Gerber Gator Combo Ax (pocket ax with the little knife in the handle)
Buck 110
SAK Huntsman
Pruning saw (Wally World Special)
Crosman 1377 - skeleton stock and scope
Varmint Al Bi-pod
There is a woodlot behind my house and I get to take our pup for a walk when I am not overly busy in the office. I like to practice wood gathering skills on deadlfalls. I carry the gerber and Buck 110 on my belt, the pruning saw is clipped to my day pack which is pretty much empty except for a small FAK and PSK a length of stout rope and my Varmint Al bi-pod. Sometimes a thermos of tea goes in there as well. I like to keep the pack as empty as I can.
As I practice, I see that I can harvest fire sized logs with the gerber and the saw on my SAK. Sometimes I use the pruning saw, but less and less. The gerber is great for everything and it is my go-to blade. The Buck 110 I carry because I feel funny without it.
The Crosman 1377 is for shooting at targets. I could use it for birds in a survival situation. Some airgunners claim that they can kill squirrels and rabbits with head shots with it. I think not. I am working on a sling to carry it one-handed. I do not want to put it on my pack as it will mess up the scope alignment. With the bi-pod it is very accurate and a fun, quiet gun to shoot. I pick off pine cones, shoot at stumps and any odd thing that I see.
Varmint Al has some great instructions on his web site for making a bi-pod. It is simple enough to make with hand tools.
I use the rope to drag logs back home. Good exercise and practice. If I find some particularly resinous pine, I will hack off a bunch and put it in my pack. My wife likes the smell and we have a candle heated infuser that it works well in. Also, there are a bunch of coyotes that live back there and I often find bones. There was also some kind of homestead there and I sometimes find odd cans and once a mouse trap. That's why I keep the pack as empty as I can.
Buck 110
SAK Huntsman
Pruning saw (Wally World Special)
Crosman 1377 - skeleton stock and scope
Varmint Al Bi-pod
There is a woodlot behind my house and I get to take our pup for a walk when I am not overly busy in the office. I like to practice wood gathering skills on deadlfalls. I carry the gerber and Buck 110 on my belt, the pruning saw is clipped to my day pack which is pretty much empty except for a small FAK and PSK a length of stout rope and my Varmint Al bi-pod. Sometimes a thermos of tea goes in there as well. I like to keep the pack as empty as I can.
As I practice, I see that I can harvest fire sized logs with the gerber and the saw on my SAK. Sometimes I use the pruning saw, but less and less. The gerber is great for everything and it is my go-to blade. The Buck 110 I carry because I feel funny without it.
The Crosman 1377 is for shooting at targets. I could use it for birds in a survival situation. Some airgunners claim that they can kill squirrels and rabbits with head shots with it. I think not. I am working on a sling to carry it one-handed. I do not want to put it on my pack as it will mess up the scope alignment. With the bi-pod it is very accurate and a fun, quiet gun to shoot. I pick off pine cones, shoot at stumps and any odd thing that I see.
Varmint Al has some great instructions on his web site for making a bi-pod. It is simple enough to make with hand tools.
I use the rope to drag logs back home. Good exercise and practice. If I find some particularly resinous pine, I will hack off a bunch and put it in my pack. My wife likes the smell and we have a candle heated infuser that it works well in. Also, there are a bunch of coyotes that live back there and I often find bones. There was also some kind of homestead there and I sometimes find odd cans and once a mouse trap. That's why I keep the pack as empty as I can.
