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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Oct 6, 2015 12:36:27 GMT -7
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Thorny-61
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I'm looking for some more direction to hunt some more.
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Post by Thorny-61 on Dec 27, 2015 13:25:40 GMT -7
That was a good article...
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Dec 28, 2015 11:00:34 GMT -7
Thank You! I hope that it will help everyone consider their safety, and put together and carry an emergency kit in their vehicle at all times, especially those that are out in the desert wilderness, hunting and calling, just in case something happens to their vehicle, or themselves, and they are forced to spend a night or 2 in the wilderness. So they will be safe and comfortable during their ordeal, while waiting for rescue to arrive!
Be Safe My Friends! Be Interactive In Your Survival, Follow the advice in this and every article in this category! It May Just Save Your Live Someday!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Dec 28, 2015 20:25:53 GMT -7
I think the only thing I do not normally carry would be the thread.
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Thorny-61
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Post by Thorny-61 on Dec 28, 2015 22:59:41 GMT -7
Well with that extra ya can do some repair work on the old socks....LOL It is handy to gave. I am going to get some fly tieing thread that is heaver
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Dec 29, 2015 9:52:00 GMT -7
THREAD: It is an essential item in a kit, for repairing your clothing, socks, a shelter, but most importantly, just in case you need to give yourselves stitches to sew up a wound that needs to be shut! Ya! Ya! I can hear you now, saying to yourselves, "I don't think I have enough hair on my ass to sew myself up!" Ya it is going to hurt, but a little hurt, is better than bleeding to death slowly! Am I right!
I think I would carry with me several types and sizes of thread, as well as a small roll of strong small diameter string, for lashing, stitching, and making snares for small game!
I hope that you will never need it, but as the Boy Scouts of America say, Be Prepared! It is better to have it, and never use it, than to need it and not have it! It could mean the difference in living and dying!
Gary
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Post by 72camaro on Dec 29, 2015 20:50:54 GMT -7
Funny you should say that on sewing yourself up. I tried like crazy to get a doctor to give me one of their sterile bags with sewing needle and thread for just that as I told him to skip the novacaine and he said, " I see a lot of cowboys like you come in and I'm going to just save some time and numb you up now." I told him suit himself but if he would give me a package I'll save the trip next time. I've had a few stitches in my time.
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Post by broper on Dec 30, 2015 5:37:18 GMT -7
How about dental floss? Seems if you can sew coyote hides with it you could use it for your own hide. I've had a few stitches but never thought about sewing myself up.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Dec 30, 2015 9:51:26 GMT -7
Dental floss works great for a lot of uses! I have used floss to sew coyote pelts, I have done other stuff with it also. If you take several strands of it and weave it together, it is much stronger to use!
Another good thing you can use, it is small and easy to carry; is small diameter fishing line. It works great for sewing, and self stitching, mending, what have you! I have used fishing line to sew with on my sewing machine. It is sold on a spool like regular thread!
Also you will have a great way to handline a fish from a creek or river for dinner! If you carry hooks and sinkers to fish with! You can always find bait (grubs) under or in old dead trees, dig in the ground for worms, catch other insects, like grasshoppers, beetles, moths, etc.... Whatever is available during the time of year you are in a survival situation.
The Old Saying Goes: "Give a man a fish, feed him for the day, Teach him to fish, Feed him for a life time!" This old adage Can and will make a difference for you in a survival situation! Got to keep your body feed to survive the cold, because your body requires more calories to maintain the heat in it! And not to mention the calories required to build a shelter, and to find help to get out of the situation!
NOT TO MENTION, "VERY IMPORTANT!!!" FIRE!!! Don't leave home without a way to start a fire! Whether wind and waterproof matches, lighter, flint and steel, Rubbing sticks together is not always the best situation, it requires lots of precious energy to start a fire in this way! You MUST have to have a way to get a fire started, it is essential in a survival situation. You will use fire to signal for help, keep you warm, to cook your food (fish), melt snow for water to drink, to purify water from a creek or stream that you found, to keep bugs and animals away from you!
Gary
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