(dont have snowshoes yet).Kind of like a bring-along yurt. Taking the bighorn out tomorrow locally to start getting a feel for winter camping again and do some skiing.Thanks for your advice Cedarboy.

Hi all back from my little excursion into the untamed Iowa wilderness lol, tent performed excellent, I did haul it about a mile on my new( still being developed )pulk. I used the emsco beast which I found at fleet farm for $17.75, Have not attached poles yet, used rope as it was flat terrain. I want to beef up the sled and make it more rigid, I was thinking of an outer frame of galvanized conduit or copper tubing maybe alluminum. But anyway I'm back in the groove and going again next weekend, maybe 3-4 days. I must have a different stove than you CB, I bought mine with the tent as a "package deal" it was $50 if you bought it with the tent and included pipe,damper,spark arrester. I did purchase an elbow so the stove pipe isn't directly above the tent and used two sticks in a X to support the smokestack. Condensation was'nt an issue as long as the tent was well ventilated. All in all I'm very pleased with the tent and its everything I thought it would be. Roy

Glad to hear you had a great time. Yes the stove you got is different than mine. I have what Cabelas calls the Sheepherder Alaskan. They are made by Kni-CO in Montana I believe. Kni-co also makes the stoves for snowtrekker tents. I really like ours. Good idea about the elbow, I just got one and havent tried it out yet.
cedarboy

I've got the Bighorn tent as well, but haven't tried the stove in it yet. Did you just run regular stove pipe through the stove jack? I'm a little worried about melting the rubber material and wonder if you need a thimble of some sort to protect it from a hot pipe.

How do you guys haul a 72lb tent and 20lb stove? Or is this for car camping?

Looks like a great tent other than the weight.

BuckN
The rubber material is silicone, designed for hot stove pipes to go through, that is why it is there.

Jeff 55060
In my pickup truck, use ours for family camping and deer camp, not for snowshoe/sled use(stove yes, tent no). We have the Alaknak II,12x12.

CB

That's what I had assumed, that it was somehow heat proof. But then I read somewhere of someone melting the thing on a hot pipe (not sure if it was on a Cabela's tent), so I started having second thoughts, and trying to figure out a double wall pipe or thimble type arrangement.
I guess its time to buck up and just try it. Thanks for your reply.

BuckN, I did have a little melting of the rubber stove jack in my tent, not much though and I had the stove to hot( cherried the sides) I think if you don't get your stove to hot it should,nt be an issue. But a little word of advice: an elbow helped alot, not only adding about 6-7 inches of height but also letting pipe exit so it dosn't interfere with the stove jack cover and letting smoke escape away from the tent rather than right over it, avoiding sparks burning through.

jeff 55060, I use a sled just like the one you have(emsco beast),even the lime green color, haven't attached poles yet. And yes its a b**** hauling it, but with another sled much easier. I only took it about a mile into the woods and had to do 2 trips, When I go to the BWCA I will have 2 pulks and only go in a couple of miles and set up base camp, then vector out from there.