10-24-2007, 01:19 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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| Hunting/Hiking List for survival List I put together that I work with to get ready for a trip HIKING HUNTING LIST BIG ITEMS Hunting license/tags/LEH papers Hunting gear (boots and camouflage gear you will be wearing when you leave) Tent Sleeping bag Sleeping mat Extra camp blanket Extra set of clothes Polypropylene under gear Rain gear Gators Wool socks G.P.S. Rifle and ammunition Hunting knives (make sure they have been sharpened) Light weight ax or wood blade Binoculars/Spotting scope Camera Water flask Cooking utensils (light aluminum) Mini Camp stove with refills of fuel Game bags Dirt pucks (cover up your scent as well as scent of deet) Mini fishing rod (light weight) – depends where you are going FIRE & SAFETY GEAR Fire starter of some kind (dryer lint is lightweight) Flint Candle Matches or lighter Bear spray or Pepper spray Bug Dope Whistle/radios Flagging tape (to mark your trail) Rope/twine/cord Headlamp/batteries or Flashlight Extra batteries Elastic bands Newspaper (stuff boots over night to keep them dry or to help dry them out) Tin foil (all around purpose for many things) Compass Small Safety Kit: Sewing thread/needle Safety pins Band-Aids Moleskin Polysporin (antibiotic ointment) Sunscreen Any medications you may require Iodine tablets (for water taste nasty but keeps you safe from parasites) Salt tablets (helps with lost electrolytes) Plastic shower cap (emergency water catcher) FOOD ITEMS Pre packaged dried food meals Or Trail mix Nuts Dried fruits Jerky/pepperoni Granola bars Protein bars Instant oatmeal Melba toast or saltine crackers Instant breakfast drinks Cup of soup Oriental noodle soaps Candies or dextrose for energy Powdered Gator Aid (makes water taste better when using iodine tablets) Tuna/chicken/turkey/ham (small tins already have zest added (lunch mate type tins) Fruit cups or Jell-o cups (great for electrolytes) Powdered milk Coffee bags/tea bags Extra Zip Lock bags (all sizes) WATER – the most important thing for survival or hiker’s water pump filtration unit TOILETRIES Non scented baby wipes (your butt will thank me for this tip) Travel size tooth brush/tooth paste Wash cloth/towel Non scented deodorant Non-scented soap ***Toilet paper*** Happy hiking and straight shooting __________________ "a real Proud southern Canadian Beaver but have always adored my American neighbours"
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10-24-2007, 01:23 PM
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| PUKHA DAWG  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, just outside of Washington D.C.
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| TP??? I thought that was what the poison Oak leaves were for!  Seriously don't forget a hand trowel to bury what you create when you use the TP.
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10-25-2007, 12:49 AM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Payson, UT
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| Wow that is a whole lot of stuff. I hope this person is planning to be in the woods for a couple days lol. When we go out we come home every night. And needless to say we take a lot less.
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10-25-2007, 09:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
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| aris - when we go on a pack trip for hunting it is hike in set up base camp and go hunting - sometimes 2-7 days in the bush - that is just my basic list - I add to it if need be or subtract to it - where we go we encounter some pretty crazy critters here in BC
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10-25-2007, 11:43 PM
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Payson, UT
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| wow, that is kinda crazy. Even when we stay in the woods we usually have trails that our 4X4's will make it up, so no problem with extra supplies then. Some guys even bring trailors to sleep in as it does tend to get below freezing that high up. But even then the most we stay is 3-4 days.
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11-21-2007, 10:14 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW!
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| I take very little when i came and hunt. just my ammunition and rifle, hooks and line, hunting knife, sleeping bag, matches or cigerett lighter, pot, mess kit, and a hatchet. |
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11-24-2007, 10:43 AM
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| Senior Member   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA
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| Newhunterette, that's a great list of essential items, somewhat similar to what my wife and I use in our 72-hour kit preparation. Getting it all to fit into reasonable weight backpacks has been the trick. With my black hole 6650 in3 and my wife's 4500 in3 backpacks we have to be careful not to over pack, to keep weight reasonable. We load/unload backpacks until it's manageable weight for both of us to carry as needed. MREs have been a good meal item for us to carry, plenty of calories, essential items and not too much weight. They are a little bulky though. |
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11-24-2007, 11:18 AM
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11-24-2007, 02:15 PM
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| Thanks Dallas...about field stripping our MRE's. I've been thinking about doing it, and we'll give it a try for our next outing. My wife and I just got back from testing out some 45 ACP reloads, and trying out an old rifle I cleaned up for my grandfather-in-law. Both worked great. My wife enjoyed shooting the rifle and I ran the reloaded ammo through my pistol. About now I could use one of those MRE's, but will hold back since my wife is preparing lunch. Last edited by LiveToShoot; 11-24-2007 at 02:19 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost |
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11-26-2007, 02:58 PM
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|  Thats a lot of stuff... Quote:
 I think it is quite dumb to take that much "stuff"! Most is useless to me. Just move your pantry with you! And besides it is just liveing in your house. I would take a lot less!  | |
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11-26-2007, 03:17 PM
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| Need, duration and situation would encourage any survival or outing list of items to be adjusted accordingly... It seems Newhunterette has compiled a list for an extended stay outing, where some of the additional items would be nice to have and acceptable extra weight to carry. On a drop and go emergency, or short notice outing, it certainly would need to be a much smaller, bare-bones list of items. And not to sound sexist, when my wife packs us up there are a variety of extra items that I may not have thought to bring, or would want to carry along. She is much more into the creature comfort thinking than me. In many cases, I'm more of a survivalist and she wants to be more comfortable.
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11-26-2007, 04:18 PM
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11-26-2007, 05:11 PM
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| Didn't mean to offend anyone! Sorry if I did. I just would not take near that much stuff. And yes I do and always have and always will camp "military style" except for the rock! |
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11-26-2007, 05:36 PM
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| I hear ya Andrew, 20 years of military deployments taught me to pack very light, and do with or do without. But, since being out of the service for nine years, my wife has gradually softened me toward more creature comforts, and the associated greater weight. Time for more squats...or a travel trailer. Oh, no...the "trailer" word, don't let my wife know I used it willingly.
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01-13-2008, 11:04 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Keystone Hieghts FL
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| NewHunterette has compiled a pretty good list. If it was just me I would pack less even me and the wife but having small children that list is on the money. Considering the smallest is 15 months, we can wean the kids off the creature comforts as time passes but for the start they dont understand and being well prepared would make for a much easier transition. |
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01-13-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Senior Member  | yeah Newhunterette: Ma'am, I'll go with you anywhere  You are like the one I married, got your mess together Drives me crazy as he%%; efficient, lacking in the WILD aspect  and YEAH she has saved me from starving, stinking, belly aching.Yes Ma'am; I could be a yard dog; but she'll make sure that I can be dressed for public 
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01-13-2008, 01:14 PM
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| That list is on the money if you're planning a week long stay in the bush. It's also right on if you've got kids or are married with a woman who hasn't warmed up to eating food that can't be found in the supermarket. I'm a minimalist and my father taught (trained?) me to be as such. By myself, I just need a fire starter (magnesium bar, flint and a knife will do fine), a light axe, a mid size to large knife, a light sleeping bag, mil-surp wool blanket, canteen, pot, a spool of twine, some heavier cord and a flashlight. Of course, I'd want a trusty side-arm and a good rifle. I'd take my Springfield 1911 and my Moss. 12ga pump with a handful of ammo in #6 shot, #4 shot, 00buck and 5 or so slugs (for the big critters I might run into). After being berated about killing bears unnecessarily by a DNR warden friend of mine, I guess I'll pack a can of bear spray too. At worst, it'll give me more time to load a couple of slugs... That's about it... and btw, yes, I have wiped my rear with poison oak. I'll never do that again! With a soft "modern" girlfriend and young kids, I'm packing just as much as the list above x2. My rules are we can pack all that crap so long as she carries an identical pack. I'm surprised and really quite proud of her. Three camping trips (each with a 2 hr hike to the camp area) and she kept up with me, minimal complaining (just about how her feet hurt from the hiking). We also took 2 trips with the kids (and a lot less of a hike, like around 30 ft from the car lol) and all's well too except now she wants to entertain the idea of a babysitter to come camping with us. I looked at her like she was crazy and just shook my head. lol |
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01-15-2008, 05:08 PM
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| Newhunterette: good list for a basic extended stay.. We all have a own preferences and opinions which is fine.. For those of us that carry less, atleast we know that there is someone out there that is comfortable and probably "full" after dinner.. here is a list of what I usually carry on a 3/4 day excursion: Pack: emergency blanket/poncho liner rolled up into a bedroll small MSR camp cook set small stove with 2 refills of butane camelback 100 oz water purifier small Buck camp ax CRKT folding knife Benchmade fixed blade extra wool socks gloves winter hat whatever dehydrated meals that sound good beef jerky trail mix Springfield XD9 with 3 16rd mags Surefire 6P with 4 extra CR123 batteries Small 3 LED headlight matches in waterproof container 2 MRE accessory pouches (TP, matches, Tabasco) 6 bungee cords 100 ft of military 550 cord small survival kit (razor blades, whistle/compass, fishing equipment, etc.) leatherman instant coffe (a must for me in the mornings) titanium cofee cup I can fit most of this stuff in my military 3 day assault pack... works for me, and I love the simplistic idea of it.. |
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01-15-2008, 05:24 PM
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| a lot of gear! gps? rather have a good compass and topo map of the area,extra sox's metal canteen cup for cooking. I would lighten the load some good poncho and liner. Last edited by mym1a; 01-15-2008 at 05:30 PM. |
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01-16-2008, 08:27 AM
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| A GPS, in addition to carrying along the conventional map and compass, provides some helpful advantages... To name just a couple of them... Depending on where you hike and what seasons you hike in, and what elevations you hike to, a plus within the GPS which is helpful, if monitoring weather changes is critical, is the barometric pressure and temperature sensors. Incoming storms, at higher elevations, are sometimes quite unpredictable, and the barometric pressure and temperature sensors can help in monitor changing conditions so that you can hunker down and seek shelter when severe weather is approaching. That's a real life saver in higher elevation hikes.
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