OLD TWELVE 
VME BIRDS. 
December, 1917 
modate from ten to fourteen birds. Mine 
holds twelve of the largest game birds and 
the heavier they are the better I like it. 
I never object to the weight! A friend 
of mine made a carrier from a discarded 
army web belt, which he likes better than 
leather for a shoulder strap. This carrier 
can be used for rabbits, squirrels or any 
small game, as the leather adjusts itself 
to the size of the object inserted and the 
game cannot be lost. 
W. V. F., Richmond, Va. 
Ridge Pole Clothes Hanger 
A clothes and hat hanger for the tent 
ridge pole can be made as shown in the ac¬ 
companying diagram. The hanger con¬ 
sists of a section seven inches long cut 
from a two-inch sapling, nails being driven 
into the sides for hooks. The upper end 
is grooved and a rope tied around it and 
slung over the ridge-pole. I have found 
this very convenient, and if the bark is 
RIDGE POLE 
OF TENT.- 
NAILS TAKE THE 
PLACE OF H00KS.^Q 
LENGTH OF 
SAPLING l" 
BY 1" FOR 
COAT AND HAT 
HANGER^ 
left on the sapling the effect is rustic and 
in harmony with camp life. I consider 
this an improvement on the fir sapling 
with short branches in place of the nails 
as the evergreen trees are apt to exude 
pitch and spoil one’s clothes. 
E. McA., Sterling, Colo. 
Baking with a Reflector Oven 
The accompanying sketch shows the way 
I manage my bread baking in camp with 
a reflector oven. The bread pan in the 
average baker is so arranged that it is al¬ 
most impossible to build a fire high enough 
to give the required amount of heat on top 
of the bread to bake it nicely and at the 
same time not to have it burn on the bot¬ 
tom. Most of the heat from a camp fire 
is very near the ground, right in the coals 
and not. in the blaze as some people sup¬ 
pose, and this is the reason it is so hard to 
bake biscuits properly without the pan 
being placed on a slant with the front 
edge lower than the back, and this cannot 
T T r E are depending upon 
yy the friends and ad¬ 
mirers of our old cor¬ 
respondent Nessmuk to make 
this department worthy of his 
name. No man knew the 
woods better than Nessmuk 
or wrote of them with quaint¬ 
er charm. Many of his prac¬ 
tical ideas on camping and 
“going light” have been adopt¬ 
ed by the United States Army; 
his canoe has been preserved 
in Smithsonian Institution; 
and we hope that all good 
woodsmen will contribute 
their Hints and Kinks and 
trail-tested contrivances. For 
i the best idea sent in next 
* month will be given a copy of 
[Nessmuk’s classic book Wood- 
\ craft that is now in press. 
;ather Game or Bird Carrier 
Pave tried carrying my game in the 
[ts of my hunting coat, and person- 
do not like this way of bringing 
[the bacon. I made me a game car- 
no expense and very little labor, 
^ip of harness leather long enough 
pr my shoulders (about 27 inches), 
[nds of strong belt leather. These 
|pref ully into fringe-like sections 
biade a slit in each section; this 
Vie bird as shown in the draw- 
liarrier can be made to accom- 
