How to make a homemade tent?
It depends on how indepth you want to get. When I was a small boy I had made a tent out of an old sheet (mom would have gone nuts had I used a good one) and a piece of string tied between two trees. I tied the string between two trees and draped the sheet over it. Then I staked out the four corners to pull it tight. It may sound simple but 30 years later I was hunting on Kodiak Island, Alaska and I tied a peice of small line between two bushes and stretched a space blanket (small tarp) over it. I staked the four corners out and I had a tent. No one else in the hunting party had done this because there was no threat of rain. Overnight there had been a heavy dew and I was the only one with a dry sleeping bag. This type of tent will not keep out the bugs but it may keep you dry and that can mean all the difference in a survival situation. When you do this, make sure that you are on high and dry ground. I have also awakened to find myself in a puddle and in a small stream when it did rain.
