Solo hunting issues?

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I have super glue, tape, painkillers, emergency blanket, water purification pills, fire starting matches and tinder, coflex, compass, small saw, couple band aids, signal mirror and whistle, extra batteries, maps, cell phone, 550 paracord, a couple of energy bars, headlamp, and a judge with a couple extra rounds for my sanity... I think that's about it off the top of my head.

Can you think of anything else that would be a good idea... thanks for the input guys. Great and helpful information.

[Magnum_Willys]

If a fellow really wanted to rest  his head easy and sleep with peace of mind, he could pack a short reasonable length of wide horse electric fence, four fiberglass four ft stakes and a fence charger that runs on d batteries. And a lil metal rod. It mmight amount to five or six lbs, but youll sleep well, if indeed your in big bear domains.

3.7 lb. Bear Electric Fence Kit
http://www.cabelas.com/product/UDAP-Bear-Electric-Fence/1242284.uts

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Now that is extremely cool in my book. I think Im sold. Maybe that makes me a weenie but Ill be a well rested weenie with a smile.

[RadSav]

Just don't forget about it when that midnight urge to pee hits you   Might make you wish you had been mauled by a bear

[Bean Counter]

I usually sleep in the bed of my truck and it has a camper shell.  I lock the tailgate before going down and sleep easy.

I dont have spot or sat but just leave a list of coordinates with my wife and ive been abld go send a text from the field much similar to how Spot would work.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

You guys are kind of chickens...

Occasionally I'll carry a pistol into the backcountry while scouting only. I have a weapon during season.

For my first aid kit I carry duct tape wrapped around my trekking poles, IB profin I take daily, allergy pills taken daily, 10 Benadryl, couple of Tylenol pm cold pills, and a package of quick clot.


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[MountainWalk]

Chickens...  Friend, you ever do much sleeping out in someplace like Afognak, or Charlie or 40 mile rivers? Grizz an browns are critters that keep your gears humming at night in the dark.. You may not be scared, but a big grizz is able to stick your pistol and all your little list up your unscared butt while you sleep.bears more than likely wont get you, but it sure can happen.More than one elk hunter has been nailed by grizz too.     

Really dont think the OP meant your run of the mill blackie.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Chickens...  Friend, you ever do much sleeping out in someplace like Afognak, or Charlie or 40 mile rivers? Grizz an browns are critters that keep your gears humming at night in the dark.. You may not be scared, but a big grizz is able to stick your pistol and all your little list up your unscared butt while you sleep.bears more than likely wont get you, but it sure can happen.More than one elk hunter has been nailed by grizz too.     

Really dont think the OP meant your run of the mill blackie.

Actually he did include black bears in his question, and we aren't talking about Alaska which is a completely different monster.




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[SilkOnTheDrySide]

http://seattlebackpackersmagazine.com/bear-attacks/

6 bear attacks in Washington since 1920.


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[fillthefreezer]

wolves or lions or anything else.

lions on afognak, wouldnt that be something

[Jingles]

Although it isn't the NE I hunt solo almost exclusively  and I am way off the trailhead, usually 6 miles minimum, and don't worry about critters at night don't worry about all the first aid kits, or radios hell don't even take one, seldom even carry a map Do carry side arm all the time whether scouting or hunting and keep it handy 24/7. Lately with the diagnosis of this form of Leukemia I  now have to carry my meds but usually nothing extra
Prior to going though I do leave a general idea of where I'll be and an expected date of return, with instructions of if I'm over 24 hours late then become concerned.
Now that I am doing this trail clearing (20 Miles) by myself if I worried about the small chit I'd never get it finished.
Maybe it was the 22 years in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and spending so much time with the Marines going through their several Survival training schools but I feel more comfortable out in the wilderness by myself than I do surrounded by a bunch of city slickers that are afraid of the boogyman.

[MtnMuley]

Chickens...  Friend, you ever do much sleeping out in someplace like Afognak, or Charlie or 40 mile rivers? Grizz an browns are critters that keep your gears humming at night in the dark.. You may not be scared, but a big grizz is able to stick your pistol and all your little list up your unscared butt while you sleep.bears more than likely wont get you, but it sure can happen.More than one elk hunter has been nailed by grizz too.     

Really dont think the OP meant your run of the mill blackie.

Obviously he's never had an encounter with a grizz, even in country where it's highly unlikely.

[pd]

Chickens...  Friend, you ever do much sleeping out in someplace like Afognak, or Charlie or 40 mile rivers? Grizz an browns are critters that keep your gears humming at night in the dark.. You may not be scared, but a big grizz is able to stick your pistol and all your little list up your unscared butt while you sleep.bears more than likely wont get you, but it sure can happen.More than one elk hunter has been nailed by grizz too.     

Really dont think the OP meant your run of the mill blackie.

Obviously he's never had an encounter with a grizz, even in country where it's highly unlikely.

Actually, he has. Quite the experienced hunter and guide, I know that for a fact.

[Crook]

Store your food away from camp !!! can't stress it enough, take it from a guy whom has had encounters

[flyguide]

The only thing you have to fear... is fear itself.  hahah just kidding.  I thought I was being attacked by a bear in the backcountry night before last.  My faithful German Wire Hair was on her first bivy trip into the high country and she exploded in a fit in the middle of the night. I think we had something checkin' us out.  I woke up out of a dead sleep and screamed out like a girl into the wilderness AAAHAHGGGGAAAAAAA!  I seriously thought my dog was wrestling a bear that was trying to attack me in my gore-tex burrito bivy sack.  It turned out she was just suspicious I guess.

My biggest fear is letting a life of adventure pass me by. I do quite a bit of Wildnerness travel solo and I need to get an App for my phone that has GPS emergency locator.  I'm not afraid of bears, lions, or anything like that.  I am afraid of falling on a stob and having it impale my leg or torso or something and leave me bleeding to death.  Of course there is a lot of crap to worry about in life and that may be not worth worrying about. I don't know, the other thing I worry about is not punching my tag and all the money I wasted.