Our New Deluxe Wall Tent

Moose camp this fall just took a big step up from years past! My first wall tent was bought in the early 80's and has been too small for some time. Well I cured that with a new Deluxe Wall Tent! This beauty is 14'x20' with 5' walls and a great porch.

Sandi and I are headed out camping for the long weekend and we want to use the new tent, so Sunday morning we girded our loins and decided we better figure out how to set it up.
The frame pieces are color coded to be man compliant, meaning we can put it together without reading the clear concise instructions. Sandi read the instructions, that is how I know they were concise.


 The set up was a breeze and for a complete pair of noobies to the product Sandi and went from start to set in 27 minutes!

 

 Its is as simple as:
1) Assembly trusses.
2) Pull canvass over trusses.
 
  3) Add porch.
4) Put legs under one side at a time.

And done! That easy. The front door is zippered and screened.

A really unique idea is the complete zippered opening on the rear of the tent so you can bring in larger items like a quad that needs work!


The 5' walls really add a lot of interior room.

Windows are canvas covered and screened, a very cool feature is the plastic over that can be attached over the screen with velcro to allow visibility without loosing heat.

Sandi and I are very impressed how quick and easy the huge tent went up and can't wait for our first trip out in it.

Tuffpak Gun Case

Every great adventure starts with small steps and one of the first of our African trip happened today with the arrival of our Tuffpak gun case.
When you speak to people who travel with guns a lot Tuffpak is the one name that comes up most often. Tough, durable, lockable and lightweight it easily handles scoped rifles in soft sided gun cases. The Tuffpak doesn't look like the typical gun case and that is one of its advantages allowing your precious cargo to escape unwanted attention.

Our new Zebec Inflatable

Preparing for our September hunt in the Yukon has been a good excuse to stock up on some great new hunting gear. As we’ll be hunting on a lake, we wanted to take an inflatable with us and there was only one name that came to mind and that’s Zebec. Zebec makes the highest quality inflatables anywhere and on a remote trip like this, nothing but the best will do. We decided on a 320S-AD because of its size and weight. The high pressure air floor is amazing. It's solid enough that you can stand on it with ease yet so light that it barely adds to the overall weight of the boat. We got an opportunity to try it out on a remote Alberta fishing trip a couple weeks ago and couldn’t be more pleased. It is super durable and easy to set up. Jet really liked it too and kept jumping in it when we were on shore wanting to go for another ride. Hopefully the next photos you see of the Zebec are with a 70” Yukon moose in it!

New Rifle

I picked up my new Rocky Mountain Rifles Thinhorn in .270WSM a few weeks ago at Corlane Sporting Goods in Dawson Creek and have been out shooting it a few times and all I can say is wow! Topped with a Zeiss 4.5-14x44 Conquest scope with Rapid Z800 reticle, the rifle consistently shoots sub .5" groups with factory ammunition. Right at 6 pounds, it is definitely my new sheep rifle and I hope to get to try it out next week on Dall sheep. I'll keep you posted.

7,000 Kilometres Later

A day before we left for the Yukon and Alaska, the good folks at The Truck Outfitters in Calgary installed my new Raider Nomad II topper. It was a good thing too because we had a truck full of stuff to haul up with us. Despite several days of rain and several hundred miles of gravel road, everything stayed dry and dust free. We are really excited to be working with Raider this year on Outdoor Quest TV. Our Trucks become our offices and often bedrooms for much of the year and it's nice to know we can rely on a quality topper to keep us dry and safe.

After attending the the Outdoor Writers of Canada conference in Whitehorse, Vanessa and I headed north to Dawson City and then took the Top of the World Highway across to Chicken, Alaska. We also did a side trip to Skagway and then Hyder before heading home through Dawson Creek to pick up my new Rocky Mountain Rifle at Corlane's.

Raider Truck Caps

Here at Outdoor Quest TV we are please to announce we are working with Raider Industries. Raider Industries is a leading producer of truck caps and tonneaus, with a 20-year history of quality, innovation, and customer care.

On the weekend I got my new cap installed. The model is the Vagabond Elite, with sliding side windows, interior lights and a locking roof mounted storage box with swing down holders for hanging clothes. The interior of the Vagabond is completely covered in a durable dark graphite fabric giving it a finished look. The cap has an exterior skirt that drops over the truck box edge providing a weather tight seal. Raider certainly does it right with the cap exactly fitting the lines of my 2010 F-150 and the automotive paint perfectly matches the Tuxedo Black of the truck.

Outside there are lockable/adjustable/removable Thule roof racks and dang fine styling. I don't have much time with the unit yet but I have done a few km of dusty gravel roads and the unit has proven itself well sealed.

More mounts back!

Our recent trip to see our new granddaughter had us in the neighborhood and we caught up with Curtis at Silver Willow Taxidermy and picked up our two New Zealand Fallow bucks. Curtis did a meticulous job on the mounts and it is definitely a breath of fresh air for us dealing with him. After some of work I've had done at other places, you hold your breath in fear of what you are about to see when you go to pick up a new mount, but definitely not with Curtis. In fact my confidence level is so high I took the whole mount tahr of Sandi's to him for mounting. I can't wait to see the finished product.
I'm not going to say who's is the larger one but I do resemble that comment!

Join Rich and Sandi at Huntfest 2010

Rich and Sandi will be representing Zeiss Optics and Remington Clothing. Come find us in the Gentec International booth where we are giving away a scope each day. Drop in and talk a little hunting! See you there!



Edmonton August 6th-8th

River Cree Resort & Casino

Showtimes

• Friday 12pm - 6pm

• Saturday 10am - 6pm

Sunday 10am - 5pm

The exterior of the tumour is done!

Finally the outside is done on 2400 square feet of much needed storage space for Argo, mowers, a skid steer, boat and all the tools every man needs. Sandi calls many of my tools "toys" because I smile when I use them. Is it my fault I enjoy my work?!?! Just need to get the inside wired, insulated and boarded and get the second wood stove installed and then I'm ready for the hunting season!