Wilderness hiking weapons

ROCK6 said:
Hey Andrew, just curious about the telescoping hiking poles...I've check a few out but my concern was that I didn't think they would be robust enough to use as an impact weapon. I know they would be good as a jabbing weapon if their locks where strong enough. Any issues in this department? I almost always have a walking stick but since my wife has really taken to bouldering and minor-technical rock climbing, I've been needing both hands and a telescoping hiking pole seems to fill the bill.

ROCK6
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I wouldn't want to use them as impact weapons, but I would in a pinch. As a jabbing/stabbing weapon, or something to keep critters at bay until I can get to a pistol, they would be adequate.

They are lightweight and pretty compact when closed up. They won't close up on you unless you don't tighten them down enough. I use Komperdell poles.

I don't hike without a pair of them.

Andy
 
Okay here my woods list just tools and weapons

multi tool leatherman wave with pocket clip,or sog powerlock
Benchmade folder either Rukus,mini Rukus,Dejavoo,or Griptillian
Spyderco endura always:thumbup:
fixed blade Tracker 2,Grohmann #4,Cold Steel ODA or like sized belt knife
Jorgensen3 custom forged tomahawk in Grants Pass,OR
I live in the Pacific Northwest bears and cougars are a problem:eek:
I pack a Glock 29 (10mm) or 30 (.45) depending where im at nod goes
to the 10mm;)
 
In the wilds I'm usually concerned primarily with weight and concealment. One of my favorite combo's when I'm concerened with weight/concealment is:

S&W Titanium .357
Ruger mark II in the pack with pac lite upper +100 rds
Waved delica
Leatherman

If I'm not concened with weight/concealment I go with
Ruger security six, or 1911
Camp tramp
Leatherman
Axe
And usually a rifle if I'm hunting
 
for me,
a oak walking stick about 40 in. long
a edged blade of sorts such as a mini axe or a 4-7 in. knife
gun-wise would be an old S&W m10

In most cases, the walking stick is what I use .
 
It depends entirely on where I'm going to be hiking. Most of the time, it's on county or state land, so I carry a WWII Camillus army issue utility pocket knife, a Vic SAK w/saw and I just picked up a Gerber Clutch multitool. Firearms and fixed blades get left home. If I'm on Federal or private land, I'll be carrying a sidearm and a fixed blade.
 
Andrew Colglazier said:
I wouldn't want to use them as impact weapons, but I would in a pinch. As a jabbing/stabbing weapon, or something to keep critters at bay until I can get to a pistol, they would be adequate.

They are lightweight and pretty compact when closed up. They won't close up on you unless you don't tighten them down enough. I use Komperdell poles.
Andy
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Thanks Andy; since I usually carry a pistol anyways, that's probably a good temporary weapon so I can get to the real firepower. Regardless of high-tech telescoping poles or a good'ol hiking stick, having something to help with a rough trail or crossing a stream and also giving you some stand-off for less desirable critters is a huge asset.

Pilot1 said:
9MM CZ-75D PCR with .22 Kadet Kit conversion unit
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I don't have a conversion (Adv Arms) for my Glock yet, but I do have a CZ Kadet conversion (just went and shot it this morning with my son). This has to be one of the best .22 coversions I've ever used...easily one of the most accurate and reliable. You have to love the CZ's...excellent pistols!

ROCK6
 
here's one of mine

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When I'm in the woods in PA I carry openly unless I'm doing a dayhike in an area with lots of other hikers and sightseers. For open carry I take my 1911 A1 in a full flap military holster or an open top Galco paddle depending on where I'm going and how I'm dressed.

Here in Brazil carry is a no-no, not that I haven't done it, but I always did it concelaed. Now that they have made it a much tougher offense I don't carry at all. I do always have plenty of steel visible and it has gotten me out of trouble before. A friend and I were accosted by to belligerant drunks demanding money once in a coconut grove. The fact that I had a 14 inch machete in my hand calmed them right down. They ahdn't seen it until they got close and came no further.

It is a personal choice and a judgement call but my logic goes like this. In places with lots of human contact the possibility of causing alarm in people who are genuinely afraid of openly carried weapons causes me to carry concealed. When meeting up with people far off the beaten track openly carrying a weapon might make them reconsider trying something violent. I would much rather meet up with a scumbag who decides not to try something because he can see I'm armed than shoot one who thinks he's jumping an unarmed man. It has worked out that way for me on several occasions. Mac
 
well I am kinda new here but been around.
Don't know aoubt a whip in my area, woods , brush, could you get a swing without catching something? And if a snake is 10 or 12 feet away go the other way, if you were gonna eat it , try a rock, they are handy in the ozarks.

A pistol could be handy, but I don't a cap and ball would be good for me because of rain, himidity, even sweat from packing it for a few days, I got an old H&R sportsman hold 9 and shoots pretty good, lots of fun, but it is the loudest damned .22lr pistol there is, an ear ringing S. O. B.

If you need a 12 ga. you might look into #4 shot instead of buck, buckshot only has 10 or 15 pellets, while #4 is BB sized and there is around 30 or 40 pellets, the buzzsaw unleashed.

A good stick/staff is handy. You could just go fin a nice sapling, cut it down, and use it. they telescoping stik look good for hiking but I haven't got any yet. Pat
 
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