who needs a shanty, sittin on a bucket in sub zero temps, line freezing up hole closing in, it don't get any better than that. Besides if you take a shanty you tend not to move as much and us guys sitting out in the cold cant see if you're getting them or your're sleeping in there. when I first started icefishing we used to say, "here comes the bucket brigade", now its, "man look at tent city out there , they must be on em". It's all good as long as you're on the ice.