What 10 items are in your wilderness survival kit.. The items may very based on location and time of year. It will be interesting to see what folks carry.
What 10 items are in your wilderness survival kit.. The items may very based on location and time of year. It will be interesting to see what folks carry.
I have a first aid kit, a fire kit, water filter with bottle, an extra set of clothes, a tarp, 100ft of cord, a .22 pistol with 100rds of ammo, a small fishing kit, wading boots, 24hrs of food, a knife and a small tool kit. I know that is 12 instead of ten, but that is what I have in a pack I keep in my car year around.
I add more gear for each season. Such as bug spray and sun screen in the summer, sleeping bag and overalls in the winter type of stuff.
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Summer or winter the very first thing I pack is a sleeping bag (In the winter two bags). For me only, I am convinced that a sleeping bag is the single most critical tool for "MY" survival. Next would be Go-lite tent, 1'st aid kit, PLB, spare socks, motorcycle full rain suit, gloves, rope, 6 mill visqueen, nibbles.
My survival bag gets reconfigured almost daily in the summer. My survival needs are what most people would consider a three day backpack pack.
There are several areas, each one has a few things like a knife also incudes a sheath, a means of sharpening it
so
1. Fire
2. Knife / axe / cutting tools (think nessmuk trilogy of some kind)
3. Cordage / bailing wire / small fasteners like nails , snare locks etc.
4. shelter (clothing, foot wear, head gear, dew rag, hammock blanket or sleeping bag, shelter half or tarp or tent)
5. First aid (mirror, wounds, sickness, ointments , pills, special needs for current health like stroke meds)
6. Cooking (include any food and means to carry it and foraged stuff) (water bottle , billy can, spoon, canteen cup, maybe metal pan / plate)
7. Repair kit (include a vise grip needle nose plyers or perhaps a multi tool if i owned a multitool.)
8. Security (firearm ammo holster cleaning kit ammo , usually a hand gun and a rifle)
9. Commo, (anything from a pad and pencil throught cell phone or ham radio and even perhaps flare gun)
10 Personal hygine (soap, toothpaste n brush, comb, towel,)
and bonus round
11. fun stuff / comfort items. (camera, binoculars, pipe n smoking blend, flask of adult beverage, book , etc, what ever I may want to play with that drew me to the woods in the first place for that time. Omit if it is bug out of course.) Usually have at least a pocket Bible with me.
Depending on situation details, i would say my pack runs between 15 and 30 lbs. Much being the firearms the rifle and pistol actually being on belt / sling but still. Leave them out and id say 8 - 16 pounds of gear.
Last edited by Thaddius Bickerton; 04-16-2012 at 01:48 AM.
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If anyone has any photos of their kits lets see them I love this stuff.
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I've posted it before. That's my last chance kit.
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I don't have a survival kit. I just carry what I think I will use.
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I don't really have a survival kit either, I like my blanket roll and possible bag setup for the simplicity that I only take what I need. I have an alice pack but the couple times I have used it I load it with so much carp that it weighs 4 times what my minimalist setup weighs and most of it is stuff I hardly use while out.
My blanket roll holds:
50-40 wool blanket
Canvas military shelter half
Food
Flashlight
Cast iron skillet (ya it weighs more, but I like to have it)
Cordage
Spare clothes
First aid kit
Ridgeline
Tomahawk
Possibles Bag (which is a surplus gas mask bag):
Fire kit
Fishing kit
Water bottle
Canteen cup
Eating utensils
Ammo (if I have a gun with me)
A few things I plan on adding to my kit:
Oilcloth ground cloth
Billy can
Then I have on my belt knife and a mora rigged up as a neck knife
It's a few more than 10 pieces, but that is what I use and I use everything in the kit while out.
Last edited by Sparky93; 04-16-2012 at 12:00 PM.
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My backpack weighs around 35-40 pounds not including the sleeping bag, but has a lot more than 10 things in it. So what are the most important 10 things would have been a better question. My backpack is pretty much the standard 72 hour setup.
1. 10x12 nylon reinforced cammo tarp.
2. Small stainless steel hatchet
3. Small 4" teflon frying pan
4. Fire steel
5. Small wetstone for sharpening
6. Gerber folding knife
7. 100 ft of paracord
8. First aid kit ( homemade in a ziplock baggy )
9. Water purifier, purifier tablets, and a small vial of bleach.
10. Small roll of toilet paper
11. Wet wipes
12. Small container of waterless soap
13. 1 poud of beef jerky
14. Granola bars
15. Compass
16. Signalling mirror
17. 2 ea Small bic lighters
18. Container of char cloth and cotton balls
19. 2, 9 hr candels
20. LED headband flashlight, and standard LED flashlight
21. Ruger single six .22 revovler with 100 rounds of ammo.
22. 6 aluminum tent steaks
23. Folding saw
24. Dehydrated noodle soup in mylar bags, 4 bags, 2 bags of tuna in mylar.
25. Instant coffee
26. Large stainless steel cup
27. Tweezers
28. Small pair of channelock pliers
29. Leatherman multi tool
30. Can of Spam
31. 4 bags of cashews
32. Small packets of salt, pepper, and sugar.
33. 4 packettes of hot chocolate
34. 4 packettes of apple cinnamon oatmeal
35. 15 feet of snare wire
36. Small flask of Vodka
37. Doo rag
38. Ice armour gloves
39. Cheap safety sun glasses ( spare )
40. Small jar of vaseline ( for raw parts )
41. Rain poncho
42. Compact 40 channel portable CB radio, in side pocket
43. Army type canteen with canteen pot in canvas belt holder
44. Sleeping bag in dry bag tied to the backpack
45. Folding fork, spoon, can opener thingamajig
46. Fluorescent nylon string
47. Spare socks and underware ( non hong type )
48. Small tube of insect repellant
49. 1 pack of small cigars
50. I plug of Days Work chewing tobacco in sealed mylar bag.
51. Fishing kit
This is probably too much stuff but I can carry it all day so I guess I haven't overloaded my bag!!
I also have a large camo duffel bag that has spare clothes, more food, bottled water, full Frog Tog rainsuit, and a few more items but I only take that for camping trips and would not be used for a survival situation or bug out due to weight. My carry knife is a fixed blade Buck Woodsman 4" blade with belt sheath.
Oh, dang guys. That blanket roll/backpack just rolled down the hill and into the river. Oh, dang guys. that blanket roll/backpack just fell out of the boat. Oh, dang guys. That bear just ran off with your blanket roll/backpack. Now....
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Oh snap, my survival kit was in the backpack that just rolled down the hill into the river. Oh snap! my survival kit was inside the pack that just fell out of the boat.
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+1 on that. I have a belt pouch. It has compass, SAK, metal match, lighter, tinder, hootch cord, survival blanket, first aid, Tic Tacs, stock cubes,& Epirb. On the otherside of my belt, i have a 1 litre army canteen metal cup. This is not a survival kit, it is just part of my gear. My problem with survival kits, is people tend to not use them, till the sh*t hits the fan, or even worse leave them at home, because they are going to the same place they have been to 100 times before.
Pockets, pockets pockets....did everyone forget about pockets?????
Yeah, easy to leave your bag at home....... but pockets?
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