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Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.

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Offline mrfuelish

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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #15 on: April 15, 2012, 09:28:27 PM »
That's what the 870 is for.
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2012, 08:06:24 AM »
Quote from: nprecon on April 15, 2012, 08:09:54 AM
In the first aid kit adding a small tube of triple antibiotic ointment is the shitz too.  That stuff helps small abrasions and cuts heal quicker.  Good to have when you are out in the woods for extended periods of time.   A large dog shreaded my left three fingers on my left hand about ten years go from the ring knuckle to the finger tips.  I immediateley rinsed it in clean water, ran peroxide over it, and kept it packed with antibiotic ointment.  Three weeks later: fingers worked again.   It is "more better'.  Adding a large bandanna to your clothing list is useful too.  You can use it for a neck cooler by soaking it in water, a head wrap, use it for a snot rag, or use it for an arm sling or tourniquet if needed.

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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2012, 09:41:20 PM »
Quote from: mrfuelish on April 15, 2012, 09:28:27 PM
That's what the 870 is for.

It is better to have it and not need it, than need it but don't have it.

In one of my trips to the wilderness, my samurai was once attacked by a water buffalo.  No amount of shouting and noise making could stop the animal from locking horns with the front of the samurai.  Every time I back up the zuk seems to enrage the animal even further.   One shot in the air from the 870 made the beast retreat but only for a few meters.  It glanced at me and decided to charge again.  Two more rapid shots in the air finally convinced the bull to retreat in a huff.

I am not saying that everybody should carry a firearm in adventure trips... I am just trying to share my experience with the zuk riders here.  peace...






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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2012, 03:44:06 AM »
Quote from: serv on April 16, 2012, 09:41:20 PM
Quote from: mrfuelish on April 15, 2012, 09:28:27 PM
That's what the 870 is for.

It is better to have it and not need it, than need it but don't have it.

In one of my trips to the wilderness, my samurai was once attacked by a water buffalo.  No amount of shouting and noise making could stop the animal from locking horns with the front of the samurai.  Every time I back up the zuk seems to enrage the animal even further.   One shot in the air from the 870 made the beast retreat but only for a few meters.  It glanced at me and decided to charge again.  Two more rapid shots in the air finally convinced the bull to retreat in a huff.

I am not saying that everybody should carry a firearm in adventure trips... I am just trying to share my experience with the zuk riders here.  peace...





Totally agree. Not that we have many water buffalo her in NJ but we do have lots of curious and sometimes aggressive bears. Peace back at ya!

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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #19 on: April 20, 2012, 08:46:43 AM »
On the run in Nevada to Cass House Peak, on the down grade return trip, a COW, not a bull, charged one of the jeeps
that was ahead of us. You should of heard that CB radio traffic !!.... We all got by, as this Cow somehow had singled out this one Jeep, and it was driving around in circles trying to get it worn out to get away!! It let all the others pass, uninterested.

MAD COW DESEASE ???

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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2012, 08:47:56 AM »
Quote from: Capt on April 20, 2012, 08:46:43 AM
MAD COW DESEASE ???

Free entertainment.  :D
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #21 on: April 21, 2012, 02:00:42 PM »
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #22 on: April 22, 2012, 05:05:21 AM »
Quote from: bentparts on April 21, 2012, 02:00:42 PM
Quote from: Drone637 on April 20, 2012, 08:47:56 AM
Quote from: Capt on April 20, 2012, 08:46:43 AM
MAD COW DESEASE ???

Free entertainment.  :D

screw that, free BBQ!


ahaha... can that be done in the US?  In my part of the world, any animal killed in anyway by a stranger would cost 3x its real value or the owner would make life hard for you.  lol



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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2012, 05:41:56 AM »
I'm sure it's probably the same here too Serv, I was just making a joke, bad one at that.  :-[  BUT, if it did manage to hit my Tracker , or look like it was about to do some serious damage , well that's another story. Fire up the grill!  :laugh:
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2012, 05:54:55 AM »
Quote from: bentparts on April 22, 2012, 05:41:56 AM
I'm sure it's probably the same here too Serv, I was just making a joke, bad one at that.  :-[  BUT, if it did manage to hit my Tracker , or look like it was about to do some serious damage , well that's another story. Fire up the grill!  :laugh:


LOL.... I have that same mentality. 
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #25 on: April 22, 2012, 07:31:35 PM »
Quote from: Capt on April 20, 2012, 08:46:43 AM
On the run in Nevada to Cass House Peak, on the down grade return trip, a COW, not a bull, charged one of the jeeps
that was ahead of us. You should of heard that CB radio traffic !!.... We all got by, as this Cow somehow had singled out this one Jeep, and it was driving around in circles trying to get it worn out to get away!! It let all the others pass, uninterested.

MAD COW DESEASE ???

CAPT

   Sounds like mad Jeep disease !
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #26 on: April 23, 2012, 12:16:47 PM »
One thing having diabetic spouse, extra medication and provisions to administer it. We ran into a couple guys on the Con once and the driver had such low blood sugar he could barley talk. My wife had extra insulin but because she uses a pump she had no needles to give the guy. We had to guide them out because he couldn't think well enough to follow the trail.
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #27 on: April 24, 2012, 09:42:56 AM »
 >:D it just had to be that j thing that got the cow mad  >:D
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2012, 03:58:16 AM »
Yeah, it got the " jeep thing " and now it burns when it pees.
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Re: Suggested Equipment For Back Country Travel.
« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2012, 04:57:21 AM »
For the first aid kit dont forget Benadryl, it can help fight anaphlaxis for example someone who is allergic got stung by a bee and is swelling up.  And steri strips!! Way better than the needle and thread for most serious cuts, they just stick on.

For water you need something to purify it with so either a pot for boiling or I keep a military canteen which has the metal cup built in, or halezone/iodine tablets (yuck). If you have to strike out on foot you wont want to pack all your water along and it will run out eventually.

As for diabetes keep sugary snacks and juice crystals.  A sugar low is treated with sugar, a sugar high is treated wioth insulin but is normally less immediately threatening than a sugar low. My wife's diabetic as well..

And yes I also bring the 870 especiallty if I dont have a hunting rifle... good for scaring bears or scaring wolves away from your pet dog. Good for signaling too. I got a few boxes of 3" slugs that I never could hit a deer withlol.  But I would never actually shoot AT an animal unless I had to, just warning shots.
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