# Camping Outdoors **URL:** \ **Category:** Gear & Gadgets\ **Tags:** survival-gear, camping\ **Created:** [May 16, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51 "2024-05-16T02:12:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/1 "2024-05-16T02:12:02Z")
Camping Gear ,tents,stoves,lights,food rations…etc… ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/2 "2024-05-16T17:19:00Z")
As I am getting a little older I have been considering getting a E-Spot GPS emergency notification device. How do they do it out west ? Satellite phones ? ---
**Author:** ![shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/shooterrex/32/50_2.png) [@shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/u/shooterrex)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/3 "2024-05-17T05:14:16Z")
Check out some of Garmin’s stuff. You can send and receive texts almost anywhere. A lot less expense than a sat phone. ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/4 "2024-05-17T12:11:51Z")
Wow I didnt know that… Have any idea what its called ? Garmin model that is ? ---
**Author:** ![shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/shooterrex/32/50_2.png) [@shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/u/shooterrex)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/5 "2024-05-17T15:51:44Z")
> **[inReach® Satellite Communicators | Messengers | Garmin](https://www.garmin.com/en-US/c/outdoor-recreation/satellite-communicators/)** > > Stay safe off-the-grid with inReach® satellite communicators. Features include two-way text messaging (satellite subscription required), SOS trigger, and GPS. ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/6 "2024-05-17T16:48:29Z")
Still takes a subscription but it was really cool. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/robert/32/20_2.png) [@Robert](https://sixguns.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/7 "2024-05-17T21:55:32Z")
Those remind me of the Nextel 2 way, look pretty cool, but you’re limited to only others with the same thing correct? ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/8 "2024-05-17T22:01:47Z")
I took it that one could text a phone number from them they run through iridums satellite service for their cellphines but they are Garmin devices. I may be wrong 😳 ---
**Author:** ![shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/shooterrex/32/50_2.png) [@shooterrex](https://sixguns.com/u/shooterrex)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/9 "2024-05-18T04:42:28Z")
my understanding is you can text any cell phone and receive texts. i could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/10 "2024-05-18T13:32:46Z")
I think your right thats how I understood it also when I read it . ---
**Author:** ![ramprage40](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/ramprage40/32/24_2.png) [@ramprage40](https://sixguns.com/u/ramprage40)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/11 "2024-05-23T20:54:23Z")
Also check out Andy Cool at Explorer Satellite in Ft Lauderdale. I rent sat phones from him for back country hunting. He has many choices on communication devices and great year end deals. He might have what you need or great info you can use. ---
**Author:** ![equin](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/equin/32/22_2.png) [@equin](https://sixguns.com/u/equin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/12 "2024-08-11T23:37:16Z")
My boys love camping. Admittedly, our version of camping is “car camping” where we drive to a state park, unload our tents and set it all up at a designated campsite next to a bunch of other families doing the same. But they love campfire, roasting marshmallows and hot dogs, etc. Some parks have cell service while others don’t. I’d like to take them camping at a more secluded spot, like at Big Bend State Park, and maybe even get to see a real starry night. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/robert/32/20_2.png) [@Robert](https://sixguns.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/13 "2024-08-12T00:32:40Z")
We have a lot of campgrounds up here, bewilders me to see people drive from the city , set up camp immediately next to other campers, then go back to the city feeling they got it 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![equin](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/equin/32/22_2.png) [@equin](https://sixguns.com/u/equin)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/14 "2024-08-12T00:53:16Z")
Here in Texas, most of the state is privately owned. So not many options here to get away from state parks with crowded camping spots unless you own or lease some land way out in the country, drive many hours to some place like Big Bend, or drive out of state many hours. Not as crowded in the summer, though. 100+ degree heat with mosquitoes, chiggers, scorpions, rattlesnakes and other biting creatures tends to keep many of my fellow Texans in air conditioned homes. ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/15 "2024-08-12T02:03:16Z")
My wifes family even has a family camp tucked away in the mountains away from people very private, Black bears,Bob Cats,Rattlesnakes ,Deer all commonly seen. I always take a gun with me . But some of the best camping experiences i ever had were there. I also have done quite a few camping trips in the mountains by myself Fishing and Hiking . I do have a good friend (was my sergeant) I fish and hunt with . He just bought a boat supposed to go fishing next month ---
**Author:** ![WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/wv460hunter/32/7579_2.png) [@WV460HUNTER](https://sixguns.com/u/WV460HUNTER)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/16 "2024-08-12T02:57:51Z")
Thats why most of Texas is hard to see why anyone would endeavor to live there. West Texas mountians seems okay and far east side . Center of Texas👎 ---
**Author:** ![equin](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/equin/32/22_2.png) [@equin](https://sixguns.com/u/equin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/17 "2024-08-13T23:02:14Z")
Yeah, the Texas outdoors ain’t for sissies, that’s for sure. Never been to WV, but the pictures make it look real nice. Did the remote work types flood your state and buy up a bunch of property? They sure came here in droves despite the summer heat. ---
**Author:** ![ArmedEyeDoc](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/armedeyedoc/32/7805_2.png) [@ArmedEyeDoc](https://sixguns.com/u/ArmedEyeDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/18 "2024-08-13T23:47:42Z")
You and your kids can come camp at my place. It is definitely dark at night. There are wild critters out there… especially cows, but also coyotes and an occasional deer. I have seen a couple of copperheads but not seen any rattlesnakes. ---
**Author:** ![equin](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/equin/32/22_2.png) [@equin](https://sixguns.com/u/equin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/19 "2024-08-14T00:14:47Z")
Thanks! And that reminds me, let me know when you need help clearing brush or needing an extra hand to set up your range. ---
**Author:** ![ArmedEyeDoc](https://sixguns.com/user_avatar/sixguns.com/armedeyedoc/32/7805_2.png) [@ArmedEyeDoc](https://sixguns.com/u/ArmedEyeDoc)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51/20 "2024-08-14T00:55:45Z")
I am a ways from setting up a range unfortunately. Once our house is complete and we move out there, I hope to get a little more done out there. I will probably go eco-friendly on brush removal and get some goats. Here is a recent picture after the gravel drive got put in on Monday. ![IMG_20240812_181715_HDR](https://sixguns.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c68d8f7bbf4a0d326ab2e3216da680985ee71274.jpeg) [Next page](https://sixguns.com/t/camping-outdoors/51.md?page=2)