The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-19

hooks and bait 1t Is said that once
upon time an editor of sportsman's
guide left kineo and started down the
west branch of the Penobscot for moose.
One night after two days travel his
guide called moose and got an an
swer. The editor opened his ammuni-
ton box to load his gun, when he found,
instead of forty-four cartridges, lot OF
shells loaded with No. 9 shot The
guide had few cartridges, but in get
ting them the editor gave an alarm to
the big game and it made its escape.
Perhaps it will be Of interest to those
who intend TO camp out to learn how
the hunter who treads the woods for
profit. the trapper, and the explorer,
camp. and how party of two can best
At out.
With men who 60 into the woods on
business the object is to carry as little
as posi- BILE, and it Is really wonderful
how little man in the woods really
needs. Men who explore timber lands
In the winter put on pair of snow
shoes, and then on their backs carry
bedding, cooking utensils, etc, and are
never loaded down. A small teapot,
tea, salt, pork, pepper and crackers,
with a frying-pan. one blanket, q
Ratchet, compass and notebook-al of
which can be put into half-bushel
bag-a match-safe and an extra pair of
socks are all needed. An explorer can
dig pit in three feet of snow, about
the shape of grave, and eighteen
inches deep, build fire on the lee side
of it, and then wrapping his blanket
around him, first spreading it in the pit
and then folding it about himself, sleep
in warmth and comfort. There are
SHOWS in the Maine woods.
When men SO engaged do not carry .
gun, they take an amount of smoked or
dried meat of about the weight of rifle.
Some, however, leave both gun and
meat at home, and depend upon a fish
line for fresh food.
The man who goes trapping or hunt
ing, unlike the explorer, will have a
home base, so to speak. After deciding
upon his ground, he will, if possible,
find a deserted log camp near at hand,
and failing in this, he will build lean
to or small camp. If he goes in during
the winter he will put beans, pork, salt,
pepper, tea, -four, baking powder and
potatoes upon sled with his cooking
kit, traps and gun and haul
them in. If he goes in the fell
he will canoe his stuff up or ''saclx"
It. For SIS bill man can get enough
raw material to last, combined with
wild meat and fish, for two months l
once camped nine days on Molunkus
stream with three other men. We had
all of the above necessaries, and in adj
dition butter, sugar, cheese and pickles,
yet the expense was but 81. So per man,
or an average of nine cents and frac-
ton a meal Here, then, is pointer
for campers-out. If you are sure of fish
enough to eat, and are going into sec
ton where there are birds, rabbits, or
larger game, fifty cents per day is all
you need to lay out on raw material for
your table. With that expenditure you
can live 'tip-top."
1t is not too early to give thought to
the matter if you intend to camp out
this year. You can, by taking six
weeks to think about it, get one hum
dred per cent. of pleasure. as one man
puts it, in anticipation of the event.
For two weeks camping out person
should have one pair of stout shoes
well creased, one pair of stout slippers,
one old but stout suit, an extra pair of
trousers, two pair of wooden socks, one
change Of Undertaking, a SLOUGH hat
a light rubber coat, pair of blankets,
an empty pillow case, court plaster,
some five-grain quinine pills to take
one every five hours when you get
chill or first begin to sneeze from a cold,
a bottle of Jamaica ginger, some fly
mixture if you camp in fly time, soap
and towels, some rope and Irvine,
ak and belt, pack of cards,
Bible, and pocket map of the region.
For board for two take. for two
weeks outing, box of baking powder,
three quarts of beans, three pounds of
butter, two pounds of coffee, four cans
milk, fifteen pounds -four,
three pounds or more of onions, a half
bushel of potatoes, ten pounds of salt
pork, six pounds of sugar and half
pound of tea. You can add such canned
goods as may desire, and do not forget
the small bag of salt, a box of pepper
and bottle of tomato catsup.
If you get guide it will be better to
.et him furnish the camp kit, otherwise
take each an AK, baker, two-quart |
bread pan, wooden butter box, can
opener. coffee pot which will do for the !
5ea, three forks, bag for provision, two |
trying pans, four tin plates, two two
quart tin pals, four tin dippers, three
one large spoon, an A tent /
ks, salt shaker, pepper box, potato 1
bag, three knives, one three-quart iron |
kettle.
You can put all these things save the
ent into two -four barrels, and these
Ire convenient to handle when in tran
1T or when changing camping grounds.
If you want birds take a shotgun,
hough if you have guide and are in
ountry where there is large game, let
he guide kill the partridge by shooting
he heads off with rife or you can do
t yourself. If you expect to go into a
luck country, take a double barreled
-un.
A cheap rod is as available as an expen-
i've one, and often a willow pole is bet
er than rod. But have plenty of line,
looks and sinkers
Such an outfit as have described,
ven if newly purchased, need not cost
ver $50, aside from your tent, and If il
e taken care of, the expense of fitting
Mt next year will be reduced nearly
ne-half