Build The Best Hunting Camp For Your Guests With A Great Fire Pit
We returned after a difficult day hunting to the crackling and glow of the fire. After putting the venison on the spit we grabbed some chairs and gathered around to swap stories. Our hunting camp had become the place to be, thanks to the addition of our outdoor firepit. As early evening gave way to deepest night, the flames died down and the last few embers turned to ash, and we were able to enjoy a happy moment together before heading for bed.
A good fire pit in your base camp can make your hunting experience significantly more enjoyable. A lot of hunters are content to stay in hotels overnight, exchanging their stories in a bar or hotel lobby, unaware of what they’re missing. Hunters who spend their evenings in a camp are far more likely to have a satisfying experience than those who return to a hotel. Hunting is in itself a primal act, sleeping out beneath the stars adds to this experience, it connects you with your ancestors when they used to hunt to survive and not just for sport. The camaraderie built on such hunts is memorable: hunters feel closer to the earth, to the animals they are seeking, and to each other. All of this is a recipe for a truly memorable experience, one that hunters are likely to come back to again and again.
A good deer camp is usually situated in a small clearing in a wooded section of property. The surrounding trees provide a natural barrier from high winds and other similar elements as well as creating a more genuine camping sensation. You do not have to necessarily use a tent but can go for a permanent cabin type of shelter. These don’t have to be expensive; one lease owner I know transformed an old, busted school bus into a bunk house. It was really handy on camping trips because you got the real camping experience but had something solid to sleep under. Every great hunting camp also includes a fire pit as part of the site. And, just as importantly, a regular full-sized fire pit will better protect the land than the typical campfire. It is also better for cooking. Surveys show that hunters that cook their food over a campfire are more satisfied with their camping experience.
If you have a property from which people go hunting, have a fire pit installed at the base camp and just wait for people to exclaim how they cannot wait another year for the next hunt.
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