Wouldn't with / Wouldn't without

FullDRAW · Post by **FullDRAW** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:07 pm

Never go with a pack of cigarettes!

Never go withOUT my bow or flintlock!

TPM · Post by **TPM** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:14 pm

Three things I never go without would a knife, a compass and a small flashlight. I always have a whistle tied on my compass lanyard too.

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:26 pm

I never go without a snack . . .usually a Power Bar. I would never go with more than one weapon.

Fox · Post by **Fox** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:26 pm

Ray, I was that kid who moved away for school, sure you cannot get out there hunting together all the time, but the times you have are appreciated.

Did not even think of the TP, but that is why I am the one running with my knees together the morning after a moose chili night.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:48 pm

There isn't anything I wouldn't try at least once out there..

As far as must haves, I like to have my binoculars, and an accessible knife or a gun at the very least. After that coyote latched on to my leg I see little use for a small folding knife in a pocket.

one shot scott · Post by **one shot scott** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:09 pm

Pydpiper wrote:There isn't anything I wouldn't try at least once out there..

As far as must haves, I like to have my binoculars, and an accessible knife or a gun at the very least. After that coyote latched on to my leg I see little use for a small folding knife in a pocket.

Now, I know I never heard that story before, pydpiper. Would you care to share HOW that yote became attatched to your leg

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:24 pm

one shot scott wrote:
Pydpiper wrote:There isn't anything I wouldn't try at least once out there..

As far as must haves, I like to have my binoculars, and an accessible knife or a gun at the very least. After that coyote latched on to my leg I see little use for a small folding knife in a pocket.

Now, I know I never heard that story before, pydpiper. Would you care to share HOW that yote became attatched to your leg

There isn't a whistle or can of bug spray that would have helped that day, toilet paper was a close runner up though.
It is in this forum somewhere, but here is the story..

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx ... g&#2056340

one shot scott · Post by **one shot scott** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:36 pm

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I would have remembered reading that one, thats for sure! You must be a expert with that call.

Just curious: do you still go out for yotes?

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:38 pm

one shot scott wrote:
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I would have remembered reading that one, thats for sure! You must be a expert with that call.

Just curious: do you still go out for yotes?

Every day, I find yote hunting to be the most challenging of every other I have tried. It helps that I get paid for it now too.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:47 pm

wow what an experience

zeke@pa · Post by **zeke@pa** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:38 pm

Heck of a first time out.

B-Logger · Post by **B-Logger** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:14 pm

2 things I always have. Drinking water and toilet paper.

I wouldn't be caught with one of those little video games. Yes, I know some guys who take them "to pass the time."

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:38 pm

saxman wrote: I would NEVER be caught in the woods with one of those BIG RAMBO SURVIVAL KNIVES. You can usually tell a new guy by the size and type of knife he carries.

bojangles wrote: I also agree on the knife thing saxman.I cant help but laugh sometimes when I see someone at the deer check station with a huge machete lookin knife on hteir hip.

I don't know that I'd be so quick to say so, guys! Maybe there is more use for a big tooth in the woods than is commonly thought

There are many times when a large knife isn't just useful in the wild ... there are times when a large knife is preferable ... and there are times when it could save your life. It was only in the days after large predators and hostile men were eradicated that carrying only small knives in the woods became fashionable.

I'll bet Pyd would have liked to had his hand around the hilt of a good fighting knife when that 'yote put the teeth to him!

Pydpiper wrote:As far as must haves, I like to have ... an accessible knife or a gun at the very least. After that coyote latched on to my leg I see little use for a small folding knife in a pocket.

I am hardly new to the game, and I often carry my trusty old KA-BAR USMC knife (a time-proven classic) with me in the woods:

It isn't fancy. It isn't custom. It is used, with regularity. I keep it shaving-sharp, and it rides with the sheath lashed to the sling of my haversack, handle-down across my chest and instantly accessible to my strong hand whether I'm sitting, standing or kneeling.

I've beheaded snakes with it, cut myself out of greenbriar tangles with it, cleared my way through streams with it, finished off wounded deer with it, quartered carcasses with it, dug roots with it, helped myself up slopes with it, dug up rocks with it, chopped out hides with it, leveled ground with it, made blinds with it, cut cook-fire wood with it, and have wrapped my hand around it when a bear threatened and I had no other defense ... I've done dozens and dozens of useful things with it ... and in none of the above scenarios would a small knife have done as nicely as the KA-BAR.

There are many knives, made for many purposes.

I most always have a big one and a small one on me in the wild ... and sometimes a medium one!

I can tell you one thing: In this land of super-thick brush, super-big bears, super-abundant poisonous snakes and all sorts of other dangers, I'd rather have a big knife and not need it than need one and not have it.

I feel the same way about my Smith and Wesson squeezer, which is just as frequently found on me, and is just as accessible.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:05 pm

I have one of those knives also.
It's made by Ontario knife but has the same design.
I love it,great knife

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 8:33 pm

saxman wrote:I have one of those knives also.
It's made by Ontario knife but has the same design.
I love it,great knife

The KA-BAR certainly proved itself in battle, Sax ... and has proven itself in many other places ... including my own hands!

I chose the Kraton-gripped, Kydex-sheathed model for durability. Tough as nails!

Here's an interesting little history about those knives, from KA-BAR's pamphlet:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/6350/kbar.htm