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My wife has hinted that she may not join me this year at Gulf Shores. To save money and fish more I am thinking about camping at the state park. May wait until weather cools to increase odds. Love to camp, so I'm guessing there should be no issues but the weather for tent camping? Maybe Gators? September or October is the goal. Thoughts or Tips?
Dwayne
Bring repellant!
September is the peak of hurricane season and it may still be hot as Hades. Bring a crimson and white tent. Gators are terrified of it.
Thanks and will consider waiting until October to let the water cool.
I thought about bringing my blue tic hound to protect me. LoL Vol Nation
Sleep on an air mattress just in case of a flood!
watch for fire ants!!! bring an extension cord and a fan. you have electricity at the campsites. if you have a choice, take campsites 4,5,6,7,22 or 24 on live oak drive. they seemed to be the most shaded.
September? Bring a few tires to burn on the grill at the campsite for mosquitoes!!!
just take a thermacellQuote:
Originally Posted by chuckster
Rent a condo?
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Originally Posted by Nimakdm
plenty of good rates then, with the off season
Sept. will still be hot, wait for October.
Bring a thermocell.
And a fan.
And ant spray for the perimeter of the tent.
Lots of coolers to keep food & catch cold too.
For sure! Thanks for the tips guys. Really appreciate you guys for helping out. Want to meet you locals when I get there. Friendly bunch!
Do those Thermacells really work stik? I was thinking about buying some because the mosquitos are so bad up here this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by stik
One note: GSP Campground is almost completely booked between now & mid-August!
Have had a thermacell for years. From Ontario bear hunting in August to Mid TN turkey and early dear seasons they have worked great. It is however pretty much a personal thing. It will not clear out an entire campsite, Have used one in a 10 x 20 outfitter tent and ran off every form of winged pest. Not sure how effective in area prone to 10 to 15 mph winds.
I Camp at the state park on a regular basis. In addition to the tent bring a screened enclosure. Keep it zipped up and put oneor two thermocells in it and you will be fine. The fan is a necessity regular box fan from Wally world works great. I saw a setup last weekend down there where the tent campers had purchased a window AC unit and took flexible hose (like attaching a dryer) and piped in into the tent with the windows and doors zipped up the tent bellowed up and they said they almost froze because they did not want to get out of the tent to change the temp. HAHA
Thermacells work as well as advertised. I've even had them be effective on a windy morning in the turkey woods when the skeeters were thicker than cream gravy. Be cautious with them in an enclosed area---I've used them in a box blind in warm winter weather and it's a treat to see the little biters go swarming out of the shooting ports---but after a few minutes, the fumes made me start coughing and made my eyes water.
The fumes are from the thermacell inserts are rough even outside if there is no wind stirring. I have bow hunted Land Between The Lakes in late September where the skeeters are the size of hummingbirds and nearly get carried off on the way to the stand. Within a minute of firing up the thermacell they were gone. Sometimes I wonder how I ever hunted without one.
they make a little battery powered lantern that will. set it on the upwind side of camp.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazynewts
Those thermacells sure can get hot. It would suck to roll onto it while sleeping and get burned.