ice castles everywhere

  • sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    August 24, 2015 at 12:05 pm #1561221

    I just drove back from Montana yesterday and on the way back I see guys pulling ice castle fish houses, both to and from MN. I know these guys aren’t ice fishing yet, but what are they doing with them? They were not new and they weren’t going home. Guys with MN plates heading west and guys with ND plates heading east. Are they using them for a camper while prairie dog hunting or speed goat hunting? I counted 8 of them after I saw a few and started counting.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22456
    August 24, 2015 at 12:22 pm #1561222

    I would say DIY western hunts…. speed goats for sure waytogo

    fishinfreaks
    Rogers, MN
    Posts: 1154
    August 24, 2015 at 12:27 pm #1561224

    Could be guys working out in the oil fields.

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    August 24, 2015 at 12:36 pm #1561228
    fishinfreaks wrote:

    Could be guys working out in the oil fields.

    Good point, I never thought of that.

    out_fishing
    Moorhead, MN
    Posts: 1151
    August 24, 2015 at 12:51 pm #1561241

    Id say camping or some of them are toy haulers with the fold down back doors.

    Jon Jordan
    Keymaster
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 6019
    August 24, 2015 at 1:14 pm #1561246

    Stugris?

    -J.

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11646
    August 24, 2015 at 4:24 pm #1561317

    I’ve been noticing a lot of these on the road in the summer as well and when I go past campgrounds, it’s pretty common to see a couple of wheel houses in use as summer campers.

    I suspect with a lot of guys it’s easier to justify the expense if they become year-around toys rather than just seeing use a couple of months in the winter and then sitting around in storage for the other 8 months.

    Just happened to be an RV dealership looking at ATV trailers earlier this summer and got a glance at a couple of the price tags on the LuxoWheelHouses. $$$$$$$$. Yikes. Nice rigs for sure, but wow that’s a major coinage outlay.

    Grouse

    wkw
    Posts: 723
    August 26, 2015 at 8:32 pm #1562052

    Running away from home ?

    nhamm
    Inactive
    Robbinsdale
    Posts: 7348
    August 26, 2015 at 9:21 pm #1562063

    My Mom’s husband and crew left to out west for bow elk camp yesterday, imagine quite a few others do the same.

    castle-rock-clown
    Posts: 2596
    September 7, 2015 at 11:42 am #1564320

    I think they make great hunting camp shelters. I prefer an outside kitchen and pop-up shower. The ability to haul an ATV via rear ramp is a big bonus. Once camp is set up I use my clam pop-up hub shelter as garage and covered storage keeping the inside of trailer uncluttered.

    Don Miller
    Onamia, MN
    Posts: 378
    September 7, 2015 at 4:17 pm #1564345

    If you drive by the Ice Castle lot at Mille Lacs Unclaimed on 169 you can see that as many have AC units on top as do not. They are not just for winter ice fishing anymore.

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