Thread: Overnight Hunting Kit - Basic list

I am the guy that cuts my toothbrush in half and sands the end off, and has sleepless nights over the amount of toothpaste I've packed. Nerd. But, I reevaluated my medikit recently and added Celox and an Israeli bandage to at least have some means of stemming bleeding. I'm a parent, and have gone to two St John's medical day courses. I travel a lot and carry first aid kits in all the family cars and at home. Rounding a bend to a straight a couple of years ago, there was a car crash in front of me. A head on, in the middle of the country side. I grabbed the medi kit. There were people attending to critically injured people in a couple of cars, and a couple of dead people. Point being, you just never know when a medi kit might be of use.

The biggest risks I've encountered hunting in the bush and mountains is taking big falls. I've had a couple of end over ends in both environments and pack a garmin gps and the medi kit which always travels in my main bag or belt bag, accessible by hand. The thing I've learnt, is "make the right call early" when facing dodgy navigational choices and go the long way around, particularly hunting solo. But, if I get shot, well, my hope is whoever does it has a medi kit with at least some blood stemming gear, or can access mine (I think this is how the military do it - use the downed person's medi kit). I've run into hunters in the bush during the roar which was quite scary, but fortunately they spoke english upon seeing me "Hunter", works a treat as deer haven't mastered human language yet.

So here's mine, it's 200g. The most used items are band aids (get Electoplast, everything else sucks), panadol, ibuprofene and antihistamines. I reckon anyone who is into the outdoors should do a St John's day course and have a well thought out medi kit. That and remember good decision making for what you can control