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Essential Winter Survival Gear & Woodland Scouting
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Dec 15, 2024
Hitting the woods and testing out some gear and looking for a spot to do some stealth camping for bugging out. Prepared Wanderer AMAZON STORE: https://bit.ly/3Jjs1iO Prepared Wanderer Patches and Stickers: https://thepreparedwanderer.bigcartel.com Prepared Wanderer WEBSITE: https://preparedwanderer.com Prepared Wanderer FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1835005976546722 Prepared Wanderer INSTAGRAM: prepared_wanderer Blog https://wanderingoutdoors.com
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so today's objective is to hit these
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woods and scout out some spots that I
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can uh do some potential stealth camping
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and um maybe set up like a
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semi-permanent uh Camp spot that I can
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go to and do
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so that's what I'm out to do today and
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as promised I am out in the weather
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doing it it's like 17° this morning um
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but it's supposed to be a sunny uh
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beautiful day actually warm up to the
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40s hopefully um but the other thing is
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I'm going to be taking along um some of
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my gear that I've showed in earlier
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videos and I'm going to be also carrying
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my um AR-15
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rifle um that I showed in my last video
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and uh hopefully just get used to
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carrying it more in the woods with my
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gear and we'll go through everything
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that I'm going to be doing today so so
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let's get out and do it
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hiking when it's 17° out carrying all
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this
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gear it sucks of course
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but got to do it
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got to figure this out
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seeing this this massive oak tree came
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down this year I haven't been back here
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in a long time and
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um I didn't know this
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happened this thing is
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huge but it's c creting a nice
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opportunity to
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shelter for me
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but there's some issues with this
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area this will not be a good spot for
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stealth camping because there are two
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many access points to it so over
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there that's top of a reservoir and that
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Reservoir has a trail on top of it and
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people will come out and walk it in nice
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weather and I've even seen guys with
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their hunting dogs up there training
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taking them for runs and walks up there
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and
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then over
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there is a trail in and that
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trail um is accessible from a road um
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it's not very far uh not
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even an eighth of a mile probably less
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than that so it's it's a pretty quick in
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andout for people um a lot of
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the deer hunters so-call deer hunters
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Who come out here thinking they can get
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out here easily will come out here and
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sit and of course not get anything
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because it's it's a hight traffic area
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so this is not going to be suitable for
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stealth camp but it's a good spot to at
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least get out here and walk a little bit
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um with my gear and check it out and
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just check it off the list so I think
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what we'll do is we'll sit down and um
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I'll take you through some of the
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equipment I'm carrying today and talk
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about uh why I'm carrying it so someone
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made a comment on one of my short videos
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where I showed some of this gear that
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I'm carrying today and they're like oh
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that's all new and um yeah a lot of it
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is actually and uh some of it isn't a
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lot of the stuff that I carry in my pack
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things that I use all the time time I've
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had for years and I use all the time but
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um some of this outer gear that I'm
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wearing and carrying today is new and
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the whole deal is I got this stuff and I
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want to use it and um you
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know how do you start well you just
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start going out with it and using it so
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I make no apologies for that you got to
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start somewhere and I've been really
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fortunate um in being able to get some
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cool gear from guys guys who make really
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cool stuff so today I'm rocking a lot of
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Full Tang tactical um not the cheapest
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option out there for sure but it's all
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made in USA uh it's a family-owned
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company small business and they make
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exceptional tactical nylon gear that can
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be utilized for um Woods running hiking
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fly fishing hunting and um even training
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like on days like this so I've got their
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low viz chess pack um and then I have a
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prototype of the Minuteman pack U the
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minute man pack has changed slightly but
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this is very close to what they're
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selling right now this is just the
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Prototype I actually traded into that
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and I'm pretty satisfied with it so far
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carries very comfortably it's about a 32
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L pack and I've got a lot of gear in it
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um and I think on a winter day like this
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you definitely need to carry a lot of
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gear with you uh in case something
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happens and that's what I'm kind of set
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up for um jacket is uh this is a cotton
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blend anarak I think these were made in
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the 9s they don't really make them
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anymore I picked it up on the secondary
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Market I've had them before and they're
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fantastic wind shells um and then I just
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underneath that I have a heavy um
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Cabella's uh wool shirt and of course
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I'm wearing
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thermals um and then boots are just you
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know rubber hunting boots boots
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insulated that's what I normally wear
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when I'm out in the woods and it's going
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to warm up today so it's going to get
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wet so I want my rubber
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boots so let's talk about this fella I
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just did a video um where I went through
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this rifle this is um a PSA midlength
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now I'm running 10 round mags on it and
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you're probably wondering why why why am
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I not carrying 30 round mags and and
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have my chest rig full um one main
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reason is that
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um I'm out in an area that um I can hunt
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on and coyote hunting is open it's
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always open you can use any caliber and
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I just feel that if I'm carrying 10
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round mags maybe it's a little less it's
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a little less tactical or military um if
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I do encounter a game warden or you know
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someone else at least I've got a 10
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round mag and I'm carrying two 10 round
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mags on my waist pack as well so I got
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30 rounds total so this is not um like a
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combat load out for sure um this is just
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a scouting um setup for today and that's
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why I'm carrying only 10 round mags in
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plus I've got my bipod installed so if I
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was to set up and do like coyote hunting
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I could you know be able to shoot from
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my bipod with a 10 round mag and not
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have that 30 round mag interfering with
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it so that is the
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philosophy that's why I'm doing what I'm
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doing
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um hopefully that makes sense uh okay
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here's the contents of my pack all kind
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of laid out and I'm going to go through
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this real quickly because this is not
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necessarily Gear review video but I
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think it's helpful for people to see um
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what I'm carrying for this kind of
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weather um in this activity level so
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first thing everything is sitting on the
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this material right here and this is a
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German um issue ground cloth it's called
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the elephant skin it's really heavy duty
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durable this is a new one I just got
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this one I have several of these in my
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kits and I'm upgrading and got a new one
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for this this upcoming year and it makes
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an excellent ground cloth to sleep on
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and put your gear on um in this bag
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we've got an extra t-shirt and some
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socks
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I've got my Bako Lap Lander always a
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fantastic saw to carry very durable much
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less flexible than the
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silkies here I've got a um max Edition
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pouch this is basically just all my
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posses so I've got fir making gear in
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here and water purification tablets and
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stuff like that Ferro Rod there's a buck
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honing steel whistle fire
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Bellows uh Tinder Mini signal mirror
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some exotac gear that's the sewing kit
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that's the
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lighter sleeve and that there's the
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waterproof matches so nice little kit
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it's a little bit redundant because I'm
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actually carrying a fanny pack that has
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all about the same stuff in it um so
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I'll probably get rid of that and then
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we have bungee cords for setting up a
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shelter uh some Bank line um excellent
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piece of gear this is the um
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the mini spool from uh Atwood I think
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that's 50 ft a paracord and it's got a
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built-in cutter and then it has a
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compartment for a
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lighter food
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items
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coffee
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cookies spam
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hydration stuff uh fire Maple pot um I
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did a review of this a while ago this is
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their it's a stove so got a little
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aluminum pot with a stove and then I got
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a single meal um for mountain
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house here um this is an insulating
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layer this is a wubby
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jacket in Woodland camo I think that's
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the the
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Zulu brand that I got that one and then
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my USMC
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tarp um and then
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there's the Old Hickory
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machete pretty decent tool good for
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clearing
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brush and then I have a Ghillie for my
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pack in multicam
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Tropic two Swiss cantens one with the
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aluminum
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cup some staks with paracord on the
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ends gloves I just picked these up uh
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this week actually I got these at Harbor
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Freight uh they've been pretty cool I
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like them they're durable they seem to
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be durable they're holding up pretty
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well and they're
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warm so I'm wearing those and then the
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pack on the bottom here this is
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camouflage netting material I got this
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at Walmart or some sporting good store
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it's usually they sell this around
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turkey season but it's um it's basically
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like a big piece of ghilly material it's
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very lightweight and I just got that
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strapped to the bottom of my pack in
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case I want to set up like an
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observation post or do some stealth
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camping um hide my position cover my
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gear um cover myself if I'm hunting I
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can do that so it's so
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lightweight and it straps perfectly to
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the bottom of my pack and then there's
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the pack that's the Full Tang tactical a
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minute man 32 L this is the Prototype on
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the front I've got a USMC ass salt pouch
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and a milspec monkey
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admin this prototype has side water
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bottle Pockets that I had to modify a
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little bit but the new version doesn't
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have that so um I think it's a great
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feature I kind of like it those quick
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access water bottle pockets are
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nice other favorite piece of gear which
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I was actually sitting on is my tough
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posum sitting pad um it's got the orange
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side so I can use it for hunting or as a
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an Emergency Signal panel um
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but in the winter
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time you got to have something to sit on
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or to kneel on or you're going to be
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sucking bad because the ground is so
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cold full tank tactical LZ chest rig um
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I'm not carrying 30 round mags in it
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because I'm carrying the 10 Rounds today
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and they don't fit in there um but I've
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went through this
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before on one my earlier
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videos but this is basically just up for
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admin so mini
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binoculars um map
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pouch um tough possum notebook wallet
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which I just got this year from him
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pretty
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cool Ranger Green 500 D
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Cordura um got my compass in here
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headlamp some markers got a green
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light got some glow sticks and re
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glasses then my keys to my truck so um
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it's not a ton of stuff but it's those
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little admin things that you want to get
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access to quickly when you're out in the
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field uh a chest pouch or rig um really
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is the way to
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go and then the last piece of gear that
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I carry is this is a um um a hip pack
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from
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AAC and it's very simple and I like it
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um because it carries everything I need
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so it's got a tourniquet holder on
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bottom and then a front pouch or pocket
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right there but the cool thing
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is the back of it comes with this um
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insert and it's perfect for these 10
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round mags that I'm carrying so if
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you're maybe you have a 308 bolt gun or
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you know you're doing some target
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shooting this pack is perfect for
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carrying those smaller mags it'll hold
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30 rounders too but they just stick up
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farther but um this sets really low on
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my waist and really doesn't get in the
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way but but on the inside this is all
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the um I guess what I would call
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survival items and actually it's very
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redundant with that other kit so I'm
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probably going to take that other kit
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out of my bag because I don't need it
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but this has a signal panel um fire
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making capability signal mirror whistle
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there's a space blanket in there uh
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different types of fire starting
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materials signaling materials so it's
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basically an E&E kit escape and evasion
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type kit um so if I have to dump my pack
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or leave it someplace or go scouting I
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can just carry this and still have all
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those kind of little survival Essentials
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that you
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need um and then that with my chest rig
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um I'm pretty well
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set so I'm going to walk around a little
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bit more and see if I can find a better
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spot um but essentially for this video I
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think um I've covered enough at least uh
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this is like
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the basis for what I'm going to be doing
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this year carrying a lot of this
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equipment um utilizing in the field
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setting up
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shelter cooking um setting up different
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uh types of camps or hide spots um and
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then just carrying the rifle out with me
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as much as I can um without attracting
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too much attention and um just covering
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this area more and trying to figure it
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out better so I have a better
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understanding of it that way if I need
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to utilize it um I'm ready to go if you
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Wanderer all right so a after action
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report for today
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um most of the equipment performed fine
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didn't have any issues the pack carries
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very comfortably I need to just uh take
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a few things out but other than that I'm
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pretty satisfied with how it carries um
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it's of course carrying um a pack
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wearing a chest rig uh heavy layers for
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winter plus a rifle on top of that um is
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cumbersome and uh sometimes it was
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difficult to get things on and off and I
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you know I felt like I was bumbling
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around a little bit but that's that's
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part of it right trying to figure that
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stuff out and getting used to it
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becoming smoother um in the field with
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your gear uh and the only way you do
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that is actually getting out and doing
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it um one thing about the rifle that I
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noticed carrying today that I did not
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like is um scope caps
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suck uh they are stupid they keep
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opening up when I don't want them to
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open up they keep getting uh like caught
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on my chest rig and then they pop open
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um so I don't know I don't know what the
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appropriate protocol for that is
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probably remove
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them and then maybe I need to figure out
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how to do like the like a kill flash on
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the front uh part of the scope the
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sling with gear with all the gear the
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pack and chest rig and and the layers
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seemed a little tight and a little
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cumbersome hard to get in and out of um
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I don't know I need to look at maybe
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doing a different setup on the sling
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maybe it's a different sling it's not
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it's not a super expensive sling by any
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means it's a cheap one um but I like the
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style all
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