Originally Posted by
Leveraction
A couple of years old, but none the less.
Most of the time, I hunt and have ended up hunting alone.
I'm not a drinker, and don’t like camp full of beer cans,
Im also not a smoker, and the smell of cigarette smoke in the bush sure does advertise .
nothing against those that do smoke or drink and hunt, but it’s not for me.
get yourself a spot device, ( google that = spot device )you can send updates every hour to your family, send a link to your exact location and it has an sos button, press it twice within 1 minute and rescue is coming.
hunt smart, I recently started spending a lot of time hunting on the water and it’s a very good way of getting away from all the other hunters that don’t want to put in a serious effort to get remote, so you will likely not see anyone and will come across more game.
animals don’t think of danger coming from the water, IMHO.
play smart stay close to shore 20-30 yards, life jacket, a watertight bag for survival gear, everything in the canoe roped off, even if you tip, get to shore with your canoe, rope everything up and ashore. Have some dry kindling and a means of starting a fire if your wet, be prepared to spend the night out and as good practice, do that, spend the night out, freeze dried foods, get a mini stove, backpackers stove, 2-3 small fuel bottles, boil water, pour and eat.
if your on foot, remember your feet are your transport, take care of them, spend money on a good pair of hiking, hunting boots.
dont hunt in shoes, protect your ankles. Break them in with several hikes in non hunting season months.
if there uncomfortable, take em back, try others.
wear a hat, keep the top of your head warm.
bring a small mirror, 3”x3”, its a great signal means to a search plane.
I pack an 8 inch knife on my hip at all times, it does not come out of the holder, it’s not a hunting knife.
it’s a protection knife if I can’t get to my gun,
if I’m Fortunate enough to harvest an animal, it’s a 3-4 inch blade in my backpack for that.
I also pack some bear spray
buy a can of bear spray, go into the woods, make sure your upwind and discharge the bear spray at a stump 15 feet away and see how it works and what it does, then you will know how to rely on it, if you have to.
keep the wind in your face if you can.
if your returning to a kill site for a 2nd or 3rd round of packing meat out, stay back and watch it for a few minutes before you walk in close
You will do fine
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