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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 788973" data-attributes="member: 50197">My response to another thread got me to thinking. I'm a retired aircrew member, and spent a lot of time over the years taking survival/survival equipment training and refresher courses. The mindset has stuck with me, and when my buddy and I hunt, I normally carry a good bit of survival gear with me in case something happens and I have to spend a night in the woods, or some other issue crops up out in the woods. I have yet to make a wildlife photography outing that takes me any meaningful distance from my vehicle and civilization, other than the couple of trips to the boneyard beach. That beach not what I would call remote, but it is a 20 minute walk from the car over a trail that can flood at high tide, and another half hour to civilization. On those occasions, I normally carry a backpack with enough gear to spend a night in the boonies, and some basic first aid stuff. When hunting, at a minimum, I carry a tourniquet, gauze and tape, bandages, water, plastic sheeting and bags, matches and fire starter, a knife, compass, whistle, flashlight, wire saw, glow sticks, rope, gloves, poncho, emergency blanket, spare long underwear and socks. I may have to rethink what I carry as my new camera gear backpack is fairly full now. The items that take up the most room are the spare clothing. This may actually the most important gear on an unplanned extended stay in the cooler months. What do the rest of you carry when you are in such situations? I may be overthinking this due to my training, but I do feel that at least some type of a rudimentary kit is an excellent idea to have with you if you are in a situation where things may go south without warning.</blockquote>

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