What do you have in your Bugout Bag?

[CrealCritter]

Might be a bit to much to ask but also might start a interesting conversation.

I inventoried my Bugout Bag which stays in the back seat of my pickup. My 4 person tent and both my wife's and my, insulated hiking boots, 0 degree sleeping bags are by the front door. My wife also has a stocked Bugout Bag but more with "girly" things...

The idea is if SHTF and we had to Bugout we would like to carry as little as possible to be able to survive in the woods for 5 days while we set up camp and worked on a constant food supply. We already know exactly in the woods where we are going. It has a good creek and springs for water. Is on top of a high hill with a good view in most all directions.

Tell me what you think I'm missing or what I really don't need. And what's in your Bugout Bag?

1 decent quality camo backpack
1 book US Army Guide to boobytraps
1 book The Trapper's Bible
1 mini crossbow
3 Meals Ready To Eat (officers version)
1 basic first aid kit including a tube of tripple antibiotic cream
1 cutters orange top insect repellent
1 pocket fisherman
1 mini crossbow replacement string
24 mini crossbow bolts
1 ziplock baggie ( hygiene... bar soap, deodorant, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, floss, tooth paste, tooth brush, mouth wash, etc...)
1 large ziplock baggie fishing gear (hooks & weight assortments, 500 yards 12 lb fishing line, stringer, bait, etc...)
1 pair new socks
1 head lamp with extra batteries
1 box of 50 38 caliber bullets
1 38 revolver
2 small bungee cords
1 decent quaility butchers knife set with sharperner
1 heavy duty bowie knife
1) Spoon fork, small knife, can opener cork screw combo set
1 Hatchet
100' of 550 cord
1 good quality All in One tool
100 water proof matches in water proof container
1 small ziplock biggie with (3 packets of oatmeal, 3 tuna packets, 12 each chicken and beef bulon cubes, 3 packets peanut butter).
1 large ziplock bag with 2 differnt fire starters (wet & dry) water purification tablets & fire striker filled with lighter fluid.
1 sewing kit
1 pair mechanic's gloves
1 compass
1 lifestraw
2 glow sticks (yellow & green)
1 pair of underwear

 

[CrealCritter]

I don't have one? My home is in the woods where everyone wants to go when things get rough and my bugout plan is in my Bible.

Same here - everyone would meet here at our place but if we have to Bugout from here we want to be prepared... I got the Bible in my heart already

 

[CrealCritter]

Isn't everyone in Texas armed anyway? Lol

I figure, we won't get a huge influx of people from any major cities because who the heck wants to go north and struggle through 5 months of winter? Only a certain type of person can survive NH winter if society breaks down. We just happen to be that type!

Sure are and if your not armed when you get pulled over by the police. the officer will ask you if you want to borrow one of his guns.

 

[sumi]

worse comes to worse i can throw up a lean to and eat people

You're going to be lonely when the SHTF….

 

[Beekissed]

I don't have a bugout bag. We're in the woods, have a good community and figure we would try to be of help to our neighbors. There's a couple that would probably get booted out, but most everyone around here is on the same page or at least close to it.

That's where we stand too...nowhere we'd rather be than in the place people would be coming TO, in order to be of help to family and neighbors. We have slowly implemented changes here, and still are, to insure that, if the grid fails, we still have water from our well(will be installing a deep well hand pump this year) and adequate waste elimination abilities in place, hence the outhouse redo this year to make it bigger, sturdier and more user friendly for all ages.

Having clean and plentiful water, heat and safe waste removal in such times is major. When we did the wood stove redo a couple of years back, we also implemented a flat surface on top so we can cook there if need be, while we also maintain a full propane tank for our regular cooking range that should last for good long while...cooking all year barely puts a dent in it.

Other than those things, our entire place is a fully loaded bug out bag of sorts and that's just necessary things kept on hand when one lives in the country and 20 mi. from the closest markets and hospitals.

 

[Beekissed]

I don't have one? My home is in the woods where everyone wants to go when things get rough and my bugout plan is in my Bible.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Isn't everyone in Texas armed anyway? Lol

I figure, we won't get a huge influx of people from any major cities because who the heck wants to go north and struggle through 5 months of winter? Only a certain type of person can survive NH winter if society breaks down. We just happen to be that type!

 

[NH Homesteader]

Ok it's supposed to be 85 and humid today. I'm already dying. I do not understand how you handle summers there. Seriously.

 

[Chic Rustler]

I got some cordage, knife, axe, and a container. worse comes to worse i can throw up a lean to and eat people.

 

[Chic Rustler]