OUTFITTING HINTS 



Inch hunting boots, one pair of light boots with 

 rubber vamps and soles, and one pair of over- 

 sized ordinary walking shoes, nailed with Hun- 

 garian hobs. The boots also should be so 

 hobbed. Keep your hunting boots light. No 

 such boot, unless a man is a giant, should weigh 

 more than 35^ pounds to the pair. An ordinary 

 pair of walking shoes weighs two pounds, and 

 when this weight is doubled, as often it is, you 

 are lifting too much at each step. I would 

 rather have to buy a new pair of boots for each 

 trip, if they were so light that I'd wear them 

 out that quick, than to burden myself with 

 4-pound boots that would last a lifetime. Three- 

 pound boots would be preferable to 3>^-pound 

 if you can get them. I am speaking now for the 

 average-sized man (I weigh 170 pounds). 



The shoes I have mentioned are for sheep and 

 goat hunting and for long caribou and moose 

 hikes without the horses in dry country. The 

 rubber-vamp boots mentioned are for boggy 

 country while hunting moose, caribou or bear, 

 while the leather boots are for hunting in dry or 

 cold weather and for riding. 



Don't forget the rubber folding drinking cup. 

 I have used it for twenty-five years continuously 

 and have never left it behind yet. It lies flat in 

 your pocket and occupies practically no space. 

 Closing as it does, it is always perfectly clean on 

 the inside, however dirty looking the exterior 

 may be. I, like others, have gone thru the cart- 



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