KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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locks the other so that it cannot 

 slip* 



No doubt many of your readers 

 have used each of these "kinks," 

 but .there are others who have 



not, and they may be of service to 

 them. 



*Editor's Note. This is the well- 

 known and efficient Waterman's 

 knot. 



JUST ADHESIVE PLASTER 



BY C. E. McOoRMAND 



Speaking of kinks, do you know 

 that a strip of common adhesive 

 plaster, or electrician's tape, 

 pasted over a smooth steel or rub- 

 ber shotgun butt-plate, makes the 

 very best substitute for a checked 

 one? You can't make it slip. I 

 tried it on my old Maynard some 

 five years ago and it is still doing 

 service as well as the most ex- 

 pensive imported butt-plate. 



A "REAL" OIL FOR REELS 



BY FRANK HARRIS 



Here's a good home-made oil 

 for reels, and, by the way, it is 

 also fine for typewriters, sewing 

 machines, etc. It will not gum, 

 and in every way is fully equal of 

 standard oils at a cost that's next 

 to nothing. 



These are the "makin's" : One- 

 half pint kerosene, one teaspoon- 

 ful good, pure olive or sweet oil, 

 and if you want to be extra fancy, 

 a few drops of oil of peppermint 



or spearmint, to kill the kerosene 

 odor. 



Don't condemn this without a 

 trial. You'll be surprised. "It's 

 slippery as an eel." 



A WIRE GAME CARRIER 

 BY HARRY O. HANNA 



All of us who hunt rabbits and 

 other small game have often 

 wished for a hand carrier, espe- 

 cially after hunting all day and 

 getting a good bag, as carrying 

 eight or ten rabbits in a coat gets 

 very tiresome on the shoulders. 

 Most of us also have wanted to 

 hang the game in the spring-house 

 over night and had to search for a 

 piece of cord or wire to 'string 

 them on. Have found the follow- 

 ing simple device very handy: 



Take a piece of stiff wire about 

 19 inches long and bend in nearly 



a circle. Then take wooden han- 

 dle from an old bucket bail for 

 handle, as per illustration. Next 

 put small hook on both ends of 

 wire and sharpen lower hook. 



To use, run sharpened hook 

 through rabbit's leg and engage 

 lower hook with upper. 



