HI all,
As a Guy who carrys stuff LOL. Maybe even a lot of stuff LOL. My shoulder bag with my axe and knife plus what is in the pack weighs in a 10.5 pounds. Plus I carry stuff on my belt and then some in my pockets. I live on a farm.
In Ne. Most of you who read BF know this.
I have been reading and following along with this post and have not posted yet until now. I do not think the first poster is a troll LOL . Most of my family look at what I carry and say (What ) But most of them do not go into the woods at all. So for some one who does not go to the woods every day they do not understand it and why I and WE here on this forum carry what we carry.
I did notice that in his camping area there were guns and packs and and other gear so when this man goes out he takes more gear. But in town does need to carry a back full of gear probably not. He said what he carries.
I go to the woods most every day ( if it rains LOL I stay in. I am not a big walk in the rain kind of guy. I did enough in the Marines to last me until I die LOL) and practice what I have learned and what I am still learning. This week just for instance I made up and did catch a little critter with the trap
( dead fall) I made with a trap trigger called the trappers widget trigger ( some might know that trigger as the Split stick trigger ring a bell LOL ) They really work. In my younger days.
I used to run trap line for extra money. I used steel traps and cable snares.
One year a freind of mine bought a brand new 4x4 truck and paid cash for it. I am not kidding and he was a trapping fool. Years ago furs really brought a pretty penny. My nephew runs a trap line now and I help him with that some. I know some of you guys carry a little roll of wire and yes it will work and some of you carry real cable snares. But I think for the smaller animals
bunnies, opossums, ground hogs and squirls even mink that the steel leader for fishing work pretty good and you can get 6 fo them to a little pack and grab 3 packs from wally world and put them in your pocket and never even know they are there. These are things I have learned over the years.
My point to this is that what I carry and use is what I think ( I ) might need and use in a sitution where I might have to stay out a night or two. or more?
Your lifes experinces will dictate what you carry. and only with time and will you learn that. We all go throught that. I have found that I like for the all round blade length of 5.5" but I also carry a smaller knife on the same sheath with a blade length of 3.75" I think that combo is the best for me. Since we are not the same you will have your thoughts and I have mine and only by asking ? hear on this forum will we share and learn together.
In my shoulder bag a I carry several small stuff sacks plus some small plastic bags. I do not use them every day but they are something I still like to carry for when I do use them. I will pic rose hips from the wild roses we have growing on the farm. I like to use the small stuff sacks to put the hips in and then tie it off to my pack of from a belt loop. I think it is a good way to carry some things like that back to where I might be camping or back to home.
Bushman 5 LOL from the pics that you have posted I tell you I think a 10" blade is to small LOL 14" to 18" would be my choice LOL. I was cutting some paths through a patch of black berries a couple of weeks back and I was using a 12" blade and wished I had a 18". compared to where I was at and doing what I was doing compared to where you live LOL Mine was a cake walk compared to your area. Man that area where live is thick bush LOL
Sharp Phil I noticed you changed you pic. I still like to see that sword on your shoulder.
Ok how about some pics. LOL
Here is a pic of my shoulder kit as it sits right now next to my bed and me.
Here is a pic of what I put on belt and in my pockets every day.
Here is what it looks like when I sling it.
Here are the contents it look like a lot and it is but it only weighs 10.5 pounds. it that really all that bad? even for a hike in the woods and even if it was only for a hour or two?
Here is a few pics fo the trap trigger I made and the critter that took the bate and got caught LOL. I set up the trap (cage dead fall LOL)
then I put some bait out for the little critter well. I did not put bait on the bait stick at first but did have to to get the critter traped. When I put the bait on the bait stick itself then the little ferret triped the thrigger.
a couple of different angles of the critter and the set up trap.
and finally the trap triggered LOL
Well that is the life of Missy my ferret LOL.
any ways all, carry what you want, carry it the way you want, and have fun doing it. I do LOL
Keep asking ?s and sharing what you have learned because I am still learning LOL and I thank you all.
Bryan
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yikes. Come on guys LOL if you do not get happy here. I will tell Brian or Kevin and they will come kick your a$$
