Tragopan V6 | Wildlife Photography Hide Setup

[@merkin22]

Set my V6 up in my apartment yesterday :) Hopefully going to use it this weekend in a marsh (though wetlands are still pretty much frozen edge to edge here despite a warmer than usual late winter). Great video. It made simple the already uncomplicated set up -- and I could not figure out how to collapse it easily without watching you do so here :) Thanks!

[@SuperTragopan]

Great to hear! Best of luck 🙂

[@merkin22]

@@SuperTragopan COVID has kept me too much home; taking the blind into the mountains in a couple weeks time so rewatched parts of this video for a refresher LOL The quality of the blind is just grand. I did not in the first instance get the rain canopy, but will be doing so -- there's a point in the video where I think you say (or did I misunderstand) that it's possible to put the awning on over the vestibule/extra room (which I have) for added weather proofing for the extra room? Happy shooting!

[@IlMagodeiBambini]

Your past versions are so good that I couldn't even imagine that you could improve them so much!

[@vincentlimagne9768]

Looks even better than the V5 ... great job Tragopan team !

[@SuperTragopan]

Thank you Vincent 🙂

[@darrenoakley6680]

My V6 in on order cant wait for it to arrive

[@rafaelafernandes863]

Can I use it on snow ?

[@andrewyeates7717]

Wow. Looks incredible. I want one

[@davidellis4846]

Ordered tonight as this should help me get closer to my subject.... I hope 🥴

[@SuperTragopan]

Nice 👌 I'm sure it will :)

[@Yosser70]

This looks brilliant! Last time I owned a hide, it was a box shaped canvas thing with a metal frame and weighed a ton! Can it fold up with the eatra room and floor attached?

[@Mi_lardon]

Sorry for the slow reply. Yes it can be folded with the room attached but best is to take of first the floor of two of the corners of the tent, it will fold up more easily.

[@davidcannon1148]

Just bought one 18/2/2021. Great hide. Got stung for import duty now we are out of the EU. But a great product

[@stevemurnan1702]

Which material pattern did you get David. The one Espen is showing is just too bright for UK conditions imho and what % of import tax did you have to pay? I've heard UK customs include the shipping price and the goods price then levy 20% on top of which the courier can levy an additional charge for the paperwork.

[@davidcannon1148]

@@stevemurnan1702 not the one elphanis showing more of a autumnal blends in very well with uk summer colours

Hi Espen, will the Monal V2 be in the new dark version as it is with the Tragopan V6? If so, when? I would like to buy the dark version. Thank you and good luck.

[@kjellgunnarklaksvik]

Looks great!

[@NikCan66]

Excellent video

[@GingerPhotographer]

I like it but the inner material looks a little shinny?

[@Mi_lardon]

it looks shiny when exposed outside (which is never the case, only during the opening process), it offers full darkness inside the Hide, so it is not a problem. The roof-canopy has a black coating for this very same reason.

[@tomhughes5123]

which camo version is this , the ones iv seen are very brown , i prefer more green like that model

[@SuperTragopan]

It's a spring one, the newer ones are slightly more faded to make them blend into more environments.

[@tomhughes5123]

@@SuperTragopan cheers guys il stick to my ghillie suit untill spring , sitting still does me no good untill spring time 👍

[@photografiaaustralis2131]

Awesome Espen.

[@SuperTragopan]

Photografia Australis thank you 🙂

[@Doug-xt7bn]

What is the chair you are using please?

[@SuperTragopan]

It's the Tragopan Tetras chair. Out of stock at the moment I'm afraid.

[@Doug-xt7bn]

Thank you very much. I searched for chair on the website but it didn’t find anything hence my question.

[@SuperTragopan]

Doug Hogg I see in notifications that you left a comment on our recent video, but the comment is actually not showing in the feed for some reason. It's the Tetras camera backpack that I use 🙂

[@Doug-xt7bn]

SuperTragopan Hi I deleted the comment as I found your video review of the backpack about 2 minutes after I asked the question. I’m looking seriously at the Tragopan range as I photograph and film pine martens, otters, eagles and deer on the west coast of Scotland when I can get back up there. I need a more upright hide as I’m disabled and getting down on the ground is very difficult- getting back up is almost impossible these days😁

[@SuperTragopan]

Doug Hogg such a nice part of the world 👌🏻 I would think the Monal V2 is best suited for you then. It's the largest hide we have with 6 shooting Windows in total. You can check out a video I did on garden birds with the Monal V1 to get a feel for it.

[@jhondoughlasariasa9158]

Love that blind

[@DarrenW1]

My life's too simple, I need a hide like this to help balance it out.

[@jazinzlaty4823]

Good features but the colour is very unrealistic for Europe

[@alainmontagne1735]

Merci pour ce tuto. Portez-vois bien.

[@MrDennisk4]

Hi Espen I’ve one query I would like to ask, when using a net or cover on the windows of the V6 hide, I couldn’t work out how a person using a Gimbal head and having a bracket arm with a flash and using a better-beamer extending above your telephoto lens, to see any slits or zip on either of the net or separate cover you attach to the windows to allow the use of such extra wildlife photography equipment?

[@Mi_lardon]

HI Dennis, i don't think such a big set up would be possible to use with any of the purposed windows. I think the best way would be to put not window and use a scarf net wrapped around the gear. All the best, Jonathan

[@jasonvaughan6612]

I want one, but have no idea where I would use it lol. Still want one though

[@tomhughes5123]

put it in your bedroom ( call it your naughty room ) hide from the mrs

[@jasonvaughan6612]

@@tomhughes5123 PMSL any room I'm in is my naughty room :P

[@tomhughes5123]

@@jasonvaughan6612 i can advise you on some great ear plugs . just nod and say yes a lot 😀😀😀

[@aaronarce9269]

Where i can find those tragopan sweaters?

[@SuperTragopan]

Unfortunately we don't sell those at the moment.

[@laurentdorthu5963]

hello, is it possible to sleep in this if we are 2 photographers ?

[@SuperTragopan]

Laurent Dorthu the V6 might be a bit small for two people to sleep in, it would be a bit tight. The Monal hide is a bit larger and could work better for two people to sleep in.

[@laurentdorthu5963]

@@SuperTragopan ok thanks for that info.

[@MyJuandie]

Teniendo en cuenta que normalmente tenemos que montar el hide antes del amanecer , en oscuridad, veo complicado montar el V6 . ¿ No seria mejor que Tragopan diseñara una silla Hide para fotografos, es mucho mejor y mas rapido de montar en situaciones de poca luz. Lo del color del camuflaje es cierto lo que dicen, para mi zona es muy llamativos pues aqui no hay tanta vegetacion verde. Tambien comentan que que es isotermo . ¿ Como se comporta con calor ?

[@nigelpilsbury7328]

Is the old V 5 still available

[@FlyersNation98]

Doesn't look like. Their website is only showing the new model now. :/

[@gunfightingtechniques]

The camouflage pattern is fine, but the colors are very distracting, it doesn't seem to work in any environment. In the environment at any time of the year except winter, there is no white, and the shade of green looks completely different. The tent will be eye-catching instead of camouflaging.

[@NailKaraaslan]

tam kamufle harika

[@philbooth319]

Interesting design but the colour of the camouflage fabric looks dreadful. It’s far too pale and vibrant for most natural environments, could do with more muted and drab tones. Even if wildlife isn’t bothered by this, it stands out to the human eye and sadly it’s often people that will compromise or even steal/damage a hide.

[@Treo80]

Agreed. I've had my eyes on the bigger Monal V2, but the camo puts me off. Finnish military m05 woodland pattern would be much nicer i think.

[@Mi_lardon]

Hi, I copy here the below answer I made to Flyersnation98 as it is similar comments : "It mostly depends where you want to use it, see following links ; @t This new camo is much more versatile and more adapted to a wider range of habitat than the previous one as well as a better compromise to be use in all season. The detectability and camouflage effectiveness of the previous camo was really bad in spring for example. The perfect camo sadly do not exist and for the moment we are not able to have the tent in various camo that would be of course the perfect solution.... But to have use this new one quite often now and in various habitat, it works really well....And add a bit of vegetation is often the best way to get it melted with the environment...."

[@joakimolsson1024]

The inside walls are reflective/silver? 🙈 Ill pass.

[@SuperTragopan]

It's so that it makes for a completely dark hide and much less likely that animals will spot movements from the inside. It also makes for a comfortable temperature difference, last time I measured it was 7 degrees warmer inside the hide. Likewise when the sun is blaring down on it is cooler inside.

[@FlyersNation98]

Looks way better in terms of functionnalities but really not fond of the new camo. Looks way too bright and is not very discreet to the human eye...

[@Mi_lardon]

It mostly depends where you want to use it, see following links ; facebook.com/Tragopanteam/photos/pcb.2237089626346441/2237075136347890/?type=3&theater This new camo is much more versatile and more adapted to a wider range of habitat than the previous one as well as a better compromise to be use in all season. The detectability and camouflage effectiveness of the previous camo was really bad in spring for example. The perfect camo sadly do not exist and for the moment we are not able to have the tent in various camo that would be of course the perfect solution.... But to have use this new one quite often now and in various habitat, it works really well....And add a bit of vegetation is often the best way to get it melted with the environment....