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August 14, 2010, 09:49 PM | #51 | |
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As for my hiking/hunting pack, I go with one that I can depend upon if I do something silly like fall and break a leg and then need to make it for several days alone. It is pretty heavily laden with survival items and usually weighs between 20 to 30 pounds. I hike to my stand with it, if I still hunt I take a few things out of it and stuff them into my pockets or a small fanny pack - although i have waled up to within about 25 to 30 feet of a black Bear, 15 feet from a Bobcat, and as close as about 10 Feet from a deer while hiking with it - and no those encounters were not at a zoo but out in the woods. Here is the list (though I may have forgotten something this is about everything): Compass Whistle Extra Knife My Blood Pressure Medication (several days worth) Magnesium Firestarter Waterproof Matches (lifeboat matches by choice if I can get them otherwise Strike Anywhere Matches in waterproof container) Tinder Candle First Aid Kit Ace Type Bandage (the duct tape of the first aid world) Nuts, and dried fruit and some candy or snack bars Lunch Water (at least 3 or 4 - 20 ounce - bottles, or a couple of bottles and a full bladder in my Camelback Pack) Water Purification Pills Extra Flashlight and extra batteries Extra Ammo for my sidearm Extra Eyeglasses Small Honing Stone Space/Survival Blanket Gloves Poncho' Watchcap (waterproof and warm) Boonie Hat Extra Socks Sun Screen Several Paper Towels folded over and placed into a fairly large freezer type sip-lock bag. The absolute best tokas (also tukkis or tuchus) wipes available, don't fall apart easily if they get damp - if you get my drift. Sometimes I also take some fishing line and a few small hooks and split shot sinkers. There may be something I forgot, but that is about it. All the best, Glenn B
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August 14, 2010, 09:52 PM | #52 |
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Lightsticks too, 12 hour ones, a few of them.
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August 27, 2010, 05:55 PM | #53 |
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I do a lot of Search and Rescue and one thing that would make it so much easier to find people who are hurt/lost is some color...you would not believe how hard it is to find hikers/hunters who are all camo'd out. Every out door product nowadays is khaki or olive drab or coyote, but a strip of red/orange/yellow should be in everyone's kits (reflective is great). Now for most hunters, this isn't an issue, but for some....
Here is my kit: Colorado Dept of Transportation Trash bag (It is THICK and bright orange so it keeps you warm enough to survive and works as a visual signal) REI waterproof matches...the best I've used... in a waterproof container Metal Match with cottonball/vaseline firestarters (burn up to three minutes in the rain) in waterproof containter. Signal mirror - Learn how to use it... First Aid kit (includes combat tournequit and QuickClot Sponge) 550 Cord 10 ft of Duct Tape, wrapped around a pencil (If it can't be fixed with Duct tape, 550 Cord and a knife, you are SOL). Great for medical use as well. Chapstick Toilet Paper Headlamp w/ batteries Ammo (for four legged animals and the two-legged type - I'm in So AZ) |
August 27, 2010, 07:15 PM | #54 | |
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August 27, 2010, 08:23 PM | #55 |
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Speaking of colors...
The blaze orange works because it contrasts well with nature. Another color that stands out well is the flourescent green used by bicyclists in their vests and gear. You can see that stuff for over 3/4 mile on an overcast day. They make it in reflective strips too. Worth considering.
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August 28, 2010, 12:12 AM | #56 |
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When the Copenhagen can runs dry, I'm pretty much screwed.
If I can't fit it in my pockets, I'm probably not going to feel like carrying it. Survival pants contents: Ammo. 550 Cord Knife Spare can of Copenhagen Toilet paper / Tissue paper Minor snackage Another spare can of Copenhagen (for long hikes)
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