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| <<FOCUS>> User ID: 660580  United States12/11/2012 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Hitokiri  User ID: 5441788 United States12/11/2012 08:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 29238855  Canada12/11/2012 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A lot of people, I would say most people, would not know how to use a lot of the stuff in your list. Snare wire? Axe? Rifle? Even if a noob could bring down a deer, they would not know how to field dress it, skin it, nor butcher it. Noobs would be better off staying put, having a hidden blast proof panic room equipped with the necessities of survival. Just sayin! |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 08:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seriously. Just to be on the safe side (better to be prepared for nothing than unprepared for something). Quoting: Wash Make you prep check lists. Have your bug-out bags ready to go. Firearms / snare wire / fishing supplies / hunting knives / axes / saws / rope / coleman stove / rice / beans / flour / sugar / salt / spices / seeds / pasta / canned goods / meats / warm cloths / blankets / matches / soap / tooth brush / TP / clean water / pots / pans / dishes / survival info suitable for your area / gas / stabilizer / compass / there is plenty more you should/could have on your check list. If you have a place to "escape to" be ready to get there. Not meant to scare...just to prepare. A disaster could strike anytime, anywhere. This is good advice. I have some of the above...unfortunately I don't have a firearm. I have a crossbow and a pellet gun with predator pellets...which we will take both of, if needed. Parachute cord is another good item. Crossbow is a great hunting tool. Pellet guns can be good for small game (Rabbits, squirl, dove, pheasant...). You should be in good shape with those tools. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 29238855 Canada12/11/2012 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. Quoting: Hitokiri I have a well built cabin 1.5 hours drive from the nearest highway. The cabin next to me is my buddy and he has a full blown communication center if shit really does hit the fan. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 08:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. Quoting: Hitokiri I believe most will bug in, especially at first. Not me. As soon as I know TSHTF, I'm gone. I can get to my camp with out hitting any highways or even any roads except for the last few kilometers. there are connecting off-road trails that go for hundreds of KMs in the direction I need to go. My Jeep is equiped for the journey. I have plenty of off-raod experience. My family will be in a good situation. |
| pmb1 User ID: 29229566 United States12/11/2012 08:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well I always prepare for the coming winter where I live the power can be out for days or weeks in a bad storm. So I am prepared. However I do have BOB's for the kids and us just in case one never knows if we will have to leave for any apparent reason. Like you said best to be ready just in case. Of course with my luck if I wasn't prepared we would have something bad happen and be unable to get what was needed. I have seen what 1 inch of snow can do to the state of NC and its not pretty. Wait until they get a foot of snow. Of course I was brought up in Maine so I know what 6 feet of snow in a storm is like, therefore I prep. So if something happens due to 2012, I am ready for it. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 08:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A lot of people, I would say most people, would not know how to use a lot of the stuff in your list. Snare wire? Axe? Rifle? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29238855 Even if a noob could bring down a deer, they would not know how to field dress it, skin it, nor butcher it. Noobs would be better off staying put, having a hidden blast proof panic room equipped with the necessities of survival. Just sayin! Good point. Skinning and cleaning game is not difficult once you've done it a couple times, but I'd not want to learn on my own in the bush. TIP: Learn to skin and clean rabbits first. Then move to larger game. |
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| Hitokiri User ID: 5441788 United States12/11/2012 08:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. Quoting: Hitokiri I have a well built cabin 1.5 hours drive from the nearest highway. The cabin next to me is my buddy and he has a full blown communication center if shit really does hit the fan. That's good, but most people don't have cabins. How do you plan on getting there if the roads are all turned into parking lots? I've got a nice mountain bike but I can't carry many supplies on it. I always figured it would be best to stay put for a while, maybe a week or two, before wandering out. Let the crazy people kill each other off first. You know, "the second mouse gets the cheese" rule. "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw |
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| Hitokiri User ID: 5441788 United States12/11/2012 09:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. Quoting: Hitokiri I believe most will bug in, especially at first. Not me. As soon as I know TSHTF, I'm gone. I can get to my camp with out hitting any highways or even any roads except for the last few kilometers. there are connecting off-road trails that go for hundreds of KMs in the direction I need to go. My Jeep is equiped for the journey. I have plenty of off-raod experience. My family will be in a good situation. That's sweet! That's one of the reasons I bought a 4wd truck; so I can take the road less traveled. If I get stuck in that then it's mountain biking or hoofing it. The problem is I don't have anywhere to bug out to! I've got supplies, skills, and a tendency to help those in need, but nowhere to go. Maybe my sisters house... She lives on a small lake where not that many people live. I don't think I really want to run to the hills and live off the land... Yet. "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." - George Bernard Shaw |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 09:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bugging out always makes me wonder... Where exactly is everyone going to go??? Do people actually think they'll be able to hit the packed roads and drive to some remote place? Don't get me wrong, I've got my preps and a bugout bag, but I'm planning on bugging in... For a while at least. Unless something happens that forces me to leave. Quoting: Hitokiri I believe most will bug in, especially at first. Not me. As soon as I know TSHTF, I'm gone. I can get to my camp with out hitting any highways or even any roads except for the last few kilometers. there are connecting off-road trails that go for hundreds of KMs in the direction I need to go. My Jeep is equiped for the journey. I have plenty of off-raod experience. My family will be in a good situation. That's sweet! That's one of the reasons I bought a 4wd truck; so I can take the road less traveled. If I get stuck in that then it's mountain biking or hoofing it. The problem is I don't have anywhere to bug out to! I've got supplies, skills, and a tendency to help those in need, but nowhere to go. Maybe my sisters house... She lives on a small lake where not that many people live. I don't think I really want to run to the hills and live off the land... Yet. Depending on where you live (climate), you could start in a tent deep in the forest and build a decent shelter within a few days...a week. Keep at the insulating through the winter. In Spring (if the world has gone to shit) start builing a new stong shelter to live in. It can be done by anyone with a little skill, knowledge and some tools. When I was 15 me and 2 buddies built a 2 level log shelter in a couple long days (might have been 3 or 4 days ?). enough room on the bottom for 2 beds, 1 bed on top. insulated with a ton of mud and moss. We went back to it for years when fishing in that area. I'd bet it's still standing (20 years later). |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 15993935  Netherlands12/11/2012 09:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seriously. Just to be on the safe side (better to be prepared for nothing than unprepared for something). Quoting: Wash Make you prep check lists. Have your bug-out bags ready to go. Firearms / snare wire / fishing supplies / hunting knives / axes / saws / rope / coleman stove / rice / beans / flour / sugar / salt / spices / seeds / pasta / canned goods / meats / warm cloths / blankets / matches / soap / tooth brush / TP / clean water / pots / pans / dishes / survival info suitable for your area / gas / stabilizer / compass / there is plenty more you should/could have on your check list. If you have a place to "escape to" be ready to get there. Not meant to scare...just to prepare. A disaster could strike anytime, anywhere. You guys really have nothing to live for do you? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 09:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 09:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seriously. Just to be on the safe side (better to be prepared for nothing than unprepared for something). Quoting: Wash Make you prep check lists. Have your bug-out bags ready to go. Firearms / snare wire / fishing supplies / hunting knives / axes / saws / rope / coleman stove / rice / beans / flour / sugar / salt / spices / seeds / pasta / canned goods / meats / warm cloths / blankets / matches / soap / tooth brush / TP / clean water / pots / pans / dishes / survival info suitable for your area / gas / stabilizer / compass / there is plenty more you should/could have on your check list. If you have a place to "escape to" be ready to get there. Not meant to scare...just to prepare. A disaster could strike anytime, anywhere. You guys really have nothing to live for do you? We do. That's why we want to keep on living. |
| Harper77 User ID: 29245221 United States12/11/2012 09:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Good thread OP! 5*s Quoting: Conspiracy Theorist The BOB checklist was great as was the idea to make a diagram of the BOB so you know where everything is stored. I hope I don't ever have to use my BOB, but it goes with me in the trunk of my car. If I am away from my bug in site and I have to resort to hiking, there is my BOB helping me make it home. Harper77 |
| pmb1 User ID: 29229566 United States12/11/2012 09:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now here is something, I have to wonder about. If, just saying if something does happen the 21st. If your cars and trucks don't work what is your other options? I know we may be stuck for a bit, luckily though we lived off grid for 3 years in Maine and know how to live that way. But with my youngest child having asthma, and being autistic I am going over tons of options for travel. It may be hard doing it on foot. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1110734 United States12/11/2012 09:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Most people who bug-out will die unless they have a definite location to bug-out to that is fairly close to their current location. Bugging-out and BOB (bug-out bags) were never intended for for it commonly thought of as a mean of living in the wild. Their intention was to take supplies with you, and using planes, trains, and cars out of the emergency zone to a safe zone. In a true collapse, a BOB will be of dubious benefit. It means being prescient and hopefully in the back of a vehicle. Being on foot with a BOB in Winter would be a nightmare. I hope you're packing lots of water and food. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 09:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now here is something, I have to wonder about. If, just saying if something does happen the 21st. If your cars and trucks don't work what is your other options? I know we may be stuck for a bit, luckily though we lived off grid for 3 years in Maine and know how to live that way. But with my youngest child having asthma, and being autistic I am going over tons of options for travel. It may be hard doing it on foot. Quoting: pmb1 I think everyone would have a different answer to this question depending on their situation. I'd hike with my fam and my dogs. My camp is 125kms away. We could be there in 2-3 days. We could set up camp (out of site) for the nights. We are used to hiking and camping so we could do this if nessesary. I'd have to lighten my supply load for sure, but I have a good stash at my camp so we'd still be okay. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6406905 Canada12/11/2012 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You forgot a bottle of concentrated lemon juice. The national brands usually have the thicker/higher structure bottles that wont crack (hot cold) or get punctured as easy (thrown in a bag) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 28878214 There are pleanty of items I have as supplies that are not on this list (honey, coffee, first aid supplies, advil,...) I'm going to buy a night vision scope on Friday. It's on sale so... [link to www.canadiantire.ca] Always wanted one. Merry Christmas to me. |
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