Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-04

Hints rs to the Outfit Needed by the Sum-
mer Sportsman.

Hints as to the Outfit Needed by the Sum-
| mer Sportsman.
From the Lewiston Evening Journal.
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 fit out. With men who go into the
woods on business the object is to carry
as little as possible, and it is 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, &C., and are
never loaded down. Asmall teapot, tea, salt, pork.
pepper and crackers, with a irving pan. one
blanket. a Ratchet, compass and note book-all
of which can be put into a haf-bushel bag-a
match safe and an extra pair of socks all that
are needed. An explorer can dig pit in three
feet of snow, about the shape of q grave and
eighteen inches deep, build fire on the lee side
OF 1t. and then wrapping his blanket around
him. first spreading IL in the pit and then fold
ing i. about himself, sleep in warmth and COM
fort. There are worse beds than those made IN
the 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 a 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 hunting. un-
like the explorer, will have a home base SO TO
speak. After deciding upon his ground he
will. If possible, find deserted log camp near
at hand, and, failing in this. he may build
lean-to or small camp. II he goes in during
the winter he will put beans, pork, salt, pep
per, tea, flour, baking powder and potatoes
upon a sled with his cooking kit blankets.
traps and gun and haul them in. II he goes
in the fall he viii canoe his stuff up or sack
1t. For IS bill a man can get enough
raw material TO last. combined with wild meat
and fish. for two months. once canned
niue days on Molunkus stream with three
other men. We had all of the above nee
essaries and in addition butter, sugar. cheese
and pickles, yet the expense was but e.. Sc per
man or an average of cents and a fraction
meal. Here, then, is a pointer for campers
out. II you are sure Of fish enough to eat and
are going into a section where there are birds.
rabbits or larger game, so cents per day is all
you need to lay out on raw material for your
table. With that expenditure you can live
Tip top"
II 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 hundred per cent Of pleasure. as one
man puts it, in anticipation Of the event. For
two weeks camping out q 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 pairs of wooden
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hat, light rubber coat, a 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. q compass, ak
and belt. pack Of cards, q Bible aud pocket
map of the region.
For board for two take. for two weeks out
ing, box Of baking powder. three quarts Of
beans, three pounds OF butter, two pounds of
coffee, four cans Of condensed milk. fifteen
pounds OF four, three pounds or more of onions.
half bushel Of potatoes, ten pounds Of salt
pork, six pounds OF sugar and half pound Of
tea. You can add such goods as you desire and
do not forget the small bag of salt, box of
pepper and a bottle of tomato catsup.
II you get guide IL will be better to let him
furn sh the camp kit; otherwise. take each an
AK, a baker, two-quart bread pan, wooden
butter box, can opener, coffee pot, which will
do for the tea. three forks, bags for provisions.
two frying pans, four tin plates, two two-quart
tin pals, four pint tin clippers. three teaspoons
one large spoon. an tent. by 8, ralt shaker,
pepper box, potato bag, three knives, one
three-quart iron kettle. You can put all these
things save the tent into two -four barrels. and
those are convenient to handle when in transit
or when changing camping grounds.
Ii You want birds take a shotgun, though IL
you have guide and are in a country where
there is large game let the guide kill the par
tridges by shooting the heads on with rife, or
You can do it yourself. If you expect to 60
into q duck country take q double-barreled
gun. cheap rod is a. available as an expen-
sive one, and often q willow pole is better than
rod But have plenty Of line, hooks and
sinkers. Such m outfit as I have described,
even II newly purchased, need not cost over
$40, aside from the tent. and il il be taken care
of the expenses Of fitting out next year viii be
reduced nearly one-half