A Couple of Survival Tips

[patricimo54]

16 drops of chlorine bleach in a gallon of questionable water should make it safe to consume. If in doubt distill.

Anti Bacterial liquid/soft soap is a good thing to have on hand. It also serves as a great replacement for shaving cream. I ran out of shaving cream several months ago, in a pinch I tried soft soap for my facial lub. I'll never buy shaving cream again.

[minnesotascott]

Hand sanatizer will help when starting a fire. Most santizer has alot of alcohol. Lint form the clothes dryer, put in an egg caton then melted wax poured over the lint is also a good fire starter.

[dennis78]

Good tip! I didn't know about the plastic bottles in the sun.

[oldminkman]

I was reading in the Backwoodsman last night about using strike anywhere matches for survival situations. A guy had these matches that he waterproofed with nail polish in a sealed match keeper for 50+ years. Took one out soaked in water and dried it in his hair and struck it and it fired up beautifully!!

I will be making some of these ;D


Oldminkman-

[yooperdug]

Love the backwoodsman!!!
I tell ya,it has almost gotten impossible to fins S.A. matches! When I do i buy several boxes.They are cheap at half the price and best thing since fork split muffins!!!

[mike692]

Only place I can find strike anywhere matches anymore are Amish stores. I usually keep a bunch on hand too. I guess regular stores are too afraid of getting sued to carry them.

[TRAPnHUNT]

How many of us have had hard time getting that fire going? Here is a good tip. Go buy those gag birthday candles that you cant blow out and put those in your pack. You'd be amazed at how well they work in a survival situation!

[Admin]

I always have candles in my survival pack but never thought of using the gag ones. The factor that they relight themselves could be a handy feature when trying to build a fire in crap weather. ;D
Karma to ya man ;D
Always learning something on here

[TRAPnHUNT]

JC... Just make sure that you and Tommer are not too close to that fire when you're eating veinna sausages & beans!

[TRAPnHUNT]

Before venturing into the wilderness check weather forecasts and tell someone where you're going.

[themadratter]

Here's a little common sense approach, sometimes a hard pill to swallow to---Told to me by my physician.

As we age, and I do not know any of your ages, we need to get our bodies ready for the strenous struggles of trapping season. Be it walking or whatever. I'll be 56 in a couple weeks and I cannot do as much as I did a mere 10- 15 years ago!

Can't depend on a 4X4 or quad to take use right to the creek or sets always...sometimes we have to hoof it.

Going from 0 MPH in the offseason to a 1000 MPH during the season is a sure recipe for disaster according to him.

[TRAPnHUNT]

Feb 6, 2011 13:27:54 GMT -5 themadratter said:

Here's a little common sense approach, sometimes a hard pill to swallow to---Told to me by my physician.

As we age, and I do not know any of your ages, we need to get our bodies ready for the strenous struggles of trapping season. Be it walking or whatever. I'll be 56 in a couple weeks and I cannot do as much as I did a mere 10- 15 years ago!

Can't depend on a 4X4 or quad to take use right to the creek or sets always...sometimes we have to hoof it.

Going from 0 MPH in the offseason to a 1000 MPH during the season is a sure recipe for disaster according to him.

No disrespect Brother but I couldnt think of a better place to drop dead. Be it in a creek while trapping, in the woods stalking white tail, or in the rockies going after elk. I think that would be a whole like better than having a grabber on a tread mill or at work. I had a good friend of mine have a grabber on XMas Eve a number of years back while walking to his field blind.
I cant help but to smile knowing that he went doing what he loved! When my number is drawn, I pray to God that he takes me when I'm enjoying the great outdoors!!!

[themadratter]

Think about this........being laid up permanently to a point where you CANNOT trap, fish, hunt etc. I'm an old time biker and we used to say " Sometimes death takes you sightseeing"

[TRAPnHUNT]

I do see & respect your point but look at mine which is the flipside of the coin.

[patricimo54]

I pray when I go that my wood shed is full and that my pantry is stocked so that my Beautiful Bride has a few less things to worry with.

Just a couple more survival tips for those left behind.

[Admin]

Feb 6, 2011 18:32:00 GMT -5 patricimo54 said:

I pray when I go that my wood shed is full and that my pantry is stocked so that my Beautiful Bride has a few less things to worry with.

Just a couple more survival tips for those left behind.

Good thinking Pat ;D

I'm always trying to teach Lori how to do stuff in case I $h1t the bed. Plow the driveway, clean the chimny etc. She's my sole beneficiary so I'm thinkin her next boyfriend will be pretty well set up with my camps and acreage and Kubota and all that

[Admin]

I'm liking this therad ;D
I posted this before but it's been long since buried.
Always keep a good size piece of heavy duty tin foil in your hunting pack. In a survival situation it can be worth its weight in gold. Use it to cook fish or game, store forage you collect, boil water, as a signal mirror... you name it. It's a handy thing to have.

[themadratter]

I guess what I am trying to stress here with my post is:

Not all "grabbers" or strokes are fatal! But almost all are debilitating!! (My wife is a cardiac nurse)

I'll bet everyone checks their vehicles real well before season so there is no breakdowns.

TRAPnHUNT I do see your side too, I would rather die doing something I love than something I abhor!!

[TRAPnHUNT]

If I start to die.... Someone get me a 22 year old asian girl with small hands quick! LOL

[themadratter]

AMEN BROTHER!!!! ;D ;D ;D

[cam]

I throw a small packet of Hexamine fuel tabs in my truck and pack. These things are pretty swell. I even use em when my charcoal has trouble lighting in my grill.

www.rei.com/product/653344


Cam

[patricimo54]

Feb 8, 2011 23:19:46 GMT -5 cam said:

I throw a small packet of Hexamine fuel tabs in my truck and pack.
Cam

Never thought of them. Karma for the tip ;D

We always pack a can or two of Sterno in our dry box when we travel.

Being prepared when you travel even if you plan on staying in motels can pay off.

A few years back we were out in West Texas. We were in a motel in Ft. Stockton when a heavy wet snow blew in. Shut down I-10, knocked out power and left a bunch of folks stranded.

Me and my Bride enjoyed a meal heated by Sterno. The room was well lit by candles, and we enjoyed a couple of movies on our portable dvd player while the rest of the travelers set in the dark and did without.

[themadratter]

......And up 'til this season I haven't used it but had it in the back of the truck, My steel grain scoop snow shovel. Got stuck twice this year where shoveling was necessary! Operator oriented error (Yes..I own a four wheel drive)

[Admin]

Gonna sound funny but I keep a pair of bolt cutters in the truck when beaver trapping. If I ever get my hands caught in a 330, I'm pretty sure I could still manage some bolt cutters to cut the trap off me.
Driving with both hands in a 330 would be hard unless your truck has one of those tiny Mexican steering wheels.

[themadratter]

You mean you DON'T have a tiny Mexican steering wheel too???