Thread: What to take with you

I've pondered how you jokers manage to survive so long with minimal food. I get hungry, and grumpy if I don't have a big meal at end of day, and I ain't a big guy.

Outdoorlad, do you not take a roll out mat to sleep on?

Originally Posted by Rusky

I've pondered how you jokers manage to survive so long with minimal food. I get hungry, and grumpy if I don't have a big meal at end of day, and I ain't a big guy.

Outdoorlad, do you not take a roll out mat to sleep on?

yes I do, a exped downmat, also a down jacket for wearing around camp/glassing, I put it in my sleeping bag stuff sack at night for a pillow.

cheap wollen gloves & a beanie for the colder months.

Food wise on a walk in trip I'm more interested in best calorie bang for weight
So either a premix of muesli & milk powder in a ziplock bag or Porridge (+rasins) for BF
Lunch, crackers, tuna/salami cheese, orange
Snacks, nut mix, OSM bars, bumper bars, choc bars, barley sugars, etc
Dinner, Freeze dry 2 person meal or Kaweka meal, etc
tea, coffee, raro sachets, soups, milk powder

Couple of GU carbo shots in case you get rooted on a big carry/day out & GU Electrolyte Brew tablets for rehydrating in the hotter months.

Hopefully you get a feed of steak to supplement things, basically be like a deer, decent feed in the morning & at night, nibble during the day.

looks like most think the same, i agree with dry socks and having a wash, but if i got caught with baby wipes i would get shit for the rest of my life, and alot of that would come from the wife.
all the same some good info thanks.

Originally Posted by Kiwiman

looks like most think the same, i agree with dry socks and having a wash, but if i got caught with baby wipes i would get shit for the rest of my life, and alot of that would come from the wife.
all the same some good info thanks.

Say what you want about baby wipes, but they make awesome toilet paper.

Originally Posted by Spudattack

Say what you want about baby wipes, but they make awesome toilet paper.

+1 but it feels weird when you don ya pants back up with a wet crack!!

Originally Posted by Gibo

+1 but it feels weird when you don ya pants back up with a wet crack!!

.....TMI......

If you don't like to put wet socks on then wear two pairs of thinner socks. Takes the rub out of boots and you only need to change the inner pair each day, or a couple of pairs and alternate them. I use old plastic essence bottles and refill them with whatever I buy in bulk; detergent, oil, herbs/spices, ... Good tough little bottles and don't carry too much.

freeze dry food is light tucker to take bush

there was a handy thread on the other site, now a sticky, by nimrod, worth looking up

I am also an advocate for baby wipes on extended hunting trips. They make a huge difference when you can't go to a water source for a wash down. One each for your pits and bits and your fresh as a daisy before hopping into your fart sack. All my mates used to give me shit for using them, now they all use them on longer hunting trips.

You can buy more manly unscented ones from outdoors shops if that helps.

Originally Posted by Bryan

I am also an advocate for baby wipes on extended hunting trips. They make a huge difference when you can't go to a water source for a wash down. One each for your pits and bits and your fresh as a daisy before hopping into your fart sack. All my mates used to give me shit for using them, now they all use them on longer hunting trips.

You can buy more manly unscented ones from outdoors shops if that helps.

Eem.....yes, me too, my partner 'insisted' after i kept coming home looking like a 'Borg with zits'..........

See! Baby wipes I tell you! Take them out of the big packet and put them in a zip lock bag, only as many as you need. And man up you lot about wet socks - maybe I just have epic feet. I have not passed the 10 day mark out in the bush in one go but never had an issue with my laying on the wet clothes thing. They are usually near dry by the time I wake up anyway! I'm not being an idiot either and not seizing opportunity - if I've had a minute, sure, whip them off and hang them in the sun. Only wear as many layers as you need. Blah blah, I was a soldier once not always an officer!

I also still roll with the hoochie lay-out and sleep with my boots tucked under my legs. Stops your boots freezing and also you moving around/sliding, then you can find your boots in the morning without a torch either.

Manning up to the cold and wet kick starts the heart better than coffee.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Manning up to the cold and wet kick starts the heart better than coffee.

Yeah, my old mantra....'put em on wet, walk them out dry'......

Don't fill up with 80L of crap. You will need a good 30L of space to bring out any meat you shoot which I take it is the purpose of heading bush