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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1862103" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I don't hunt miles away from camp anymore because of physical issues. But......if I get dropped off by an outfitter I want to be capable of spending the night in the woods if I have to. One year while on a bear hunt I was left out until 10:45 before I was picked up; and there was not phone service so I was there until someone realized that I had not been picked up. The only thing that really saved me was a light polar fleece jacket that I had wrapped up and tied to my pack; and.....this was September in Maine so not too cool until after sundown. I always make sure that I have a fire starting system if not two! I have a small OUTERS gun cleaning kit that I never leave camp without. This past deer season we saved a day's hunt because I could clear my buddy's barrel of snow after a fall. The OUTER's kit is a small, circular case with a rubber coated cable that contains a bore brush, a jag and some gun cleaning fluid; really worth having. And.....I have a trauma first aid kit, about $100, that includes clot bandages and a tourniquet. This stuff is survival stuff, and of course, <em><u>like a seat belt, we'll never ever need it right!!</u></em> My outfitter is a small operation, there's no phone service where we hunt, we're in a 60,000 acre leased parcel of land that is private and gaited, so once we are dropped off, "we" are there until someone picks us up or figures we are out there. If for some reason they get injured on their way in to pick us up, we are on our own until. And one last thing that I'd like to suggest is that you leave a flight plan in camp before you head into the area that you plan to hunt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1862103, member: 69192"] I don't hunt miles away from camp anymore because of physical issues. But......if I get dropped off by an outfitter I want to be capable of spending the night in the woods if I have to. One year while on a bear hunt I was left out until 10:45 before I was picked up; and there was not phone service so I was there until someone realized that I had not been picked up. The only thing that really saved me was a light polar fleece jacket that I had wrapped up and tied to my pack; and.....this was September in Maine so not too cool until after sundown. I always make sure that I have a fire starting system if not two! I have a small OUTERS gun cleaning kit that I never leave camp without. This past deer season we saved a day's hunt because I could clear my buddy's barrel of snow after a fall. The OUTER's kit is a small, circular case with a rubber coated cable that contains a bore brush, a jag and some gun cleaning fluid; really worth having. And.....I have a trauma first aid kit, about $100, that includes clot bandages and a tourniquet. This stuff is survival stuff, and of course, [I][U]like a seat belt, we'll never ever need it right!![/U][/I] My outfitter is a small operation, there's no phone service where we hunt, we're in a 60,000 acre leased parcel of land that is private and gaited, so once we are dropped off, "we" are there until someone picks us up or figures we are out there. If for some reason they get injured on their way in to pick us up, we are on our own until. And one last thing that I'd like to suggest is that you leave a flight plan in camp before you head into the area that you plan to hunt. [/QUOTE]
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