[Wild Bill Bucks]

I have found a great deal of use for my vacum sealer, besides its intended use as a food storage, and I thought I would share some of them with you.

#1 For Emergency Fire Starter Kit:

Small Bic Lighter( CHECK BEFORE PACKING)
A handfull of Kitchen Matchs ( with heads broke off)
Small tube of Sterno-Flame
Chips from Fire Starter log

Pack them all seperate in sandwich baggies, and put them in a seal-a meal bag, and vacum seal them. Easy to carry in back pack, and waterproof with no chance of accidental ignition. Makes fire building a snap, in an emergency.

#2 Emergency First Aid Kit:

Several Band Aids of different sizes.
2 or 3 feet of gauze(off the roll and folded)
Packets of anti-biotic creme.
Ace bandage (folded not rolled)
Packets of Sunscreen, Insect repellant, Handy Wipes.
anything else you might want, as long as it is flat.

All this can be put in one neat seal-a-meal bag and vacum sealed.

#3 Emergency shelter Kit:

Medium sized pocket knife (sharpened)
20 ft. of nylon cord (trot line size)
10 to 12 ft. of nylon rope ( 3/8 to 1/2 )
Cheap Wally World Tarp ( Apprx. 8 by 10 or so)

This can all be packed in seal- a-meal bag.

#4 Other Emergency Stuff:

Small flashlight with extra batteries ( do not store batteries inside the light)
Small diameter wire for making traps and snares.
Sharpening stone
Compass
Extra underwear, shirt, socks,pants,small blanket.
Anything else you can think of.


All these things can be packed into your back pack, or an emergency kit for your 4-wheeler, and can be taken with you without taking up much space or adding to much weight. Having these things with you, could mean the difference between life and death, in the right circumstances.

Don't mean to sound like a commercial for seal-a-meal, but they sure are handy.
Any the rest of you guys think of anything else I missed?