Who has a B.O.B? (bug out bag)

Who has a B.O.B? (bug out bag)

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I keep one in each of my vehicles. Ever since SERE school I have been a survival fan. Some of my buddies and I have a new tradition where we trek out into the wilderness and hang out for a week living off the land... taking nothing but the most simple supplies. We do take food, phones, and guns but they stay locked away.. only to be used in case we run into any problems.

If you're concerned about having to survive in the wilderness I highly suggest doing some research on North American edible plants.

My basic bag for in the truck:

- Fixed Blade Knife
- Medical Kit
- Nylon / Parachute Cord
- Water Bag
- Purification tablets
- Emergency Candle
- Compass
- Flint & Striker
- Waterproof Matches
- Hack saw blade / Wire saw
- Tinder in water proof bag or container
- Safety pins
- Single edge razor
- Snare wire
- Whistle
- Signal mirror
- Fishing kit
- Multi-tool
- Sewing kit
- Plastic Garbage Bag(s)
- Zip lock bag
- Hard Candy
- Jerky
- If you wear contacts, a pair of glasses.
 
Sipowitz gave instructions on this very subject in a similar thread several years ago. I made it my own.

A Vespa, a j frame and a Snickers bar. :D
 
Katrina taught us the value of kits like these. Each of our vehicles is so equipped and the house, if we decide to shelter in place, has LOTS of food, water, meds, etc.

One thing I did not note on those kind enough to list their supplies, you might want to think about detailed topo maps of your area. During evacs from almost any area, you will find roads to be almost at a standstill for hours/days. While I would be VERY reluctant to abandon a vehilce, you never know...kind of the reason you have the kit in the first place. So knowing the roads, rivers, streams, bayous, etc on your route might be a handy thing to have.

Just a thought.

My "kit" is too long to detail here in the time I have, but it's well thought out and can keep anyone in that vehicle alive for over a week, and it's portable to boot.
 
doublesharp said:
Sipowitz gave instructions on this very subject in a similar thread several years ago. I made it my own.

A Vespa, a j frame and a Snickers bar. :D
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And a little place to catch fish and hunt with buddies that have enough ammo to waste.

We won't bug out... we'll bug in.:D

GF
 
Knowledge will displace a lot of the gear listed. Experience will take some more off your list.

Going out Fiddleheading in a bit. Grand Kids are going Smelting, tonight, out back to a pond outfall. Did you know, lots of folks die of starvation...right next to a foodsource?
 
Iggy is diggin where there's taters for sure!

Iggy said:
I've lived off the land. I'm gonna hunker down where I am and forage where the pickin's is easier.
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I am very, very lucky to live where I do. Out here in the Ozark Mountains the foraging is very good, and the people that live down in my neck of the woods are the best. I have a basic BOB for traveling, but nothing that could last very long.
Hunker down and defend is my plan. I flat out love deer meat anyways.:D Couple of springs within walking distance, lots of cover.
Man, yer bag must weigh a ton. Sound pretty good though, if you had to flee the city or something like that. Hopefully you never will.:eek:
Peace,
gordon
 
I have one but don't know why I'd have to use it. We do't have hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis or any other natural disasters. In the summer we may have a tornado or two within a 100 mile radius but they're very localized. My main worry is if terrorists should hit the three nuclear power stations in Arizona, we might be under the fallout in a day or so. In this area, the most important survival item is water, and it would be almost impossible to carry enough of it to keep you alive for very long.
 
Blending into an Urban setting kit and gear

In a bug out situation people will not be ready and wearing an alice pack is asking to be a target. I use to do some work in the downtown library and saw the guys who stayed at the homeless shelter. They were packing gear and could not leave packs in the library. I thought that a mesh pocketed vest under a jacket or a long jacket (not a trench coat but maybe a boattail) with added internal pockets would allow packing gear without sticking out like a sore thumb. Other posts I have read suggest tennis racket carriers, gym bags, maybe even a guitar case (loved the movie desperado). Any thoughts at putting bug out contents in a non pack format. What would you be sure to carry. (Remember the **** that Rambo went through)
A clean track suit and a gym bag really worked for one homeless guy. He looked great.
Also I have seen wire nets that through hikers on the AT use to lock packs to trees if they have to camp so the locals don't sneak in while they are sleeping and lift their gear.
 
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I'm way behind the game and know it. The wife and I are just starting out and things are tight. But we are working towards this front on several areas. We are working on developing our emergency losing power situation, spare food, water, fuel, etc. I want to put together a get home bag and first aid kit for each vehicle. BOB, that I'm still up in the air on, most likely plan will be to head out to my parents place in the middle of nowhere. I did like the idea of a poster to have a bag under the bed in case of house fire.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
My Bug Out Bag

- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
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A guy could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff!
 
Oven that goes on the Woodstove, campfire or propane stove.

Bread mixes
Cake mixes
Cookie mixes
Brownie mixes

Canned
Hams
Spam
Cornbread hash
Cornbread
Beef chunks
Beef ground.
Chicken
Tuna
Pork.
Turkey

Veggies.
Corn
Beans green
Beans kidney
Beans carolina
Baked beans
Pork n beans
Chef boy r Dee ravoil
Soups
Spices all of them

Corn fresh ground
Flour
Yeast
Dried butter milk
Powdered eggs
Canned bacon
Canned butter
Canned milk
Canned cheese.
Canned tomatoes
Marconi
Salad dressing
Olive oil.
Red wine vinegar
Olives
Roasted peppers
Hot peppers
Bannana peppers
Pickles
Onions
Potatoes
Winter squash

Seeds for the garden
Miracle grow seed starter

Apple trees
Pear trees
Peach trees

No bug out here were staying put.
 
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Get me home bag

As I’m a city kid, who breaks out in hives, if I get more than 200 yards away from concrete and an electrical outlet, I see no need to spend any effort or money for something I would never need, cuz, I ain’t going to die a painful death hiding in the woods. So if the stuff ever hits the fan, this old man is heading for home. I do though keep a get me home bag in the car: two flashlights, first aid kit, $$, two packs cigarettes, lighter, .357 Magnum, and one reload.
 
Like others I got a BIH, (bug in house) ain't going anywhere too old to go. Too much to move anyway, especially firepower, you know how heavy ammo is.

Everything mentioned so far plus nice comfortable bed, roof over me, fresh eggs, deer, cows and horses to eat if necessary.

One thing I don't see anyone mentioning is a multi powered radio, need to know what's going on, and with all the solar lights people have in their yards there will be plenty of batteries.
 
I have 3 bags but nothing in them yet. Being in WI it is going to very on what time of the year it is and if something is happening so fast that I don't have time to pack the bags I am likely not making it far with 2 very young kids and a wife with a bad back. My option will probably have to be to dig in. If I use a pack it will be for going out and collecting supplies and food for short periods of time. I envy those who live in the middle of no where.

sent from my Galaxy S3, superior to the iPhone.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
My Bug Out Bag

- One forty-five caliber automatic
- Two boxes of ammunition
- Four days' concentrated emergency rations
- One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine,
vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
- One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
- One hundred dollars in rubles
- One hundred dollars in gold
- Nine packs of chewing gum
- One issue of prophylactics
- Three lipsticks
- Three pair of nylon stockings.
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Could have sworn I heard a drum tatoo as I was reading that.:)
 
I don't have one, but it's not a bad idea.
Living in the Midwest we don't have natural disasters that last very long. I keep my truck full of gas and three five gallon cans of gas so I can just drive out of here.
Just this year, I added enough cangoods and water to last a week or two without leaving home.
I did buy a couple of police parkas from Galls for $14 and threw them under the seat in the truck (sill in package) for a winter emergency. I'm not sure if that makes me a prepper or a mall ninja?

If the EMP scare becomes a real threat then I'm screwed. Only those "bicycle gangs" mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage, will survive.
 
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