Survival!!!

Firestrike

Firestrike

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You have just found yourself lost in the backwoods, 50 miles out and your horse ran off. What started out as a week long solo hunting trip (so no one expects you back for at least 7 more days) has just turned out to be a possible life or death struggle for survival and its only day 1. You have your gear that was on your person but the rest went with the horse when it was spooked. What Busse or Busse Kin is on your hip? How is it the best for helping you survive?

Maybe this will turn out fun.
 
If I were hunting I'd be wearing my HG-55 LE on my belt as it's my hunting knife and a XM and SAK in my pockets because I always do. The HG55 is a great all around knife and I could make it work but a RMJ hawk or GB axe always joins it on hunting trips for chopping but on my bag that would be lost in your scenario.
 
Wow, if hunting on an extended trip, I'd have an m9 & prob an infidu or swat. Some sort of folding camp saw and or axe.
 
Ergo Badger Attack. Always with me it seems. Work, play, its there. If I were on this type of trip, I'd have an Ergo battle mistress at the very least to pair with the badger. Same handle means familiarity. I would probably have a GLOCK 26 on my person also. Down in southwest Minnesota, that's how I roll.
 
I agree with my friend THT, but would modify it slightly with a NO-e and a Glock 21!
 
A Basic... 13(11), 11, 9, 8 or even 7. It would be light enough to allow me to find my horse just like everyone would have done a mere ~100 years ago. ;) It would also do everything I needed if somehow I couldn't locate the horse.
 
Probably my spyderco endura. I don't carry a fixed blade while horseback in case a horse goes down. I guess my basic 8 just rode off. Maybe Jerry can fix that?
 
Had a TG and a Glock 20 on my hip all weekend. I should add a firesteel to the knife sheath as I would be woefully unprepared if it came to friction fire.
 
Firestrike said:
You have just found yourself lost in the backwoods, 50 miles out and your horse ran off. What started out as a week long solo hunting trip (so no one expects you back for at least 7 more days) has just turned out to be a possible life or death struggle for survival and its only day 1. You have your gear that was on your person but the rest went with the horse when it was spooked. What Busse or Busse Kin is on your hip? How is it the best for helping you survive?

Maybe this will turn out fun.
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Not real Sexy, but it would likely be the scrapmuk and wildlife hatchet I bought from high desert awhile back. I keep the knives in my "hunting" bag with the little axe strapped to it. There would also be the ubiquitous paracord matches, ferro rod and striker and a couple nasty cliffs bars a d a bottle of water. The rest depends on what I'm hunting with

1. Crossbow- rope cocker, bow stringer, string/rail lube, and a brod head or two.
2. Muzzle loader- 3 premesured charged of 2F black powder, tin of musket caps, 3 .58 Cal. minie balls and what I call my musket multi-tool.
3. Rifle- 3 rounds of Winchester X 170gr 30/30 and a compact cleaning kit.

Well, I guess I would use the axe and paracord to get shelter up and prep wood for a fire and go head and get one going. Then locate some water. After that I would sit tight for a 7 day camp out and nibble my nasty cliffs bar and wait. If the horse I was on rode, off chances are that it would end up at the barn riderless so at some point my peeps would come looking for me. I'm pretty good about leaving my planned route with family so I don't think I would be out to look good after the horse showed up without me. I would also try my phone to. I have gotten signal be for pretty reliably, but I would text a distress message just in case it went through. Then I would play midnight poker until my ride out got there.
 
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Glad to see I'm not the only one carrying a pistol in addition to a knife and my rifle for hunting.

In my case a Super Blackhawk 44 mag would be on my right hip, the left hip has so far had my TGLB for the last 2 hunting seasons. It would be possible that my rifle was gone with the horse. In this case I will say it went with the horse, I would not feel inadequate with only my 44 and knife. As far as back up blades generally have my SWKW RS the last few seasons too, this year it could be the Benchmade 610 Ruckus for hunting.
 
Midwest Firecraft said:
Had a TG and a Glock 20 on my hip all weekend. I should add a firesteel to the knife sheath as I would be woefully unprepared if it came to friction fire.
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Good plan I keep one on my keychain, likely would have lost it with the horse as I would probably store my keys in my pack for the trip, need to rethink my strategy.
 
Forgot to add that I carry a pistol on my person as well..... Always. Either my glock 19 or 20 when hunting
 
Haven't hunted in AGES .... But I do have a couple of Ribz packs. I'd have a Swiss multi tool and my HACK warden in there, along with fire starting gear, some food, compass, whistle, gloves, water purifying tablets, folded up water pouch, Brunton monocular.

On my hip... I'd probably have my SOB. No pistols.
 
Not a fan of horses, they're too big, they smell, and apparently they'll run off on you. That said it'd probably be my HellRazor on me, it'll do anything I need it to and more. At that point, I would just walk back in a couple of days and leave the horse, never liked it anyway.
 
plue said:
Not a fan of horses, they're too big, they smell, and apparently they'll run off on you. That said it'd probably be my HellRazor on me, it'll do anything I need it to and more. At that point, I would just walk back in a couple of days and leave the horse, never liked it anyway.
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Right on! I hear you bro:thumbup:
 
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