Just for Fun - Wilderness Survival

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Chuck

The connibears are a brilliant idea for survival tools...

[Fortun81]

I still can't figure out Orion's 5lbs of salt and an ax... Salt? Anyone?

[John3]

Tent
sleeping bag w/pad
two tarps
lantern and 2 one pound bottles
single burner stove
300' of cord
butcher kit(saw,2 knives)
folding saw
rain gear
spices
tea
coffee
folding cook stove(small)
mess kit
backpack(knife,3 firestarters, compass, first aid, 2 small flashlights, niff t seat, arrow repair kit)
full safe pac arrow box
rest of my weight would be for dehydrated food.

stay calm and work smart a person should survive pretty well...

[Orion]

Fortun:  The 5# of salt is to season the fish and game I kill with the weapons (bow, arrows, spears, gigs, etc.) I make with my axe, which I'd also use to make my shelter, of course.  I offered this tongue-in-cheek, of course.  Fun to think about, and even make plans, but even with 30# of equipment, very few of us would last more than a week in a true wilderness survival situation. To me, that means going in with no food to start, though that wasn't a stipulation in the original scenario.  

[bigugly1]

Snares, a small axe, butane lighter and fire stick, tarp, cloths with more socks than anything, good boots, water tabs, tin pot, salt, my russel belt knife and steel, pack rod, hooks a few lures, day pack, duct tape and first aid kit, all extra weight would be used for coffee oh and a compass along with bow and three dozen arrows mix of broadheads and blunts.

[adeeden]

Compass

flint and steel

My bob Lee

3 dozens arrows

3 dozen broadheads

para cord

a dozen rubber blunts

5 mouse traps (pine squirrels are tasty)

a 10 by 10 tarp

sleeping bag

ground cloth

a tin cup

3 knives

and a tomahawk

fishing line and 50 hooks

It wouldn't be fun after awhile, but I would get by.

[kpete]

Can't agree that few would make it a week.  1rst priority-think! Then shelter(this would include good clothing).  Water.  Fire. Food. (I could make it a month on the "lunch" I am already packing!)  Food and fire are certainly moral boosters. If not injured,  Keeping warm, dry, and watered are first priorities, May not be living "high", but one cans survive.

[gregg dudley]

robtattoo    :D  

Not near enough fishing stuff listed here....

Might find some room for a book that ids edible plants too.

[jhg]

I would take six carbon arrows. My survival won't depend on having 5lbs of arrows.

Big game would be out, because of spoilage for most of the time. I would tailor my gear to provide means to capture small game and fish. I would learn up all the edible plants and such. I would have a good folding saw- two blades, a small hatchet and a sharpening device.
I would also have a fire starter and a water filter.
A small tube off fletch glue and a small toothbrush. Its the little things that make life bearable. A 12 inch square of towel.

And some vitamins leaning toward supplying green.
Oh and one  light down sleeping bag and one light tarp. I would probably be at 30lbs with clothing, pack, para cord, some seasonings and a cook kit. But no stove or fuel. Don't need it.

Joshua

BTW, I would take a good old fashioned watch rather than a compass. I can navigate well enough with it, while also being able to use its other functions- determine rate of travel and distances, time between nausea spells, etc.

[seven crows]

6X10' sil  nylon tarp/paracord
toothbrush
bush knife
flint/steel/cotton balls w/vaseline in film canister
compas/topo map of area
wool hat
woolrich wool shirtjack
wool pants
1 pair extra wool socks
mid weight top bottom long underwear
water bottle/ filter
2 large drum liner plastic bags
ibuprofen/bandaid/floss/first aid misc.
30 degree bag/ultralight bivy cover
snare wire
jerky/dried fruit/ crunchy peanut butter/tea bags
msr titan pot/ cotton handkerchief
wide brim hat

[rraming]

longbow, couple dozen arrows, quiver and 26lbs beef jerky - LOL!

[Fortun81]

Oh man! I wouldn't have made it through the first week. I didn't even think about salting the hides. I would be a gonner for sure! What about oatmeal, and brain tanning? At least the oatmeal you could eat if you had to. Just sayin!  

[kpete]

jhg,
You spoke of meat spoiling...I knew a rancher from Nebr who worked as a young man in the Southern Bighorns of Wyoming herding stock from a mountian cabin.  He shot antelope for meat. Even in the summer, he would hang the meat in quarters from porch during the night and wrap it in a canvas at daybreak.  Then he stashed the wrapped meat under the North side fo the cabin by day.  He said they would keep about two weeks this way. He said they got pretty tender by the end of 14 days.  So be sure to pack a cabin along for meat storage.