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Do you carry a first aid kit? What's in it?

Topdog said:
Inreach is on my list, I hunt 3-4 miles from my truck with no cell service at times, I’m done messing around and plan on getting one before next season.
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See my note below. I don't know if they always do it, but you can find big deals on them, if that matters. I think the yellow one (SE+?) is a good middle point. The red one gives you topo maps and aerial photos, but I'll just use a paper map, compass, and OnX for that.

One thing you might add is a powerbank. I have an Anker brand one that holds enough juice to fully charge my Garmin InReach twice (or InReach once and cell phone once, etc). It's very small.
 
raisins said:
See my note below. I don't know if they always do it, but you can find big deals on them, if that matters. I think the yellow one (SE+?) is a good middle point. The red one gives you topo maps and aerial photos, but I'll just use a paper map, compass, and OnX for that.

One thing you might add is a powerbank. I have an Anker brand one that holds enough juice to fully charge my Garmin InReach twice (or InReach once and cell phone once, etc). It's very small.
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Were on the same page with this for sure, I have the battery pack already and use onx and a compass, I’m gonna watch for a deal since I have a few months, I getting one for sure, $300 or $400, my life is worth more than that to me!
 
ztrumble said:
A step gashes your leg and you're still hanging 15 feet up in the freaking tree from a rope essentially tied around your waist...That's when the party starts :)
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That’s A party I hope to never get invited too. LOL
 
In addition to Steven Rubella’s new book, this one too is worth the time. If you have kids, it gives well-structured chapters hat you can build in to life lessons.
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Semper Fi,
Mike
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I always have a few ibuprofin and a couple feet of leukotape. Used to carry quickclot, don't anymore for no particular reason. Probably should again, I feel my biggest risk gap is cutting myself bad either falling on a stick or quartering a deer.
 
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i carry a basic first aid kit with that i also carry a small hand held EPERB i have often thought if i need help for a problem a first aide kit can not fix i can get help and they know where to find me.
 
Bit of a mini rant on the survival thing....

There's a bit of a misconception regarding survival/ists. The reality shows don't help this at all.
Survival isn't about being able to live comfortably in the back 40. It's about being able to live long enough to get home or rescued,and if you can avoid long term effects of the ordeal. Les is in the grips of hysteria by the end of it half the shoes. Half the stuff bear grylls shows is creative ways to kill yourself slowly.
 
I just put a solo hunter's first aid kit together this past weekend. I started thinking that most of the land where I hunt I am mostly in remote areas where cell service is not always reliable (AT&T - should have went with Verizon). I usually only walk about 500 yards to maybe the most 2 miles deep in the woods, but I am often alone. I follow the safety guidelines of telling and sharing my final location to a loved one or a hunting buddy.

The thought is, as I am getting older, I am becoming more aware that I am no longer bullet proof and that while the goal of the hunt is to have a great time while bringing game meat home, the most important thing is to come home unharmed! NOT EVERYONE is as cautious as you are, especially during a rifle season! So I have put together a hunter trauma kit for those times when one's life may depend on it, and may be a couple hours before help could arrive to your location. This is what works for me, and is something I feel I can treat for myself or another hunter from a gunshot wound to a cut from skinning your game.

Here is what I put in my solo hunter's first aid kit:

1. Hyfin vent chest seals - front and rear covering

2. NAR emergency trauma dressing compression bandage
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3. Quikclot

4. Swat T tourniquet

5. Rolled compressed gauze

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6. Small assorted bandages usually 2 of each size
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7. Super glue

8. Small roll of duct tape about 4yards

9. Sharpie black pen
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10. Contents are carried in a quart freezer zip lock bag
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11. Gloves
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The contents fit within the quart size bag and is extremely light weight and trauma specific compared to the fibulas stuff you get from a store bought kit.
 
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I grabbed my first aid kit that I put together for back country elk hunting and keep it in my pack for whitetail. So some of this stuff might not make sense for the average 300 yard jaunt from the truck/roadside. But I'm a fan of modularity, so it's easier for me to just grab the kit and know I've got everything than it is for me to rearrange between seasons and potentially miss something. I have the following thus far:
  • 2 packs of QuikClot
  • Multiple sterile pads/gauze
  • Antibiotic ointment
  • Assortment of band-aids
  • Sterile wipes
  • A lighter with a few feet of leukotape wrapped around it (it's good to have that backup lighter just in case)
  • Super glue
  • Assortment of ibuprofen/acetaminophen/anti-histamines (helps with runny nose in the cold)
  • Mini-tweezers
It all fits in a small kuiu waterproof zip pouch and lives in an easy-to-access spot on my pack.
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The quarter is for size comparison. So far the two most used items have been the leukotape (blisters are not your friend on the mountain) and the anti-histamines.
 
Mine varies on where I’m going. If I’m close to the house or car then I stay pretty minimal but if I’m packing out a ways I have gauze, tape, skin glue, a pressure dressing, and over the counter meds
 
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