Rope
Shovel
Duct tape
Car freshener
plastic bag
Axe, chainsaw or woodchipper...

OH...wait...wrong list.

 

Oh man. That reminds me of the first time i got pulled over. It was like 2 AM. And the day before I was up in deadwood SD gold panning. so we built a sloosh box thing. And he shined his light in my back seat and there was: A shovel, Rope, Duct tape, 2 2x4 boards, and a knife. He asked if he could search my car after that[&:]


Seriously though, the thing that helped me when I got lost at Jackson hole was reflective flourecent orange non sticky tape.

I was down under this ledge for warmth and i went up above and made a pretty long line all over. and just led it downwards to where it was. Thats how they found me. Also a rain coat and a space blanket was helpfull.

 

When I hit the woods for hunting or trail riding I usually have a small waterproof bag with the following

-S&W 327 with a box of shells (ultralight 8shot .22lr)

-A magnesium firestarter with redwood handle (handlecan bescraped with striker when there is no tinder)

-550 cord

-small flexible mirror

-water tablets

-spare knife and small sharpener

This whole kit weighs maybe 5 pounds and will darn near fit in a fanny pack.

 

um... tea bag?

 

Are you requesting? Okay, I'll give you the old teabag.

 

good line up. Put a hole in the middle of that mirror so that you can look through it, makes it much easier to signal a bird from the ground(look at the chopper through the hole). We always keep this stuff in the boat when going to gulf or florida back waters. Our pack is a little bulky but we have a whole boat to carry it so its not a big deal.

would add

a lighter,small, light and easy fire for a long long time.

ALWAYS medical grade needle and thread. with gauze, tape and iodized salt(not alcohol, salt water does well enough and takes much less room and can also serve other purposes)

compact flare gun.

+10000 to water tablets, you cant always have a fire and you need clean water.

GPS with extra batteries. even if you cant move its good to know where you are.

 

My firestarter is the ****e, I picked it up at a sportsmans show a few years back, I have two of them and one of them I use for all my fire needs, mostly lighting the barbeque pit and such. Its a redwood handle 4 or so in long, about a little thicker than a broom stick, attached on one end, or protruding, is a magnesium rod 3 in long about as big in diameter as a nickle, with a striker rod grooved into one side. If no tinder is available, the handle can be scrapped into a small pile with a couple of strokes, and if its wet, scrape off some of the magnisium. The striker can be struck with any hard object, a tin can lid, knife, hook, coin, anything, and throws a shower of sparks enough to signal to a small degree. I shoulda bought 10 of them as I lost the guys info that made them, it was only 5 bucks and has something like a 60K strike lifespan. I've had this one for years and use it all the time and it shows little use. I keep a metal tang and a p-38(old school army issue can opener) affixed to it with a leather cord, I think that firestarter and a good knife are my best two items and the most used out in the woods or camping/hunting. In my boat (just an 18ft duck hunting rig) I keep extra pull cord, incase battery fails and original pull-cord breaks)extrafuel line and bulb,(had one freeze up one timeand split in several places one time on a 18 degree morning out in the lake at 3am)hose clamps, allen keys, cresant wrench, zip-ties, duct-tape, extra spark-plugs (2) (don't those damn things foul out at the greatest time!)mag-light, JB weld,(ahhh liquid duct-tape)3m watertight sealant/adheasive, shear-pins, cotter pins and a small tarp. I keep all this in a regular sized water-tight ammo can under the center console. Duck hunting takes you into some nasty conditions and weather out in muddy back-waters out in the middle of no-where and more than once I've had to use up some shear-pins and such from submerssed logs and hidden mud flats.

 

The tootsie roll is for sugar. Real kits have peanut butter. Install fuel for the body.

 

Thats what the fishing hook and line is for "Rambo style"

 

I have a rambo survival knife. The compass on the butt lost its fluid. We used it to break the hip bone on deers when we guttem.