Camping Stuff

[Corjack]

I love to camp, one of the things I like about camping is Coleman lanterns and stoves, other than the mantles being a little fragile, they are bullet proof, giving off more light than a 150 watt electric bulb. A great little tip shown to me several years ago by an oldtimer is tracking a deer you have shot right at dark.Wait until it is completely dark, wrap a piece of alluminum foil half way around your lantern for a reflecter. Spots of blood you could barely see before dark almost glow with the light from a gas lantern. You can see blood spots 20-30 feet away on leaves and grass. When he told me would wait until after dark to track the deer, I thought he was full of manure. I have only had too use this a trick few times but it really works, acoleman lantern on a hunt is a must have. Light from a flashlight or spot light does not work the same at all. I have three lanterns, an old 200A single a dual fuel double and an older two mantle with a large hood. Setting of an evening in the camp after a big meal, with a rum and coke, listening to the whistle of the gas lantern, is about as good as it gets.

Coleman has made gas stoves for many years, I have a little single burner 502 and a 425 that I use a lot. I am on the llok out for one of the larger three burner stoves to add to my little collection. Here are a few picturs so you know what I am talking about. One intersting thing I found on the internet is that the Japanese love Coleman gas lanterns and coleman makes a series of lantern in different colars, just for the Japanese market.

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[HuntSource]

That's a fantastic tip on using a lantern for tracking. I figured out the same thing by chance several years ago. I have a friend who hunts deer on my farm once or twice a year. He's only a casual hunter and usually borrows one of my rifles. One year, he hit a doe a little far back right at dusk. My flashlight was running thin on battery juice. I just happened to have a lantern in the truck and used it instead of heading to the house for batteries. We found the deer in short order. I didn't have (or think of using) a piece of foil for the reflector though.

[Corjack]

That's a fantastic tip on using a lantern for tracking. I figured out the same thing by chance several years ago. I have a friend who hunts deer on my farm once or twice a year. He's only a casual hunter and usually borrows one of my rifles. One year, he hit a doe a little far back right at dusk. My flashlight was running thin on battery juice. I just happened to have a lantern in the truck and used it instead of heading to the house for batteries. We found the deer in short order. I didn't have (or think of using) a piece of foil for the reflector though.

Yes, it has to be seen to be believed, the blood stands out lot better under lantern light than it does in the daytime.