First time my wife and I took our Bug Out Bags out in the woods for a couple of days, it was late winter/early spring and got down to 20 degrees F that night. We learned many valuable lessons from that first outing, and we have been out many times since then. I think it's very important to test your skills and gear as much as possible, especially in the worst weather and temperatures your area can throw at you. My wife and I also went out one night during a severe thunderstorm. It was already dark and had been storming and raining hard for half the day before we got to camp. We were able to make a fire and set up shelter and cook a dinner over the fire. We stayed out for 3 days and when we got home we discovered that our county was flooded badly, our police department was in 5 ft of water. That was our favorite outing though. SHTF isn't gonna occur when the weather is nice so best to see if you can handle the worst.
@@jeffdur1330 let's hear your story, from looking at your comments on this channel alone, there isn't much to tell, other than a pathetic, toxic, negative human being
My brother-in-law and I did that 3 yrs ago. We did not check the weather for the time we went. We had everything good for up to 10° below zero. It was on February 15th, and we froze our living butt off! The polar freeze came through it was -27° f with -60° f windchill. We were in a tarp tent. We survived.. don't know how. We kept waking up each other every hour or two to check to see if the other person was still alive. So, the plan went horribly wrong. But, we found what we still needed and what was accessive and didn't need. Great video! Do what he said, people. Grab your gear and test it. Have fun with it. But remember this. Always have a backup plan if it is not working properly. Figure it out and try again. Play it safe till you can't. And, I will see you in the woods! Happy testing!
Good stuff. I'm in Canada and I just keep a general survival kit so if something goes wrong where I am I just want to migrate to another town city or province and be able to start life over again. However I have absolutely zero plans to try and bug out into Canadian wilderness at -30 or -40 degrees Celsius. Unless you are highly skilled you won't survive.
Good kit I carried a M14 in the Army, great rifle; if you want to reduce some of its weight, replace the wooden stock with a fiberglass one. My EDC pack is a 5.11 Rush 24, good pack. I am a disabled veteran, so I can't carry heavy weights. My hobby of bike riding and bikepacking has become my solution for traveling: I added a gardening cart to hawl my kit!
It's not ideal but you can eat the dehydrated style meals without hot water. Also don't necessarily need to use stove to boil the water could just use regular fire or esbit tabs, trioxane, ect. The stove is convenient, but that style (iso fuel) doesn't work as well in really cold temps. I get it your testing, so just throwing some ideas out there.
I have the rush 12,24,72, and the 100. The 100 is by far a better pack to carry. It has more of a beefed up hiking pack type strap and belt system. I honestly wish I had bought it first
I know your like 7 feet tall. 😁 That Rush bag might present some problems. I'm only 6.1 and it's just a tad too short for me. It's still a great bag but I went with an internal frame backpacking pack.
Could be I just have a long torso. Great bags though. The Rush12 is my EDC bag. Look forward to watching your trip and what your findings are. Have a great Thanksgiving.
I have the identical bag in black as a survival pack in my semi, but because I am looking at possibly 6 to 14 days in order to get home from where I might be at the moment with my work, I'm thinking of upgrading that survival bag to the rush 100 and using my rush 72 2.0 as a dedicated bag in my pickup
@@branthodson6848 the only thing I don't like about the Rush100 is the waist strap, its a poor design in my opinion. They use a 1 inch buckle and two 1 inch straps where the 72 uses a beefy 2 inch buckle and 2 inch straps. Put the 72 waist strap in the 100 and I would buy it.
A winter rated sleeping bag is 7 lbs , add water food, shelter, dry clothes, nav, and security and a bag to carry it any your way past 40 lbs. If you have a video up on your bag please link it. Thanks for watching.
As a hunter and a prepper, I would be pretty upset if some Jacka$$ came out to the woods during the middle of the rut and just starts popping off a ton of .308 I suggest you hike in 10+ miles from the nearest vehicle access and set up camp. Good chest rig, but ditch that pack. You will want to throw it in trash after your first ruck anyway so don't take my word for it.
I hunt and prep on private land with permission. I don’t intend to pop off rounds at all. I’m Zeroing the rifle at the range. The gear is for weight testing and fitment. Ty
@@3RiversSurvival understood. When you mentioned wearing orange it led me to believe that it was public land, national forest ect.. As for the gear testing I was just expressing my experiences as I own the rig and the older version of the rush bag. I bought the bag in black as it was intended for am urban environment and with just 35lbs it was worse than just about any bag I've ever used. The weight couldn't get distributed right without the straps getting in the way, would not adjust easily on the transitions, and it would not keep tight meaning it likes to "swing" and flop if that makes sense. VERY uncomfortable pack.
I too have the Rush 72 in OD Green and anything over 25lbs and it kills your shoulders. I switched to the USMC ILBE Main Pack for the same cost but designed for hauling weight comfortably. I have went out for days at a time for years with it and no complaints about the ILBE, my long term loadout is around 60lbs but I have tested it with up to 80lbs and it's very comfortable even at that weight, you're just a bit top heavy.
First time my wife and I took our Bug Out Bags out in the woods for a couple of days, it was late winter/early spring and got down to 20 degrees F that night. We learned many valuable lessons from that first outing, and we have been out many times since then. I think it's very important to test your skills and gear as much as possible, especially in the worst weather and temperatures your area can throw at you. My wife and I also went out one night during a severe thunderstorm. It was already dark and had been storming and raining hard for half the day before we got to camp. We were able to make a fire and set up shelter and cook a dinner over the fire. We stayed out for 3 days and when we got home we discovered that our county was flooded badly, our police department was in 5 ft of water. That was our favorite outing though. SHTF isn't gonna occur when the weather is nice so best to see if you can handle the worst.
💯 agree ty for sharing your experience!
@@jeffdur1330 let's hear your story, from looking at your comments on this channel alone, there isn't much to tell, other than a pathetic, toxic, negative human being
@@jeffdur1330 I feel bad for you
My brother-in-law and I did that 3 yrs ago. We did not check the weather for the time we went. We had everything good for up to 10° below zero. It was on February 15th, and we froze our living butt off! The polar freeze came through it was -27° f with -60° f windchill. We were in a tarp tent. We survived.. don't know how. We kept waking up each other every hour or two to check to see if the other person was still alive. So, the plan went horribly wrong. But, we found what we still needed and what was accessive and didn't need. Great video! Do what he said, people. Grab your gear and test it. Have fun with it. But remember this. Always have a backup plan if it is not working properly. Figure it out and try again. Play it safe till you can't. And, I will see you in the woods! Happy testing!
Good stuff. I'm in Canada and I just keep a general survival kit so if something goes wrong where I am I just want to migrate to another town city or province and be able to start life over again. However I have absolutely zero plans to try and bug out into Canadian wilderness at -30 or -40 degrees Celsius. Unless you are highly skilled you won't survive.
Have an AMAZING Thanksgiving to you and ALL of your amazing subscribers!
thank you
Good kit
I carried a M14 in the Army, great rifle; if you want to reduce some of its weight, replace the wooden stock with a fiberglass one.
My EDC pack is a 5.11 Rush 24, good pack.
I am a disabled veteran, so I can't carry heavy weights. My hobby of bike riding and bikepacking has become my solution for traveling: I added a gardening cart to hawl my kit!
It's not ideal but you can eat the dehydrated style meals without hot water. Also don't necessarily need to use stove to boil the water could just use regular fire or esbit tabs, trioxane, ect. The stove is convenient, but that style (iso fuel) doesn't work as well in really cold temps. I get it your testing, so just throwing some ideas out there.
How well are you doing.Sempi Fi
I have the rush 12,24,72, and the 100. The 100 is by far a better pack to carry. It has more of a beefed up hiking pack type strap and belt system. I honestly wish I had bought it first
FYI Glock has been in the 10mm game for many years = the G20 and G29
Yes I know I have both of them. The M&P is new to 10mm
Where are you located if you don't mind saying ? we must be very close. Probably come right though my area.
We envy you folks.!
I know your like 7 feet tall. 😁 That Rush bag might present some problems. I'm only 6.1 and it's just a tad too short for me. It's still a great bag but I went with an internal frame backpacking pack.
Good to know I’ll see how it turns out.
Could be I just have a long torso. Great bags though. The Rush12 is my EDC bag. Look forward to watching your trip and what your findings are. Have a great Thanksgiving.
I have the identical bag in black as a survival pack in my semi, but because I am looking at possibly 6 to 14 days in order to get home from where I might be at the moment with my work, I'm thinking of upgrading that survival bag to the rush 100 and using my rush 72 2.0 as a dedicated bag in my pickup
@@branthodson6848 the only thing I don't like about the Rush100 is the waist strap, its a poor design in my opinion. They use a 1 inch buckle and two 1 inch straps where the 72 uses a beefy 2 inch buckle and 2 inch straps. Put the 72 waist strap in the 100 and I would buy it.
Mine get heaver every year !
The bug out bag concept is backwards thinking 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Agreed, stay put and fight til the end
Katrina, 911, Hurricanes,Wild fires. It’s not always about zombies . Ty
If you are physically up for carrying that much weight, more power to you. If it were me, my total load would not exceed 40 lb.
A winter rated sleeping bag is 7 lbs , add water food, shelter, dry clothes, nav, and security and a bag to carry it any your way past 40 lbs. If you have a video up on your bag please link it. Thanks for watching.
As a hunter and a prepper, I would be pretty upset if some Jacka$$ came out to the woods during the middle of the rut and just starts popping off a ton of .308
I suggest you hike in 10+ miles from the nearest vehicle access and set up camp.
Good chest rig, but ditch that pack. You will want to throw it in trash after your first ruck anyway so don't take my word for it.
I hunt and prep on private land with permission. I don’t intend to pop off rounds at all. I’m Zeroing the rifle at the range. The gear is for weight testing and fitment. Ty
@@3RiversSurvival understood. When you mentioned wearing orange it led me to believe that it was public land, national forest ect..
As for the gear testing I was just expressing my experiences as I own the rig and the older version of the rush bag. I bought the bag in black as it was intended for am urban environment and with just 35lbs it was worse than just about any bag I've ever used. The weight couldn't get distributed right without the straps getting in the way, would not adjust easily on the transitions, and it would not keep tight meaning it likes to "swing" and flop if that makes sense. VERY uncomfortable pack.
I too have the Rush 72 in OD Green and anything over 25lbs and it kills your shoulders. I switched to the USMC ILBE Main Pack for the same cost but designed for hauling weight comfortably. I have went out for days at a time for years with it and no complaints about the ILBE, my long term loadout is around 60lbs but I have tested it with up to 80lbs and it's very comfortable even at that weight, you're just a bit top heavy.