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Having only seen Alaska first hand one time (through an airport window) and on the tv. I would opt for the axe and a high powered rifle (30-06 308 or 300). With a high powered rifle, you can harvest large game at long distances. Once you get any animal over 100 lbs and get it skinned out you can improvise anything else you need.
Someone said it's hard to improvise a pot but it's not so hard if you have a large hide. If you have a large hide and a leg bone and some sinew, it's not even hard to improvise a bottle or canteen. Sure it'll take time to make the stuff but if you're surviving you will have plenty of time on your hands, especially at night.
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David
Someone said it's hard to improvise a pot but it's not so hard if you have a large hide. If you have a large hide and a leg bone and some sinew, it's not even hard to improvise a bottle or canteen. Sure it'll take time to make the stuff but if you're surviving you will have plenty of time on your hands, especially at night.
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Of the equipment I own:
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3/4 Hudson bay axe
My Marmot 'Shield' 15' bag with Gortex liner.
This is my favorite answer!
It depends on my clothes.With large cargo pockets I would get two boxes - one with slugs and one with various shells - for birds,rabbits and other small creatures.If I could have a backpack I would go for much more - since other than the shells and the axe I woulf have nothing else to put in my backpack.In that case - maybe 5 or 6 boxes,but I think that with 2 boxes I would do pretty well for one week.
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Isn't the scenario based on a one-week stay? Why would you need that much ammo for one week? I can see some wisdom in selecting a rifle as one of your two items, but, given the option, don't you think it would make more sense to bring something to keep warm or cook with? Just curious! I suppose that leaving a trail of animal carcasses and shell casings in one's wake would increase the odds of being found, though!
All the best,
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I would have to say a mid-size knife like maybe a BRKT Aurora, and a good tent. That should set me up for awhile.
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Man, didn't know that show is on again. Have to record it. :thumbup:
If I knew I'd be there for a week and fire is covered, I'd opt for an axe and guyot/pot as well. The axe would provide shelter to use in conjunction with a fire, and the pot would provide easy safe drinking water indefinitely. In this finite situation, keeping my body temp at 98 degrees and staying hydrated would be my primary concerns. I'd try to get food to pass the time (using the axe and natural materials), but only if the risk was acceptable.
ETA: I might substitute a khukuri or other large blade for the axe, especially if I'm not allowed another knife. Don't have experience with an axe yet, because I haven't needed one, so I can't say which I'd prefer.
ETA2: If I was out there indefinitely, I'd still want the chopper, but I have a hard time choosing between the pot and a firearm. I think I'd probably still go with the pot, and work on trapping and fishing for food. I'd also try to make primitive weapons for hunting.
If I knew I'd be there for a week and fire is covered, I'd opt for an axe and guyot/pot as well. The axe would provide shelter to use in conjunction with a fire, and the pot would provide easy safe drinking water indefinitely. In this finite situation, keeping my body temp at 98 degrees and staying hydrated would be my primary concerns. I'd try to get food to pass the time (using the axe and natural materials), but only if the risk was acceptable.
ETA: I might substitute a khukuri or other large blade for the axe, especially if I'm not allowed another knife. Don't have experience with an axe yet, because I haven't needed one, so I can't say which I'd prefer.
ETA2: If I was out there indefinitely, I'd still want the chopper, but I have a hard time choosing between the pot and a firearm. I think I'd probably still go with the pot, and work on trapping and fishing for food. I'd also try to make primitive weapons for hunting.
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A khukri and probably a pot, being able to boil water is pretty important, if there is snow then you need to be able to melt it to drink, you can last 7 days (a week without food, but only 3 days without water, and sucking snow is worse than not drinking).
With a khukri you could easily build a shelter out of pine tress, dig for roots, chop wood for fires and if you manage to somehow catch an animal, skin it.
If water was not an issue I might be tempted to swap the pot for a good hammock or tent, or if animals were plentiful a bow-possible to make arrows if not allowed as an item with the bow.
With a khukri you could easily build a shelter out of pine tress, dig for roots, chop wood for fires and if you manage to somehow catch an animal, skin it.
If water was not an issue I might be tempted to swap the pot for a good hammock or tent, or if animals were plentiful a bow-possible to make arrows if not allowed as an item with the bow.
Isn't the scenario based on a one-week stay? Why would you need that much ammo for one week? I can see some wisdom in selecting a rifle as one of your two items, but, given the option, don't you think it would make more sense to bring something to keep warm or cook with? Just curious! I suppose that leaving a trail of animal carcasses and shell casings in one's wake would increase the odds of being found, though!
All the best,
- Mike
Shooting is always fun
And I want to be prepared if the Zombies decide to come... Having something to cook in is good,but I think that without a proper weapon it would be pretty hard to have even a sort-of-good meal.In the cold temperatures the body needs a lot of energy that IMHO would be hard to gather just with traps.
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+1 The ability to easily make something hot, even if its pine needle tea would do so much for morale. Ray showed how to build a shelter and a type of fire (7ft long) that would allow you to sleep in the outdoors with no sleeping bag.
Considering most of us have enough fat on us to reach the end of the known universe, I wouldnt be too concerned about food
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Thanks for answering my post Dannyboy.I thought you might need some kind of special construction to have a warm shelter in those conditions.How thick do you have to make the bed and walls on a debri leanto and how close do you have to have the fire to be warm enough?