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If you could only take 8 thing (not including cloths) into the deep bush, and you knew you would be out for a year or two,, what would you take? in order of importance
for example;
1 machete
2 my dog
3 12 gauge
4 cooking pot
5 first aid kit
6 sleeping bag
7 seeds
8 steel trap
I'll play
1. light forest ax, 20" handle 1 1/2lbs head / diamond lap
2. Ferro rod
3. Med nylon tarp, rubberized
4. Compass
5. SS pot 2ltrs
6. .22lr single shot rifle / 500rds ammo
7. Fleece blanket
8. nylon rope 1/16"dia x 100'
but why limit to 8? not 10? not 15?
fire making gear
clothing for the environment
tarp
fishing gear
.22 LR rifle, 1000 rounds, cleaning and repair kit
multi-tool
backpack
axe
chances are we will be eating your dog.
If you eat my dog I would likely have the chance to try some Long Pig.
1.snare
2. Gil net
3.Rifle .22/ammo
4.fish hooks/line
5.Hunters axe
6.Tarp
7.Knife
8. An eddible plant forage book
Uh oh! How many people here know what you're referring to? Actually a dog may be a problem in the bush, maybe not. I believe we had that discussion with Owl Girl awhile back. Okay, 8 items off the top of my head, and I reserve the right to ammend the list later.
My Ka-bar "Bull" Dozier belt knife.
My Buck "Lumina LED" folder.
My "Sportsman's All Weather blanket.
Two quarts of water in two water bottles.
My felt hat with the 550 para-cord hat band that I personally braided.
My "Strike-Force" Flint & steel.
1 small roll of duct tape.
1 large 55 Gal. Trash-bag.
All belt items carried on a belt that I've personally made from 550 Par -cord. The other items carried in either a fanny pack or small day-pack. No fire arm as it may be difficult to maintain in the field. Snares will have to do for procuring game, or one of you guy's dog. ;>)
IMHO a dog earns his salt in the woods an extra set of eyes and ears that are finely tuned
I wil give up item #2 and insert my dog instead
I too love dogs, but can be problematic in the bush. Long pig is good, we will place you as the guest of honor at our next meal.
An untrained dog maybe but no more than an untrained peoples. Getting to put a spear in a wid hog likely won't happen to often without a good dog kep you warm to.
1. Clothing
2. Sleeping Bag v Fold down tent (2 man)
3. Sweedish firesteel v allweather tider
4. 3 days worth of food (Just in case)
5. A machete
6. Cooking utensils and KFS set
7. Several meter of paracord
8. Map and compas
In order of importance:
(as with all my posts, I reference the boreal shield region passively)
1) spare clothing (especially winter clothing, waterproof shell/poncho, thermals)
2) ax (felling style)
3) Cold Steel SRK knife
4) honing stone
5) month's worth of dried food (to get me started)
6) water bottle/canteen
7) .308 Springfield, bolt action (and spare ammo)
8) Flint
Probably get away with no flint if you can find a piece of quarts, but you said 8 so yay for flint.
seems like the dog is a big topic,
my dog can smell a boar, tapir, or a jaguar from 500 meter
i agree that a badly trained dog my not help you out there, but i am talking a year or two,
i also think you could train just about anything (even a lab) in 4 months of intensive living.
it also could be a friend after 400 days of solitude, something to talk to beside yourself. because i have found myself talking to myself after about 3 weeks
and yes you could eat it if it came to it.
thanks for all the ideas, i am really asking for good ideas
For the record, "long pig" is a human being & refers to cannibalism.
anyone mention a satellite phone yet?
thanks i googled long pig, but i thought there may be a different meaning. i am just learnig,
if you were a long pig, food would not be an issue.
If you burn oxygen, food is an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by jose lobo
- fix blade knife
- ax
- fire starter
- sleeping bag
- two steel traps
- cooking pot
- heavy tarp
- 100 ft of 550
My Tracker II Knife
Hatchet
50 foot of para cord
Large trash bag
1-1qt. Canteen full of water
my long bow and full quiver of arrows
wool blanket
shelter half
All items carried on me. Fires easy enough to start, finding water isn't too hard and in the desert it can be found or made with the trash bag. Food is the problem (meat) but easily found depending on the terrain. Worst case you're in the artic.
knife
fire kit
hatchet
rottie
cook kit
12 gauge
tarp
sleeping bag
I only saw one person here with a sharpener for their knife so I would like to know how many of you can find a good stone out there for sharpening your knife ,because of you cannot, a knife with out a sharper is like a gun with out ammo ,and if you can find the right stone and they can be found any where ...please tail us all it would be of great help....Thank you
Sand stone, pumace stone
A dog can help, there is no doubt. But he can also get you into trouble - barking, noise, eating alot of food, getting you noticed. But your right, very little escapes a dogs keen senses.
Hm, interesting thought. Without really overthinking it, I'd instinctively say:
1) belt knife
2) ar-7 .22 rifle
3) rain suit
4) crank-powered flashlight
5) g.i. aluminum canteen w/cup
6) firestarter (like firesteel, flint and steel, lighter, or whatever)
7) waterproof boots
8) parachute (you can make a ton of stuff with one, from backpacks to shelters)
some things may seem to be missing (like cold weather clothing, food, sleeping arrangements, and so on), but the idea for me would be that the tools above would allow me to fairly quickly assemble whatever else I needed. in theory.
Let's see...hmmm....8 things? After Otay's concerns in the other thread, I'm just not sure anymore.
1. porta potty
2. decorative matching towel/rug set for portapotty
3. reading material to store in portapotty
4. cases of baby wipes
5. razor
6. lots of shaving soap
7. two mirrors, one that I can balance somehow above the crack in my a$$
8. a bidet
9. room freshener (couldn't make it in just 8 items)
10. cd player with some nice mellow music (gotta set the mood)
11. sensitive rash ointment of some kind (post shave trauma...ewwww)
12. Boy Scout manual (what the hell, right? figure a troop leader's going to show up)
I better stop now.
That cd better be of nature sounds ...and thank God I am no longer a troop leader!Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
Why Nell! Music hath charms which soothe the savage breast....Quote:
Originally Posted by nell67
LOL!you can say that again!Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
so does cuddling by the way, ask owl_girl! or ask WE and Norm!Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
How come some of us always seem to come up with a "magic number" like "if you could only take ____________ amount of items, what would you take. A Freaking Hummer filled to the brim with every survival item known to man, okay!
Seriously I take as much stuff as I can reasonably carry because of some guy named Murphy who had a law named after him. It used to be called "Rick's Law" but they changed the name because of possible legal problems. If I can carry it, it goes!
Ive heard that one before LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by trax
trax;
sounds like you are a porta potty,,, so pathetic,, i feel sorry for you.
Jose,, you responded to a misquote from a troll just before they cleaned it up. That wasn't a legitimate quote.Quote:
Originally Posted by jose lobo
Maybe this will help clear it up for you.
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...read.php?t=924
and here
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...read.php?t=911
Trax doesn't deserve this.
K mart
Sears
Zia sporting goods
Wal mart
Knife
Water Filter
Gortex Tartp
Fire steel
That should do it.
Don
I don't understad why some of you are waisting your time, or ours, chanting about porta potty and how you like to go poo, or what is your favorite chain sporting good store, is..
what the hell is wrong with you people??? maybe you should good back to school,
i understand joking around can be fun, and thats great,, but to waste so much time doing it???... man you guys have way to much time in front of your computers
please impress me with something real,, like how you would make it out there??
without any help for anyone else. because at this rate, i know when i am out there i would not want to be anywhere near you.. because you would be talking so much smack,, you would scare away the game, and show the enemy exactly where we were.
with friends like that who need enemy's????
If only what you thought mattered to me, go hang some bananas around your campsite, I believe that was your advice once. Keep the mosquitos away, welcome in the bears and you won't worry much about mosquitos anyway.
Your a Costa Rica survivalist, surviving on the sun bleached beach and sipping pina-colada's telling us how great a survivalist you are. Dude just relax and read some of the threads, there's a ton of info in all this banter. And I for one test my skills every chance I get. So poo off Jose Nosey Lobo :D:D:D
Beginning to sound a lot like Otay isn't he? Hmmmmm...I wonder.
Its a joke dude, RELAX.
What I put up was joking in response to another thread ok Josie? So sorry if you misunderstood. I was going to leave it there, but then I read the rest of the post. As far as "making it out there," I'd welcome you to pull your butt off the tropical beaches that you live on and come try 1 day...that's right muffin 1 day where I've been utilizing my outdoor skills for almost 50 years. Cuz I can just about guarantee that no matter what gear you brought, you'd be whimpering for someone like me (or several other people who post here) to come and find you.Quote:
Originally Posted by jose lobo
And show what enemy? Believe me, dude, if teotwawki hits, I'm not going to be sitting around hacking on a keyboard to the likes of you or anyone else.
Now, does someone need a hug and a fresh start?
Weeeeeell now I could use a hug as long as it don't turn gay anything (not that there's anything wrong with being gay, you wanna lay wit a dude that's your nasty taste who am I to decide what you do) and I'd like to film Trax vs. Jose Lobo and post it on Survival Battles of Wild... lol... :D:D:D
Some people like joking and chatting a about life it doesn’t mean they didn’t have good survival skills, if I see someone joking I come up with the conclusion that they have a sense of humor but you come up with the conclusion that they lack survival skills??? Or the conclusion that how they behave around friends is how they’d behave when there hiding from the enemy??? This is a pretty relaxed forum and I prefer it that way. I talk with the people here the way I’d talk if I was sitting around the camp fire with my friends, swapping stories, talking about survival techniques and joking.Quote:
Originally Posted by jose lobo