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I regards to the blokes that take almost nothing. If, given the likely weather forecast and the environment you are hunting in you are confident you could spend a unplanned night out in the bush then go for it. In summer in lowland bush this is probably ok. If not then you are one broken leg away from dieing of hypothermia. If you read the tales if the blokes who get in trouble the descriptions of how they pass the time while in major pain make for grim reading. Painkillers would be worth their weight in gold in that situation. I also take voltarin for sprains, antihistamines for wasps. Sunscreen and insect repellant aren't strictly necessary but they are bloody nice to have.

If you have a bad enough injury a couple of panadol isn't going to much i can tell you that from first hand experience, the only thing the panadol do help with is taking the bite out of a headache and i do have some for that reason.

As you say, summer/spring hunting if you break you're leg and have to spend a night out you will not likely be dieing from hypothermia.

I also don't often hunt by myself

I carry Codeine for that very reason

Ditto, codine, paracetamol, ibuprofen, voltarin.

I go a bit funny on codeine, I hurt my back and got perscrined 2x 30mg codienes three times a day by some tiny russian lady at the ER. I was basically asleep for 2 weeks and then when I drug myself to ny GP, she couldnt believe I was currently awake and knocked me back to 1 20mg when I felt I needed it, had some messed up dreams.

And they generally prescribe laxsol with it so you can still crap. Mind you don't take it and then there is no need for toilet paper.

Pretty sure you don't get Codeine without a prescription, last lot I got were for when I all but cut off a toe, the few I saved were in my bum bag but got scoffed with massive tooth failure.

No they don't. I got prescribed 240 once so still have well over 200

I used all my left overs when I had trouble sleeping working 6pm to 4am for 6 months.

fukn pack of druggies you lot!

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Bent needle and nylon thread (nothing else will do if you cut your palm open)

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whaaahahaha, get back to me once you've actually tried stitching your own palm, maybe you should take a larger bottle of Johnie Walker :P

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4x Zyrtec(I dont actually know what that is)

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zyrtec is the brandname of an anti-histamine

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Nice one jrw87

You must like pain... Butterfly strips are your friend

I work with my hands, had it glued with butterfly strips initially and it kept coming apart so I just had to bite the bullet.

Cool, you did a neat job.

I sliced the side of my thumb while we were busy doing resus on a car accident patient. Used a scalpel blade to open an IV bag and was not looking... Ended up putting a stitch in myself once we'd gotten the IV going, hurt like buggery, much more civilised if you have time to use lignocaine :D

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Cool, you did a neat job.

I sliced the side of my thumb while we were busy doing resus on a car accident patient. Used a scalpel blade to open an IV bag and was not looking... Ended up putting a stitch in myself once we'd gotten the IV going, hurt like buggery, much more civilised if you have time to use lignocaine :D

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I think it would have been less painfull doing it at the time I cut it, 3 days after was a bit sore and hard to push through the skin with a blunt sewing needle. I think I only managed 3 or 4 there but it closed up well.

Back on track, had a look in mine
Knife, leatherman, embryotomy wire and handles, survival blankie, plastic tux poncho, lighter, rubber, hexi tablet, mini torch, plasters, antibacterial wipes, epipen, paracetamol, ibuprofen, plastic bags, badly squashed osm muslei bar (probably should replace it), 5 rounds which on inspection wouldn't have fitted the gun I took last time, bog paper in a ziplock for lens cleaning plus other uses, paracord. Add phone (doubles as camera), binos, radio, water bottle.
All fits into bum bag, which can foldout into a proper pack for meat if I,m lucky.

Don't use toilet paper to clean lenses. It's got silicon in it and will scratch the lenses. Take a micro fiber cleaning cloth like you get with glasses in a plastic bag and a small bottle of optical cleaner. Wash any grit off with water before trying to clean it.