What's in Your "Oh Crap" Kit

[406LIFE]

...I am reworking mine and solicitng some ideas to add. I'm not looking for "survival" stuff necessarily, as much as more like this is more handy to have than I would have realize.

I've added a few items to mine: spare buckles for my pack, KT Tape, superglue, and a straw for my sawyer mini.

 

[Muskeez]

Needle and Thread, but I use Berkley Fireline instead of thread. Came in handy a couple times.
Duct tape rewrapped around a pencil, then cut off at each end. makes it much more compact. Have seen others wrap it around a lighter.
Ibuprophen and Tylenol PM!

 

[JohnCushman]

Some sort of fire starter. Mike Eastman talks a lot about cotton balls soaked in vaseline. I know guys in the Army that do it and it seems to work. Also a butane cigar lighter. They always light no matter the weather.

 

[Tradewind]

I have a battery powered lighter. guaranteed to work until the power goes out, eh.
Some flamable little cubes guaranteed to catch fire , even when wet and burn to 1,000 degress (if I believe all the sunshine they are blowingup my shorts in the ad)
The medical kit seem to get a little bigger each year. Cushman talked me into carrying tampons these days
Spare headlamp, more batteries.
In my meager thoughts of basic survival. If I can plug the leaks, keep warm and see what I'm doing. I'll be ok, theoretically speaking....:hump:

 

[Ben Lamb]

Simms dry bag with the following:

Adventure medical kit (adventurer, and I fill it w/the most useful 1st aid stuff i can, especially moleskin & neosporin, advil, tylenol & wound care stuff)

small survival kit w/thermal blanket, firestarter, duct tape, etc

extra lithium batteries for the gps & headlamp

Leatherman

hand warmers/toe warmers

spare battery pack for phone

 

[MN Public Hunter]

a fifth of bourbon

 

[Tradewind]

a fifth of bourbon

I don't think that is in the hunter safety pamphlet...:W:

 

[brymoore]

a fifth of bourbon

I want to camp with you!

 

[hank4elk]

A few pain pills & needle & thread for sutures...

Cotton balls soaked in Vasiline ,pinion pitch balls,bic,waterproof matches.

Space blanket & poncho.

 

[Huntkook]

a fifth of bourbon

What kind of bourbon? In order to stay on thread topic para cord, wax dipped matches, spare boot laces ....

 

[Blacktailbc]

Israeli bandage or 2.
Advil pm for those long nights in a tent on the mountain.

 

[fmnjr]

I wonder....would mixing a little gun powder with the cotton ball and jelly give it some extra kick for starting fires?

 

[JohnCushman]

I want to camp with you!

No you don't. He gets drunk and moshes to the car stereo at 1 AM and gets up to start his truck at 4:30 AM :W:

 

[brymoore]

No you don't. He gets drunk and moshes to the car stereo at 1 AM and gets up to start his truck at 4:30 AM :W:

I’m okay with that as long as he doesn’t listen to EDM.

 

[JohnCushman]

I’m okay with that as long as he doesn’t listen to EDM.

It was Rammstein I might have participated :W:

 

[MN Public Hunter]

What kind of bourbon? In order to stay on thread topic para cord, wax dipped matches, spare boot laces ....

Woodford

No you don't. He gets drunk and moshes to the car stereo at 1 AM and gets up to start his truck at 4:30 AM :W:

I blame John for this, he instigated it..... honest...

 

[Mudranger1]

The only thing in my oh shit bag would be Teepee

 

[Redman]

It seems like I have less and less every year. What I always have handy: lighter, replaceable blade knife, head lamp, compass electrical tape, wind checker, and a few wire ties. All fits in my bino harness.

 

[JohnCushman]

Woodford



I blame John for this, he instigated it..... honest...

I can neither confirm nor deny that allegation....

 

[Sytes]

Items beyond the normal emergency firestarter, hand warmers, Tylenol, etc kit:

Superglue (Pen thin tube).
Suture needle/thread. **I like Muskeez's fireline choice. I may check that out.
I swipe my wife's firekit. She has the cotton balls with Vaseline and it does work. Take a twig, swirl it within the med container holding and it will have enough to act as a slow fire burning candle-like tool.
Antibiotics in case temp exceeds (removed spleen).
Few spare days of meds (accident).
InReach.