suvival kit

[bigadam]

I have just been reading on the Internet and it says always carry a suvival kit while out stalking and suvival items does anyone do this and what do u carry

 

[teyhan1]

Bit over the top but just got this through from Brownells.

Emergency Get Home Bag, Coyote : GET HOME BAG | Brownells


If your planning an extended trip it might suit you


.....Oh I didn't mean it to sound like I've got one, just a marketing email.
Jesus dragging all that stuff around as well as a deer, I'd soon weigh 12 stone, now there's a thought

 

[Dan Gliballs]

unless you are stalking in Alaska or the likes I wouldn't bother..

 

[David T]

Eh......no.

 

[countrryboy]

Do u not have to carry a 'survival kit' when stalking on FC leases?

At least u did have to a few years ago, can't remember exactly wot it was now but something like map, compass, survival bag/blanket, strobe light, possibly a first aid kit.
Must admit can see me buying a PLB this summer incase of a real emergancy

 

[finnbear270]

Do u not have to carry a 'survival kit' when stalking on FC leases?

At least u did have to a few years ago, can't remember exactly wot it was now but something like map, compass, survival bag/blanket, strobe light, possibly a first aid kit.
Must admit can see me buying a PLB this summer incase of a real emergancy

This is the Arran scheme,quite a bit of kit to hump about, or at least it was when we were going regular,Anything/anywhere else, apply common sense, moby if you can be sure of a signal, a quality tailored to your activities first aid kit, and most importantly tell a responsible person your intentions.

 

[stratts]

I was thinking about this last night as I've been reading a book about controlling Muntjac. In one chapter it lists everything you should take out stalking, but if I did that there would be no room in my sack to put anything I may shoot!!

I defo need to sort out a basic 1st aid kit but it won't include a Rambo style knife and thread to stitch meself back together!!

Stratts

 

[Johno100]

I have just been reading on the Internet and it says always carry a suvival kit while out stalking and suvival items does anyone do this and what do u carry

If I`m out for just a few hours I take my wallet (so the missus cant get at it) and mobile , for a full day I go a bit over the top and take a small flask of coffee and some sandwiches or a pasty .

Survival seems to be a new hobby in the UK which I dont have a problem with but it makes me laugh when you see what kit some guys take with them for an hours walk in the park It`s all the fault of Mears & Grylls .

 

[pipe man]

Take an orange plastic bivvy bag and a whistle,these are all you need in the UK and Ireland.If stranded for the night-get in the bivvy bag so you don't go down with hypo and when search party looking for you next day=blow whistle!!!.Not Ray Mears but it works,costs very little and is very lightweight.And I nearly forgot always carry water.

 

[jubnut]

My survival kit consists of phone, emergency rations including high glucose tablets, tent, sleeping bag, mobile phone, water, fire lighting equipment, tea and coffee making facilities, small barbecue for cooking, generator to charge mobile phone and power the electric fence I also carry to keep camp safe from badger attack, distress flares, digital radio to stave off cabin fever, notepad and pen to make a diary to later turn into a book/film. Penknife to whittle spoons with, Two SAS survival guidebooks, (in case one gets wet) rudimentary fishing equipment, reverse osmosis desalination pump and water purifying tablets, hydrostatically released life raft in case of flash flood, ex Royal Navy once only suit in case raft starts to sink, first aid kit, emergency defib unit, fog horn to summon help, whistle for when that runs out, and bellows to power the whistle in case of punctured lung.

​This may sound excessive but I pull a rickshaw behind me whilst stalking for the dog to sit in and I find that it all just about fits in there.

 

[Johno100]

My survival kit consists of phone, emergency rations including high glucose tablets, tent, sleeping bag, mobile phone, water, fire lighting equipment, tea and coffee making facilities, small barbecue for cooking, generator to charge mobile phone and power the electric fence I also carry to keep camp safe from badger attack, distress flares, digital radio to stave off cabin fever, notepad and pen to make a diary to later turn into a book/film. Two SAS survival guidebooks, (in case one gets wet) rudimentary fishing equipment, reverse osmosis desalination pump and water purifying tablets, hydrostatically released life raft in case of flash flood, ex Royal Navy once only suit in case raft starts to sink, first aid kit, emergency defib unit, fog horn to summon help, whistle for when that runs out, and bellows to power the whistle in case of punctured lung.

​This may sound excessive but I pull a rickshaw behind me whilst stalking for the dog to sit in and I find that it all just about fits in there.

You forgot your rifle.

 

[jubnut]

You forgot your rifle.

Of course! But I was just detailing my survival equipment. My stalking equipment consists of, rifle, 2, 5 round magazines fully loaded, 10 round bullet pouch fully stocked, 2 full boxes of ammo in case scope gets knocked, targets for same eventuality, knife, small generator to run the boiler for sterilising knife between carcasses, scope wipes, binoculars, spare knife, change of clothes in case of wet weather, midge repellent, (a cocktail of skin so soft and smidge because I couldn't decide which was best after reading that thread,) stalking sticks, one set for standing and one for sitting, bipod, dragging sled and drag bag, GPS locator to lead me back to carcass or so I can find where I parked the van at the end of the stalk, cable ties for zip tying off the oesophagus and colon and for apprehending poachers, bottle of talcum powder to indicate wind direction, Gralloching gloves that go up to your shoulders. Contaminated waste bags for used gloves, fullers earth to soak up any spilled blood with sealable bags for disposal at a later date oh and rangefinder with built in wind meter.

This may sound like a lot but I have a little bogey trailer for the rickshaw to carry it.

 

[Moray Outfitting]

On an instructors T shirt at a training session at a 'security' company overseas - ' It's only funny until someone gets hurt... then its @#cking hilarious!'

Whether you choose to call something a survival kit or its simply a few bits you put in a pocket - the principal is the same.

Just watch any episode of Highland Rescue - for fun tot up the cost, the risk to life and the absence of resources for someone in real trouble as those guys travel across Scotland because someone's trainers fell apart half way up the Cuillins.

Knowledge weighs nothing - but as has been conveyed in a post on this forum in the last 6 months, its not as warm as a simple space blanket in your pack/ pocket.

Agree there is no point going kit/ gadget crazy - the best item is the light compact thing you actually have with you rather than the Gucci kit at home.

I would respectfully suggest that the following will do little to impinge upon your ego/ sense of machismo, but may in a lifetime of stalking/ being outdoors prove of use -

1. Plastic Whistle - watch Titanic for heavens sake!
2. Space blanket
3. Small First Aid kit
4. Torch
5. Mobile/Radio./ PLB as you wish
6. Always tell someone roughly where you are and when coming back.
7. Spare boot laces.

Stick it in a pocket and forget it if it really is going to ruin your sense of independence and adventure ( in Surrey ? ). But if something went amiss, it would enable me to at least look in the eye the guys that get sent out to help me...

 

[Taff]

A phone and a whistle while in darkest Hampshire , but having been lost in Illinois while squirrel shooting, out there I carry gps, whistle, head torch and usual hunting gear of water, knife, gun, det, lots of ammo and a simple bandage, it does not get cold so no blanket.