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Permalink Reply by anthony lee laduke on August 14, 2011 at 7:50pm

No, the 22 shells and meds are not together. they all have their own cans.

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 7:50pm

To help reduce smoke from fire remove the bark, try to use wood with little to no resin.

Learn to make and use a dakota hole for fires.

To help reduce smoke from a fire, build little fire underneath trees with lots of foilage helps break up smoke.

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 7:52pm

Learn how to make and use snares and trout lines.

These can be made in morning and then rechecked around dusk,so as to leave you with more time to do what ever else you got to do.

Permalink Reply by Quinian (Scout Grp Ldr) on August 14, 2011 at 7:52pm

That's pretty good info. I'll add this to my own bag of tricks. Thanks!

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 7:53pm

On the trick about cotton balls and vasaline, dryer lint can be substituted for cotton balls.

Permalink Reply by renegade on November 13, 2012 at 1:57am

candle wax is better than vasoline. it's not greasy.
Greasy fingers on a bitter cold wet night make starting a fire even harder than it needs to be.

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 7:57pm

If in an area with no visible water source. Collect the morning dew.

Wake before the sun attach hankerchief/shirt/socks etc your anckles and start walking threw fields/grassy areas etc.

Once materials gets wet, ring out into collection container,redo until you are satified with enough water for your needs.

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 8:02pm

If one gets food poisioning charcol can be had from the chard wood of your fire. Its he black stuff.

Permalink Reply by david pruss on August 14, 2011 at 8:03pm

If your body starts to get low on vitimin c. Rose hip or pine needle tea can and will help.

Permalink Reply by anthony lee laduke on August 14, 2011 at 8:10pm

The same charcoal from your fire can be used to make a water filter.

Permalink Reply by 1pilpbe9wgk0i on August 14, 2011 at 8:47pm

lets face it we will not always be in a wilderness area,  If you need to shelter and use an abandoned building you will need to start a fire in winter. You can build a three sided box with cinder blocks, start a small fire and cover the box with a damp piece of cardboard and that will absorb smoke and light.

 

Travel by night, and you can use the sewers. if everyone has left the area the sewers will clear out in time, but it is an underground highway, and you can get all the info needed at the library, underground maps and all it is there and durig datrina no one bothered the libraries.

 

You may need to stay put and having supplies in place and knowing where to get what you need ifs very important. 

 

In cold weather you can use newspaper for insulation under our cloths to keep warm street people do it all the time and I have seen this as a medic in the city.

 

Permalink Reply by James Higginbotham on August 14, 2011 at 8:43pm

Howdy.

sounds like some good tips.

Semper Fi.

Jim.

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