I was going through my wolverine trail cam photos and found this beauty from last year.

Ouch, good thing the Scandik made it across. Could be bad one with a snow machine upside down in water. That camp looks real nice and warm, a guy could trap all winter out of a setup like that.
I see the Zip fire starter, i carry it along as well in a water proof jar.

Nice looking camp Bushman, the ol WT tip quick don't they. Glad you weren't hurt. Some thing about a comfortable camp to come home to and like ya said, all about getting warm and dry. Be safe.

Love those trail cam photos of yours!

Dang those camp and line cabins of yours are nicer than our
main cabin. No way I can let my wife see your thread .... ever !

Depends which load your talking about. he he

what"s that gulu climbing on ?

looks like a possibly an entry for our Summer Olympic Female Canadian gymnast.

Dean - I offer a complimentary gym membership to all the wolverines in my area. That's the chin up bar. Actually a research camera and DNA capture device.

Tundra - ziplock bag for me, I hate the odor and stays dry if the crap hits the fan.

AK - Staying safe is what we strive for but you know how it rolls. My wife and I have this discussion every year. Just load up on the life insurance.

Chicken - I did a search on trapping subject the other day and one of your posts from 1998 on Alaska forum came up! Treat your wife like a queen, the benefits are worth it.

Whats the reason having the woodstove up in the air like that?

wow that floored kifaru makes me jealous. ;0) Looks like some fun times buddy. Another adventure one right after the other.

Boco. - short answer is stove pipe too short, and not standard pipe. Lots of welder buddies could fab me one up but tipi smoking hot even with stove higher.

Len - the Kiifaru is just another tip I got off you, amongst many others. One of the benefits of this site is all the field testing done in real world trapping conditions. The floor sections fit nicely in my cross fox when I hauled them out.

is the tipi staked to the flooring or into ground out side of plywood.

RM- I used nails into plywood to hold tipi loops plus a couple log deadmen buried in the snow for the portions that extended past the plywood.

Nice pics Bushman! I like the wolverine with white feet!

Thanks for sharing your adventure! Glad you weren't hurt.
Nice pics!

Thanks guys


You mean this one Ryan

Oooooooo, aaaaahhhhhh!

I've spent the last month hauling building material upriver on my trapline, in the hopes of getting a cabin up this winter. Luckily my son followed my footsteps and became a carpenter, and two of my daughters also married carpenters. So I told the boys if they wanted in the will they needed to give the old man a couple days of their time. And that's what they gave me - 48 hours. Here's how those hour's unfolded.

Our first challenge was arriving safely as we came upon two moose on the river. Keeping in mind the justified video I was in fear of my life and nearly dropped them both. however I pulled myself together and managed to get around them.




When we arrived on site we cleared off the building site and got going on the floor system. I designed a two section floor as it's easier to haul the material. This cabin is 16' x 16' so each floor section is made with 2 x 6 x 8' floor joists. I sheathed the underside with 3/8" plywood and the topside with 1/2" plywood.

After joining the two sections we elevated them with 2x4's and leveled them off. Next we dug down to the grade in 15 spots for our foundation posts.

For a foundation I doubled up a couple 2x6's- 16 ' long to make pressure treated beams to rest the floor system on with 4x4 posts down to the ground.

After getting the foundation squared away we insulated the floor and started sheathing it. Once sheathed we started wall framing.