Sell em both and get a jumping jack.
I’d probably take the tent and refine what you bring over the years to suit your needs.

 

I would be bringing both. Either way you are bringing the trailer so it isn't that much more for the wall tent. And besides, there is nothing better than sleeping in those wall tents.

 

One thought if the weather gets nasty you have a big tent set up so your not cooped up in a little tiny space

 

I've gotta say, I prefer a good wall tent over a trailer for this very important reason. You cannot dry soaking wet clothes/boots in a trailer, don't care whatcha say. A wall tent with a good wood stove will dry your clothes/boots. Dig yourself a covered pit toilet and you really just snuffed any reason why a trailer may be better

 

We take wall tents back to Idaho for November whitetail hunting, and with the wood stove inside and zero degree bags in a bedroll, you can warm up and dry everything out easily. And with zero degree bags you aren't cold if you sleep through remembering to throw more wood in the stove in the middle of the night. Canvas bedroll helps keep condensation drips off of your sleeping bag during the day when you're out and the sun gets on the tent to melt the snow/ice.


Eric.

 

I have a 6x12 enclosed trailer I haul my four-wheeler in it to camp. I have a air mattress, cook stove and I even put a 55 gal drum in one corner and set up my camp shower in it. Works great as a camper!

 

A guy with a wall tent doesnt have problems getting in anywhere… but then a trailer guy doesnt have to unfold and dry out when he gets home. Advantages and disadvantages to both.
Personally I prefer the wall tents.

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I just stayed in a 7x16 enclosed trailer; they're a whole lot better on paper than real life.

 

Wall tent with wood stove always better option and leave the wheelers at home and kill more elk.

 

Trailer is made of metal. Think icebox. Take your wall tent and be happy!

 

I did a week long trip with 3 other guys in an RV and slept in my tent every night. Can’t handle the “lived in” smell.

 

Wall tents are a match made in Heaven for Fall in the mountains IMO.

 

Me too….
I’ll feel better with all my junk locked up in there at some of the places I’ve stayed at, don’t ya think?😂

 

Some more thoughts;

I bet Mountain Oak won't have the mouse circus I had going on in my wall tent back a few years ago once I turned out the lights. Sheesh...you would have thought Barnum and Bailey was in town. Those suckers annihilated a sweaty Merino shirt I laid over a tote to dry.

But then you won't have guys waking you up clomping around going out to pee in the middle of the night like in a trailer...that is, unless you had some ingenious funnel and hose system....just saying.....

 

Some more thoughts;

I bet Mountain Oak won't have the mouse circus I had going on in my wall tent back a few years ago once I turned out the lights. Sheesh...you would have thought Barnum and Bailey was in town. Those suckers annihilated a sweaty Merino shirt I laid over a tote to dry.

But then you won't have guys waking you up clomping around going out to pee in the middle of the night like in a trailer...that is, unless you had some ingenious funnel and hose system....just saying.....

Ha, no trout about that. Give em a week and they’ll move in. I’ve found if you give em an actual target, they can be somewhat controlled. I’ve boiled a bag of boil in bag rice and put it on a paper plate by the stove and it keeps em off your cot. They go back and forth all night packing chow to their homes. A bit more ruthless but effective is the old PB on a plank 5 gallon bucket technique. Mouse traps are pretty noisy and takes up time to empty/change out. But normally, I’m so damn worn out at night at elk camp I just let em have their way.

 

I pulled an 12 ft enclosed trailer to Colorado last year . If you know where you are hunting then it is great. I was in a new unit and had a hard time getting up some of the roads.. I bought a truck topper for this year. I'll use it as base camp and sleep in there when I'm at the truck.

 

I’ve slept in a topper several times over the years, my topper will be going to along with the tent and trailer

 

I’ve done the open trailers and tents with a full pickup box, we looked like gypsies loaded down with quads, mountain bikes, coolers etc. It got the job done but everything is unprotected from the road.


I switched to a 7x16 enclosed also. Way nicer having everything clean, dry and protected. Still got tired of the tent setup and tear downs. I finally bought an older pop up pickup camper. Forced air furnace, stove, and fridge. It’s only good for 2 but if you need a nap just pull over and crank the top up. Finding elk from year to year has us on the move a lot. We can relocate in no time. We can sleep close by the areas we want to hunt and beat the guys traveling from campgrounds or from town. A big tent camp is great, but time is limited and you don’t want to be driving a long distance to get to your hunting spot. Just an idea if you are solo or hunting with 1 buddy.

 

I hope you're kidding about poison!

 

I use those plastic traps that you just push down on. As long as you can get them to stay open they work great. The mice always seem to come in about 5 minutes after I've shut the lantern off, then I hear that "snap......snap"......and I never hear another mouse that night. The next night I'll do the same, and usually catch 7 or 8 of them a season regardless where I'm camping.