10 items for 1 year in the bush.

Liam Ryan

Liam Ryan

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I was thinking about how minimal I could pack to survive for a good while, What 10 items could you not do without to survive 1 year in the wild? Max 3 edged tools.
1-A good axe, GB sfa I guess
2-Fallkniven F1
3-SAK outrider
4-1 quart cooking pot
5-first aid kit
5-bic lighter/firesteel
6-fishing tackle
7-book of wild edibles
8-warm wool blanket
9-10'x10' tarp
10-war and peace, always wanted to read it.

For me my biggest concern would certainly be getting enough food, and considered a big bag of rice, but thought the book of wild edibles would be more rewarding and worthwhile.
I may get hungry, but I think I could do it with that. I would probably bring a bigger axe actually, but I just ordered that GB.
 
hatchet
multitool
firesteel
100m of paracord
100m of fishing line with 10 hooks
dynamo crank led flashlight
dynamo crank led lamp
2 large sized poncho
1 sleeping bag
1.5 litres drinking container of any kind

That will be my list. :)
 
A rifle or shotgun would be nice, which one, depends on were I am in the wild.

I think I might want a good light weight, low temp sleeping bag over a blanket, but then again, the blanket might last longer than the bag?

Again I would rather have a good tent than a tarp. I think it would be nice to have a tent that can have an open side, so that you could put a fire in front of it when it gets real cold, but hopefully by the time winter comes, I will have built a nice sturdy shelter/primitive cabin.

If I could only take ten things, I think I would get rid of one of my blades to make room for more stuff, probably just take an axe and a leatherman. Although I love to have me my Mora 510 or some other good puukko.
 
Not a bad list Liam, I'd be happy with it, or mine.


A Satellite phone and 9 Playboy Playmates..... :D
 
A house, a hot woman, pallet of Irish Whiskey.....

Seriously:

sleeping bag, axe, shotgun, belt knife, huge ferro rod, sharpener, poncho, metal pot, fishing kit and cordage.
 
I'm guessing this is more of a sustainment senario than a signal or get out type. Assuming that I'm not going to be mobile and these items are already carried in a ruck and I have appropriate clothing for the coldest the environment will get.

Fishing tackle
22 mag rifle with 1000 rounds of various ammo (I don't know if this is legal)
2 quart pot with lid
Poncho
Warm sleeping bag with wool liner
GB Axe
Good fixed blade (probably a camp tramp)
Firesteel and if I could a fire kit with bic and tinder ect
100 yards of 550 cord
50 yards of steel/brass snare wire
first aid kid with antibiotics

Would really like to work in a 50lb food pack of rice and beans and my choices of edged tools may change depending on my envionment. Jungle, swamp ect
 
FYI, Unless you happen to be on an uninhabited island you could walk-out.

Keeping that in mind:
- Bahco Folding Saw
- Fallkniven A1
- Fallkniven DC4
- Compass/Map
- Firesteel
- 100m of Para-cord
- Poncho/Tarp
- Sleeping Bag (temp. appropriate)
- Small/Medium Titanium Pot
- Satellite Phone (Duh!)

I might switch something out for a water container, depending on location. And I would change the list around also to better fit varying climates.
 
I notice that other than Fieldtestornothing, no one is bringing a pack, and even there he's assuming it's there but not part of the 10.

Also, how strict are we being about what constitutes an item? For instance, my MSS sleeping bag has 2 bags, a bivy sack and compression sack, but is issued as one unit, so is it one item or 3? Is a pup tent one item or two (or 18 if you count both 3-part poles and 10 stakes)? Is a knife that has a stone and hone in the sheath pouch one item or three, do we count the sheath as an item?
 
Say you can't walk out or contact anyone and you have to count every item in things like first aid kits or ammo I would have.

1. HI CAK Khukuri
2. Scrapyard dumpster mutt
3. Swiss army firesteel
4. AOS Swag
5. An alive female egg producing Chicken
6. 100L bottle of whisky :P
7. Medium size titanium pot
8. 200m of paracord
9. 2L water container
10. SAS survival guide

I'm gonna assume your near fresh water.
 
Great list. I would only change the War and Peace with the Bible. But to each his own. Thanks and Merry Christmas, Jason.
 
1)mora 510
2)fiskars 14 inch axe
3)vic farmer
4) ALOT of pARACHUTE CORD
5) A DOUBLE SIDED DIAMOND PLATE/MILL FILE
6) LARGE WATERPROOF TARP
8) A METAL POT
9) SWEDISH army firesteel/lighter
10) my northface cat's meow sleeping bag
if I could choose a # 11 it'd be my henry leveraction .22 and about 1000 mixed rounds from cps to velocitors...if I could choose a 12 it'd be the entire modeling staf from the victorias secret catalog... and 13 would be a truck full of sam adams.....the list goes on
 
Good Lists So Far heres my .02

1. Fiscars 2 Hand axe
2. Kbar
3. Sak Fireman
4. 200m 550 chord
5 12x12 Nylon Tarp
6. Sleeping Bag
7 1qt cook pot
8. 2 qt gi canteen
9. Magblock Fire starter
10. Primative living book (has chapters on edible plants)

I am basing this on things I have or could easily lay hands.
 
Here’s what Chris “Alex” McCandless“ took with him to live off the land for a few months" in the Alaskan wilderness in April of 1992:


1. 10 lbs of rice

2. .22 rifle and 400 rounds of ammo

3. matches

4. sleeping bag

5. canteen

6. mess kit

7. machete

8. Swiss Army knife

9. fishing rod

10. a bunch of books to read, one of them a guide to edible wild plants.


You can read his story here:


http://outside.away.com/outside/features/1993/1993_into_the_wild_1.html
 
1. 14" hatchet
2. SOG Seal 2000
3. Pocket Survival Kit (Ritter Kit)
4. Bow
5. At least 10 arrows (Use these until I could make enough of my own)
6. Paracord
7. Large Stainless Steel flask for boiling and carrying water.
8. Fleece Blanket
9. Leatherman Wave for small projects
10. Arrow Heads (not flint)

arrive at the beginning of spring, spend my time hunting and gathering, have a decent size shelter built by the mid of spring, make lots of rope, arrows, traps, gather a lot of wood, make a spear (and other primitive hunting tools), etc, etc.
 
A year is a long time.

1. AXE
2. Hatchet
3. Fixed blade belt knife or a super tool with a file
4. Ruger 10/22 1000 rds 22 lr
5. well stocket first aid kit
6. a few pots to boil water and to cook with
7. fire starting kit, flint steel, matches, bic's
8. A well made large heavy tarp
9. 500' paracord
10. wool blanket
 
16x20 tarp
Medium Camp axe
Stout camp knife
2 quart pot with lid
FA kit with antibiotics
22lr lots of ammo
Heavy sleeping bag
soap
Magflint block
lots of paracord

Skam
 
xinel said:
Say you can't walk out or contact anyone and you have to count every item in things like first aid kits or ammo I would have.

1. HI CAK Khukuri
2. Scrapyard dumpster mutt
3. Swiss army firesteel
4. AOS Swag
5. An alive female egg producing Chicken
6. 100L bottle of whisky :P
7. Medium size titanium pot
8. 200m of paracord
9. 2L water container
10. SAS survival guide

I'm gonna assume your near fresh water.
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I placed emphasis on the chicken a great idea:thumbup:
I would nix the whisky for a serious sleeping bag/bivy sack
 
Not including food

'Smart Stove' Air Tight Stove c/w stove pipes
Large Axe
36" Bow Saw with extra blades
Roll of heavy duty clear plastic
Roll of mosquito netting
S1 Falkniven Knife
Fishing Equipment
12 gauge shotgun and ammo
Large box of wax dipped matches
Pot Set


With only ten I would really miss:

Sleeping bag
Sewing Kit
Flash Light
First Aid Kit
Canoe/Paddles
Snowshoes
Bit and Brace
Chisel
File
Leatherman
Screws and Nails
Books
 
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