PACK SADDLE SHOP
Canvas tent, decker pack saddle, hunting canvas tents,
sawbuck pack saddles,
range canvas tents, pack panniers,
saddle
panniers, pack equipment, pack saddle replacement items,
tack and
hunting tent stoves for your packing requirements.
All pack equipment prices
are below retail.
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Canvas tents, pack saddle, pack panniers, saddle panniers, hunting canvas tent and other packing equipment the typical hunter, weekend packer or outfitter would need. Pack Saddle Shop pack gear and canvas tent prices are all below suggested retail and competing dealers that I am aware of. CLICK BLUE "HOT BUTTONS" TO THE LEFT FOR A SPECIFIC PRODUCT TOLL FREE # 1 - 800 - 234- 1150 Packing Tips - Recommend you read the packing tips from an Australian packer which is at the end of the packing tips section CUSTOMERS FROM CANADA: Please visit CANVASTENTSHOP.CA . Canada website designed to eliminate your brokerage fees and reduce shipping for US tents and tent stoves to Canada. Canvas tents and tent stoves are in Canada ready for shipment. Pack saddles and panniers can also be ordered and brought to Castlegar BC for shipping within Canada eliminating brokerage fees and reduced shipping. I have hunted and packed in Idaho Wilderness areas since 1979. Currently, I hunt or take pack trips 2 to 3 months annually. I field tested the canvas tents and pack saddles and used many pack equipment items that we sell. I am confident that Pack Saddle Shop pack equipment and canvas tent models will provide you the same pleasure and service as these quality products have provided me. Looking for a tent? WILDERNESS canvas tents "ARE ON SPECIAL" and ship 1 business day after ordering. If you are just starting packing and have any questions on a hunting canvas tent, equipment, quality, what you actually need, call or email me. I will answer any questions you have. I suggest you also read my packing tips. I have labeled 5% of our pack equipment items as "Pro" to indicate high quality, workmanship, design or value. All horse pack equipment I sell is made in the US. I believe in supporting American small businesses. Equally important, USA made pack equipment is superior quality to imported pack gear. CANVAS TENT Click canvas tents to view the 7 camping and hunting tents available. Recommendation: Insure that you have guy ropes/side ropes on new canvas tents when it rains/snows to insure it shrinks evenly for the normal 1-3% shrinkage. Otherwise your canvas tent may shrink unevenly and may not fit your internal frame properly. Ordering online: After purchasing items online click "Complete Checkout Now" at top left on all webpages. We do not have a catalog that can be mailed to you, only the website which has detailed pictures and descriptions. Rich POP UP's: If you have a pop-up program installed you will need to disable it to view our pictures labeled "Click to Enlarge" as the java script I run is a pop up program. Check out our SpecialsOnline secure shopping except for a few canvas tents, frames and stoves. Currently those items require customizing. Talking/emailing the order ensures the customer is getting the item that meets his needs. When you are finishing your online secure ordering click the Check Out button listed under shopping on the left side of each webpage.
There is a 2% discount if you pay for hunting canvas tents, pack saddles, or pack equipment by money order or cashier check. Decker
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Packing Tips: Smell of blood and game carcass Some horses do not like the smell of blood or even seeing an elk carcass. You don’t want to learn your horses don’t like smelling blood on your hunting trip. If you have frozen elk meat or another game animal, unwrap it and take the bloody package with its blood smell to your horses and see how they react. I put elk meat in my grain feeders to get my horses used to the smell and nail fresh bear hides to my fence posts to get the horses used to bear smell. I do this every spring. Some horses never get used to the smell of blood. Years ago I had a mare, Rosie, we packed out 5 elk and 1 moose on her in one year and she never improved. On the last pack trip, loading my wife's moose, she reared up and on the way down hit me in the head with her front hoof. I was fortunate to only have a serious concussion. Fortunately, I had John, a doctor as a hunting partner. John woke me up every 2 hours the first night. If I didn’t wake up John told me he was taking me to the nearest Forest Service Office to borrow the rustiest drill he could find and drill holes in my head to relieve pressure on my brain. John stated, “we wouldn’t have the time” to go to a hospital because it was a 3 hour drive to the nearest town. Unfortunatelly, Dr John no longer hunts with me because he doesen't enjoy hunting the rough Idaho Wilderness. However, he still fly fishes with me at the edge of the Wilderness. I sold Rosie to a friend with a full explanation of her bad habits. If I had my rifle or pistol with me when she reared I would have made Rosie bear bait right there. All my current horses accept blood smells and two of them will even eat grain off a “raw” bear skin. The other two will eat the grain near the skin. It should be noted that when I purchased Rosie from an old horse trader I was told she was a good pack horse and had packed out many elk - WHAT A LIE. Packing out elk quarters Put a quarter in each pannier pointing in the same direction. I use Utah panniers and tighten my top pannier straps tight together after the elk quarters are loaded to bring in the quarters close to my horse. If you don’t have top pannier straps then I suggest you use rope to tie to each quarter to keep them close to the horse. Packing out loose dangling quarters increases the probability of a wreck. The first elk I packed out on Rosie in 1985 was in very steep terrain and quite an experience. I led Rosie past the carcas, when she finally saw the carcas she jumped sideways 5 feet. I tried to load Rosie by myself for 1-2 hours with no success. Rosie just wouldn't stand still as I tried to put the elk quarter in the pannier. It was getting almost dark so I returned to camp. The next day Rosie and I went back and I learned how to pack an elk on a problem horse. 1-22
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