There is much written information in reference to the appropriate equipment for tracking and catching animals like deer or waterfowl. It is just as critical to assure that you are ready to handle any threatening situation that may arise. In one of these instances, your life may depend upon your knowledge and intuition. Taking some fundamental emergency equipment along could assist you in making the correct choices, set your precedence’s for life threatening conditions and might just save your life.

Setting Priorities is Key

If you are face with a a dangerous situation, the most important action you can take is to stay calm, get a grip on the condition at hand and establish what needs to be done and when. Even in warm weather, finding shelter is very important. In the case of a cool climate that may easily turn bad, ability to make fire is important. Two necessary items to have in a survival situation are a sturdy knife and fire making supplies.

Hunting Equipment – Priority #1: Secure a Shelter

Evaluate the area and find out if there is some shelter. If not, you’ll have to build one. The lean-to is a good basic shelter that’s easy to build. You just need to put a couple of strong uprights down in the ground and secure a cross member that connects them. This can be done with boot laces. Then set boughs or brushwood at an angle beside the cross member to make an angled roof. Thatch the roof using pine limbs or other supplies. Gather some fallen leaves or a handful of lengthened grass for a restful floor inside the shelter. Remember to attempt to sleep even if it is only a few hours. Sleep will give your mind more precision in thinking.

Hunting Equipment – Priority #2: Make a Fire

Go ahead and learn to build a fire even though you may not need one just yet. It takes some practice but can make the difference between life and death. Obtain a consistent procedure by which to start a fire, like condensed flint and steel, and always carry it with you.When you think you are going to have to stay all night in the bush, a good rule of thumb is to gather three times as much firewood as you think you’ll need. A fire could be a self-respect booster, helps to keep away animals and insects and could be used for signalling someone and in addition for cooking.

Hunting Equipment – Priority #3: Look for Water

Since humans can only survive for approximately 3 days without any water, it is very important to find some clean water. If you are not sure it is clean, find a way to boil it. One enterprising survivor utilized small stones heated in his fire to boil water in his hat. If it has recently rained, search for rainwater that’s collected in low lying areas. Try to protect your body’s moisture level by saving laborious activity for the cooler temperatures of the day.

Remain serene, creative, and strong-willed to endure. You’ll greatly increase your chances of coming out alive if you tuck a few pieces of survival gear in amongst your hunting equipment.