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second thoughts
Posted by twodux on Mar 06 2006
Brian made some points I was thinking about. Many people have gotten too dependant on all the gadgets, high tech and otherwise, to take care of them. From GPS's and SAT phones to four wheelers to water purifiers, fancy first aid kits, stoves, freeze dried food and on and on. While they all have their place, sometimes we depend on them to the point of not being prepared if we are suddenly without them.
Say you're on a float trip and and a sweeper gets you. Completely wiped out your boat, all your gear except what you're wearing. What are you going to do now to keep yourself alive until you are rescued or can get yourself out? Now that is a survival situation. Your Sat Phone and GPS are lost in the river.
In this situation, I hope I always have my knife and wind and waterproof firestarter on me. The third thing is I always have my polar fleece pullover on me. It keeps me warm even if it's wet,..... to a point. Those three things I'm never without. With them, I figure that as long as I keep my wits about me, they give me a fighting chance to get through most situations I'm going to encounter.
While I give a general idea of the area I'm going to hunt to someone before I leave. It's hard to give an exact location. I like to see new country and the sign I locate in the morning might lead me to try plan B or plan C. Many times I've started out hunting in the morning with a goal in mind only to end up four or five miles away. And when I take off on my boat deer hunting for a few days, I may intend to go to Windy Bay on Hawkins Island, but end up 20 miles away in Anderson Bay on Hinchinbrook Is. It all depends on the conditions I find when I get out there. Maybe I can't anchor where I wanted to because of the conditions, but another place is just fine. But I'm also the kind of guy who likes to see new country. I might try some place new with little or no idea of what I'll find until I explore it. Maps might give you a general idea, but checking things out on the ground is the best way to learn an area. I also despise packing a lot of gear with me. If it doesn't fit in my day pack I'm probably not taking it. And it better not weigh much either. I want to feel unencumbered when I'm hunting, not feel like a pack mule. I'll do without a lot of so called "neccessary " gear to travel light. But that's just me and I'm not reccommending it for anybody else. We all have to decide what's best for ourselves.
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