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Scout Pit
by Brian Merrill
(Text and Photos by Brian Merrill)
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Although this is not the exact
location where I built the pit this location is just like it. There
was a small depression in the ground where there was an old fallen
tree I looked for the top of a hill so there would not be runoff in
the rain. Because of the depression I only had to dig down about a
foot. |
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Once the depression was done placing
the sticks over the pit was time consuming, the hardest part was to
not take to many sticks from one area so as to mark where I had
been. |
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This is the doorway with the
completed pit, The door was a set of smaller sticks that were easy
to maneuver into position, with some leaves on top. I will probably
weave a door later so that it is one piece and camouflaged. |
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This is the inside from the door |
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This is the final product,
I can walk across the top of it and I am 186 pounds but in reality
it can hold much more weight. |
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| Photos and text Copyright © 2003 by Brian
Merrill. |
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