Camping and woodcraft - Scoutmastercg.com

TOMAHAWK SHELTERS-=*joThe camp is to be situated where not only menTherebut cattle and wild hogs are unlikely to go.should be nothing in the neighborhood to attract anyof the various classes of people who frequent thrwoods. Study each of , thesp , classes .in turn, an Jtheir habits..'/6>X%C>% 'ti.^Fig.68.—A Masked CampIt should be invisible from trails,and from oppositeridges.It should be screened by tall trees, preferablyevergreens, so that the smoke of a properly fed firewill not betray it by day, nor its light do so at night.There should be plenty of down-wood in theneighborhood, so that the noise of chopping may bereduced to a minimum.It should be not far from a regular trail ; becauseyou must go back and forth yourself, and if youshould make a new trail it soon would attract noticeand speculation.