12-03-2015, 10:49 PM
I'm sure the reason that this subject is sore is that it's very much a sliding scale.
If you set up in the tent city or where the tent city usually springs up, you should expect that there will be noise and that kids and animals may occasionally make it into your camp. In these kinds of groups you'll also see a feller I like to call "Extra Loud Guy" and often an "Extra Loud Girl". Extra Loud Guy is usually a classic case of joshing around with a girl to show that he likes her, Extra Loud Girl usually reciprocates. It's not too much to expect that kids, animals and other people will generally stay about 10 feet from your tent though. It's also unacceptable to touch other people's gear without their permission. You might get lines tangled under the ice, that's too bad, don't set up there if you don't like it. Sometimes that's fun if they're ok people.
I'm in the column of people who are going to go set up away from everyone else. If you have kids and a dog (both of which that you like to let run around with zero discipline) and you trek around the shore or across the lake to set up next to me, let's say less than 20 feet away, and your kids start using my camp as their camp or your dog comes and fights with my dog, you better be prepared for a discussion. Ultimately, if I have to move, you'll probably get an interesting scientific lesson on how fish like it when you set a speaker face down in the snow and crank up some Metallica.
Simplified version: If you like a big group, set up next to a big group or in the group area. If you don't like a big group, set up on a good place elsewhere. If you don't know what you're doing and expect to go set up next to some loner because you think he knows what he's doing, you're going to have a bad time.
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If you set up in the tent city or where the tent city usually springs up, you should expect that there will be noise and that kids and animals may occasionally make it into your camp. In these kinds of groups you'll also see a feller I like to call "Extra Loud Guy" and often an "Extra Loud Girl". Extra Loud Guy is usually a classic case of joshing around with a girl to show that he likes her, Extra Loud Girl usually reciprocates. It's not too much to expect that kids, animals and other people will generally stay about 10 feet from your tent though. It's also unacceptable to touch other people's gear without their permission. You might get lines tangled under the ice, that's too bad, don't set up there if you don't like it. Sometimes that's fun if they're ok people.
I'm in the column of people who are going to go set up away from everyone else. If you have kids and a dog (both of which that you like to let run around with zero discipline) and you trek around the shore or across the lake to set up next to me, let's say less than 20 feet away, and your kids start using my camp as their camp or your dog comes and fights with my dog, you better be prepared for a discussion. Ultimately, if I have to move, you'll probably get an interesting scientific lesson on how fish like it when you set a speaker face down in the snow and crank up some Metallica.
Simplified version: If you like a big group, set up next to a big group or in the group area. If you don't like a big group, set up on a good place elsewhere. If you don't know what you're doing and expect to go set up next to some loner because you think he knows what he's doing, you're going to have a bad time.
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