Survival trip

So I mentioned in my Altoids fishing kit post that we had taken a trip and dubbed it our survival weekend.  It was our first outing and attempt at actually surviving with nothing more than what we could find on the way to our location and what we had packed in our B.O.Bs or G.O.O.Ds.  The only thing that I can say right this second is that it was a very educational venture.  We learned a lot of things throughout the duration of the trip.  I want to get with Bon and collaborate with him that way we can post the most detailed description of the trip.  More to come soon.

Altoids Fishing Kit

So I know that it has been a while since we have posted anything on here, but we are just getting started so we aren't able to post something on here every week or at a regular interval.  But I thought that my Altoids fishing kit would be a nice addition to the blog.  Anyway I actually used my kit on our survival weekend and had some success with it.  I caught 4 small sunfish but they were big enough to eat.  Let me tell ya those little fish were some what boney but they were awesome, considering it had been almost 2 days since we had ate anything other than some blackberries. 

Here is my kit all put together.

It contains 10 fishing hooks of various sizes, a small bobber, approx 40 feet of 8# test line, approx 30 feet of 30# test line, some swivels (not necessary but nice to have), some steel leaders (could use as a snare on a spring snare trap for something small like a squirrel), some sinkers, and 4 or 5 different artificial baits, all nestled inside of a regular Altoids can with room to spare. 

I used some electrical tape to keep the hooks from going all over the place, getting tangled in everything else and most importantly not getting stuck in my fingers.  I would have preferred to use something like duct tape or gorilla tape like a half thickness because it would hold better I think.  But electrical tape is all I had handy.  I used little "dime" bags purchased at Hobby Lobby to store the baits, sinkers, swivels, and leaders.  For the line I took two unused compartment dividers from my tackle box, made four small cuts into the plastic so I would have a place to secure the line and wrapped the fishing line around it.  I initially had it on a piece of cardboard but they were more sturdy and smaller.  I also secured two larger fish hooks to the bottom because I didn't have the space on the lid. 
This was a handy little kit to have, there are plenty different styles with a number of different things in them.  The most important thing is to put things in you kit that you think or know would be useful in your part of the world. 

Who I is. Bon

Who I is? Well I'm just me. The names Bon, well let's see I've always enjoyed hunting though I'm not that good at it. Trapping is something I want to learn and have started cheeking out.  I want to know how to survive whether it be getting stuck out in the woods while I'm hunting to a natural disaster to the big fall of life as we know it, from the so many different ways that it could happen and I hope to help y'all learn as I do, might just help ya.  I am also a fan of learning to defend yourself in all ways.  I have trained in anything from mixed martial arts to gun's and anything else one may feel that everyone should be able to do to defend themselves and those they care about. Big problem I have is that I am legally blind.  This makes some things harder for me, but I do my best to overcome it and learn things how ever I can. So till next time be safe all.

Who I be. Derrick

     First off I aint no expert.  I'm a noob that has slightly educated himself in survival and homesteading and general self reliance.  Why? you ask, well I throughly believe that our prosperity that we enjoy in this once great country is coming to an end.  If you take just a short look at the national and international news you can tell some very ominous things are going on in the world.  Alot of those things are spoken of in the bible.  Things like the wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, and other natural and man made events.  That being said if you don't know how to take care of yourself and family (and I have a large one compared to todays standards...not Duggar big.lol) you are going to be up the poop creek without a paddle.  Like I said off the bat I'm not an expert on survival, homesteading, or self reliance.  My real job is emergency medicine (paramedic) and taking care of my wonderful little family.  But to do that I need to learn how to do things the way they were done before we had all of this fancy machinery and computers.  The way our grandparents and great grandparents used to do things when they were young.  I'm not taking this adventure by myself however, I have my family and a close circle of frineds.  Hopefully I will be a source of information and entertainment to all who read our blog.

Derrick

Intro

Hey every one if your reading this where not dead...yet..or maybe we are and since then this blog has taken off, crap i hope where not dead. Anyway we're just a couple of guys whom both always enjoyed hunting and most things to do with the outdoors, except weed eating... I hate weed eating. Anyway what we are doing here or trying to do is learn more about survival and living off of the land kinda stuff and hopefuly not dieing in the process but we are going to be taking you along for the ride. So enjoy, have a laugh or two at our expense and you might just learn something in the process... We hope.  After all that is the whole point of this blog.