Survival Scenario: Moose Hunt
This is a purely fictional scenario. You are hunting moose in Northern Ontario during the last week of archery season, which is the first week of October. The weather has been cool and overcast during the day, and has dropped down to near zero at night, and there is rain in the forcast. The terrain is thick Boreal forest, dotted with small lakes, bogs, and swampy area's. There is one logging road that you and your buddies are camped on, using an ATV to taxi each other from stand to stand.
You are wearing used military camo pants and jacket you got at the local surplus store. 100% cotton, with a medium weight quilted jacket, and a camo baseball cap. Your base layer is fleece long underwear you got at Walmart,and wool work socks. Your second layer is a fleece pullover you picked up at the local goodwill. On your feet are a pair of camo hunting boots, that are supposed to be waterproof, and on your hands you are wearing light weight cotton camo gloves and an analog wrist watch. You are wearing a fanny pack that contains the following items: 1 Bic lighter, 1 folding saw, 1 beeswax candle you use to wax your bowstring, 1 extra bowstring, 1 small first aid kit you got at the dollar store, and your lunch: 1 peanut butter sandwich, 1 granola bar, 1 apple, and a bottle of water. On your belt you have your folding knife which is a Gerber Gator, and you have your bow which is a traditional recurve, and your quiver containing six carbon arrows. Three of them have broadheads, and three have small game blunts.
It is five a.m. and you have been dropped near your stand location. You will be picked up at 5 p.m. or sooner if you radio that you want to be picked, or if you shoot a moose. Your stand is about a kilometer into the bush from where you are standing. You need to follow a small game trail in and the stand is on the edge of a beaver pond. The trail is fairly easy to follow during the day, however it is still dark and you are having trouble seeing the path. You realize that you have forgotten your flashlight, but being stubborn you press on sure that you are headed the right way. You keep walking trying to make out the path in the darkness and trying to estimate how far you've gone. Finally you decide that it would be a good idea to wait for daylight so you can see where you are going. When it's finally light enough to see you realize that somewhere in the darkness you have gone the wrong way, and nothing looks familiar. You make a guess at which way the stand should be and head off bush wacking in that direction. About an hour later you realize that you have no idea where you are, so you decide to radio one of your buddies for help. You dig through your fanny pack looking for your two way radio and then to your horror realize that it's back in camp on your bunk right beside your flashlight..............Now what????????
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Originally Posted by BENESSE
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