Hunting and Fishing Lodges

ESSENTIALLY the hunting or fishing lodge does
not differ from any other cabin type. Therefore any of the plans and constructional details applying to the various cabins, week-end cottages, lakeside bunga­lows, and even tourist homes might be adopted for the lodge. In fact, it sometimes is difficult to draw a defi­nite line of distinction between these various types of buildings.

A lodge is primarily intended to provide shelter and a place to sleep for the hunter or fisherman. It may be built by him for his personal use, on land leased or purchased, or it may be constructed by the land owner and rented to visiting fishermen and hunters. Such a lodge, which need cost little more than $150, might prove as profitable as a tourist cabin along a busy highway.

Because little more than shelter and bunk room is desired by the sportsman who spends most of his time in the woods, fields or along streams, the hunting lodge can be the essence of simplicity. For two to four men, a one-room structure with built-in or folding bunks, wardrobes or plenty of wall pegs, a table and a corner to prepare grub, will suffice.

Floor plan of hunting lodge that would cost about $200, when completed, the $200 hunting lodge would look like above.

is 15 ft. This will provide space for two bunks, one on each side of the room at one end. When four men are to be accommodated, the bunks can be double deckers; or a single double-deck bunk can be used for two men, leaving floor space for other uses.

A window in the end wall, between the heads of the bunks, admits light and air. Beneath this window can be placed a table, chest of drawers, or any other con­venient piece of furniture. At the foot of each bunk a wardrobe can be built, to act both as a clothes container and a kind of partition to separate the bunks from the remainder of the cabin. By each wardrobe is a window. On one side, beneath the window, is a wash stand, with perhaps a mirror hung near-by. A good place far a shaving mirror is on a wood support that stands out a few inches from the window, or which can be swung down in front of it. This permits both sides of the face to be lighted so shaving is easy.

On the other side of the cabin, opposite the wash­stand, is a miniature kitchenette consisting of a shelf or table, a portable stove of some kind, a cupboard for storage of food, perhaps a sink, and a can opener. In the center of the room, towards the front, can be placed a stove, its pipe entering a chimney supported on a platform built out from the end wall. Simple, light­weight chimneys can be supported on platforms in such cases; but they should be well insulated from all near-by wood. A table that folds against the wall or serves as the door of a cupboard is suitable for dining purposes. The doorway can be at any place in the front wall, provided it is not blocked by the stove or other equipment.

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