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Supply List & Lessons Learned from an Alaskan Trapper
Below is a reprint of an article posted by James W.
Rawles on www.Survivalblog.com detailing a letter he
received from a friend who was living for several
winters in the Alaska Wilderness.
I took
the liberty of summarizing his "lessons learned" from
his experience but also have copied the entire letter to
give you a context of how and why he learned these
lessons as well as to give you a "feel" for what living
in the wilderness would be like. Remember the
lessons and enjoy the reading.
Lessons
Learned...
Lesson # 1: If you count on food to be there when
you need it, have had your food
stored in a very secure way or you may go hungry.
Lesson # 2: Make your egress plans ahead of time
on a topo map and have at least 2 good contingency
plans.
Lesson # 3: Birch bark, snowballs or small pine
cones work but make a very poor substitute for toilet
paper. Also make your toilet seat for the outhouse out
of hard blue Styrofoam for winter will make using the
outhouse less of a pain in the butt.
Lesson # 4: Pac boots (preferably Mukluks)
with 2 sets of liners or bunny boots (or better yet
Tingley rubber boots) are must have items for cold
environments.
Lesson # 5: A .22 rifle or pistol is a must have
item.
Lesson # 7: Make sure you have a source of
Vitamin C. The breakfast drink TANG is convenient to
have
Lesson # 8: If you bring a rifle into a warm
cabin from a below freezing environment it will
condensate, this promotes corrosion in addition the
moisture in the bolt may be frozen the next time you are
outside in the cold. Lease it outside unless you are
going to clean it.
Lesson # 9: Being able to at least hear what is
going on in the outside world (i.e. a radio)
helps your mental attitude a lot. Get a radio that has
AM, FM, Weather and Short Wave Bands. Ideally it should
also have solar, crank and AA battery power options.
Lesson #10: Tape (electrical tape of a condom)
the muzzle of your rifle to keep snow out of the barrel
when you take the invariable header into the snow.
Lesson #11: Cross country skis are no substitute
for snow shoes.
Lesson #12: In a cold winter climate Use no oil
in the bolt or trigger assembly of your rifle as it may
freeze.
Lesson #13: Any out let or inlet of a frozen lake
may have thin ice (even at -27oF) also
a warm spring or other things (like ice near the
shoreline) can cause thin ice.
Lesson #14: have the kindling and all the fixings
of a fire ready any time you leave your cabin.
Lesson #15: Moose are dangerous, especially late
winter
Lesson #16: Grizzly bears and black bears do not
truly hibernate and may be out of the den during any
month of the year.
Lesson #17: Select holsters that will allow you
to comfortably carry your hand gun with you at all times
and will protect the weapon from the elements. Getting
your hand gun into your hand fast is of no use if it
will not fire when you need it.
Lesson #18: (Added by www.SurvivalSchool.com)
If you are serious about being prepared you will
continue to read this rather long article to get a good
feel for what it will be like in the wilderness for 6
months.
Complete letter below -
Letter Re: Grub and Gear--Lessons Learned
from an Alaskan Trapper
James,
Going through some old gear last month, I found my food
supply lists and notes from 1976-79. I thought the old
list might be of interest and the lessons I learned
during the first three years in the remote Alaska bush
may be helpful to a few of your readers. I do not
recommend Alaska for a "get out of Dodge" retreat but
the lessons I learned the hard way may be helpful to any
one in a cold climate.
I grew up in California listing to stories from my
grandfather about Alaska and the Yukon. When I graduated
from high school my grandfather gave me his remote
trapping cabin in Alaska. At 18 I had a lot to learn and
discovered many things the hard way. I was lucky to
survive the first year.
When I got to Alaska I met my Grandfather’s old trapping
partner. He told me that the cabin was fully stocked
with everything including food. Enough food and supplies
for at least one winter. When I started asking him
questions on how to trap he told me “sonny I have not
got the time to teach you and since you don’t have to
build the cabin you will have time to figure it out. He
added half under his breath” providing you do not fall
through the ice or freeze to death. He also said
something to the effect that if he had not owed my
grandfather a favor he would never give his ½ of the
cabin to a long haired hippy kid from California. I had
to promise the old Sourdough that I would have all of
his traps flown back to town at the end of the trapping
season or buy the traps from him.
My first winter was a disaster.
Before this the longest I had been in the wilderness was
a 23 day Outward Bound survival class that I attended
the year before and I had never spent a winter in a cold
environment.
To get to the trapping cabin it was at least a two week
walk from the end of closest dirt road or a 1:20 hour
flight in a bush plane. The cheapest way to fly to the
cabin was in a Piper PA-18 Super Cub on tundra tires.
The pilot told me he could carry 1 passenger and 200 lbs
of supplies or a total of 400 pounds of supplies and no
passenger.
When the pilot dropped me off he told me “If I am in the
area I will check on you” He did not have any charters
that way so he did not check on me that winter.
I got out of the plane with a full back pack of gear, a
duffel bag of supplies and a 30-06 rifle. I had to walk
a few miles to the cabin. I left the duffel bag in a
tree to retrieve later. With a full back pack and my
rifle I walked as fast as I could to the cabin. I was
excited to see “My cabin” at last. What a shock I had
when I saw the cabin! The old Trapper had lived many
winters in the cabin and told me it was built strong.
What I found was a small log shack with a dirt floor and
sod roof. In the cabin a wood stove, a hand built bed
frame and table. A old bed mattress suspended by wire
from the rafters. There were traps, snow shoes, ax, bow
saw, one man cross cut saw, files, a lantern and the
other basics that are needed to survive the Alaska
winter as a trapper. The trapper had not been to the
cabin for four years. At least 60% of the food supply
that I was counting on had been eaten by rodents or had
spoiled.
First lesson learned! If you count on food to be there
when you need it, You better have had your food stored
in a very secure way or you may go hungry. Theft is also
something to be considered in today’s society and in
"collapse of society scenario", losing your food cache
would be disastrous
Most people think it must have been boring spending 4 ½
months alone in a cabin. The reality is I was too busy
just trying to cut enough wood to stay warm and skin the
marten, fox or wolf that I trapped or shot. I was cold,
hungry and exhausted most of the time. I never had the
time to get board. Being a green horn at trapping I only
averaged 1 animal a week and it was usually shot instead
of trapped.
The first winter at the cabin.
As soon as I walked into the cabin I I knew I was in
trouble. I did not have the 4-to-5 month supply of food
I needed. I had a topo map of the trapping area only but
did not have the maps to get me back to the road or
town, Second lesson! Make your Egress plans ahead of
time and have at least 2 good contingency plans.
Thankfully in the cabin there were two steel drums with
snap ring lids that were full of dry goods and on the
shelves were some cans of dried goods that were also
still good. The following list is what was still edible
in the cabin as best as I can remember
My first list...
50 lbs Bisquick
50 lbs Beans
25 lbs Rice
10 Lbs Lentils
20 lbs Oatmeal
10 lbs Coffee
2 lbs black pepper
10 lbs Crisco
4 lbs Honey
25 lbs salt
The supplies along with a young moose I shot did keep me
alive but it was no fun. I had youth and enthusiasm on
my side and knew the situation was temporary. I decided
to just make it a challenge and kind of live some of my
grandfather's stories first hand for myself. I had in my
pack 1 roll of toilet paper but there was none at the
cabin
Third Lesson! Birch bark, snow or small pine cones work
but make a very poor substitute for toilet paper. I also
learned later that winter that at -40 your butt will
freeze to a wood toilet seat in the outhouse. Make a
toilet seat for the outhouse out of hard blue Styrofoam
for winter will make using the outhouse less of a pain
in the butt.
As fall quickly turned to winter the lake next to the
cabin froze and the temp continued to drop. The high
quality mountaineering boots I had used in the high
Sierra mountains of California and Nevada were not
anywhere near warm enough and did not have removable
liners so the boots were hard to dry.
Forth lesson Pac boots with 2 sets of liners or bunny
boots are must have items for cold environments.
Many times during the winter I could have shot Grouse or
Ptarmigan If I had a 22 pistol. That would have added
much wanted variety to the menu. The other problem I
learned is if you get a wolf or wolverine in one of your
traps a 30-06 blows too big a hole in the hide and
destroys most of the value of the fur.
Fifth Lesson! a .22 rifle or pistol is a must have item.
After 2 months my clothes were in bad shape. Most Light
weight high tech clothing used for backpacking or
mountaineering is not designed for day to day hard use
and does not hold up to rigors outdoor work for the long
haul. High quality wool clothing does a lot better over
the long haul and is not susceptible to melting next to
a fire like nylon is. Yes wool is heavy and takes longer
to dry but in my opinion for working in the woods wool
is the way to go.
Sixth lesson ! clothing made for loggers, Surveyors and
commercial fisherman may be heavy but it last a lot
better than sporting gear. Filson is the best.
My diet was boring and I was always hungry after two
months. I started getting sick and my teeth seemed to be
getting loose. It finally dawned on me that I had no
intake of Vitamin C. I may have had Scurvy. Remembering
something I learned from my grandfather I started eating
rose hips that were dried and still hanging on a few
bushes near the cabin. Thankfully we did not have deep
snows that year so I could find a few rose hips. I was
lucky! Seventh Lesson! make sure you have a source of
Vitamin C.
Every time I took my rifle inside the warm cabin it
would condensate and the rifle would get wet.
Eighth Lesson If you bring a rifle into a warm cabin
from a below freezing environment it will condensate,
this promotes corrosion in addition the moisture in the
bolt may be frozen the next time you are outside in the
cold. If you do bring a weapon in from the cold strip it
down, dry it and clean it. I left my rifle outside next
to the door for most of the winter and only brought it
in to clean. This would not work in an "every man for
himself" so other tactics will have to be developed.
One morning there was a small earth quake that got me to
thinking of my family and the outside world. Started
felling very alone. Starting thinking what if the
Russians had dropped “the bomb” I would not know it.
Lesson #9! Being able to at least hear what is going on
in the outside world helps your mental attitude a lot. A
radio to listen to the news was smoothing I longed for.
Snow shoes are easy to use and most anyone will figure
them out quickly. When you are working on snow shoes you
will fall now and then. Lesson # 10 tape the muzzle of
your rifle to keep snow out of the barrel when you take
the invariable header into the snow. I use electrical
tape or put a condom over the muzzle of all my rifles in
the field to keep everything out of the barrel. It will
not affect accuracy unless you are shooting over 300
yards.
The winter was full of hardship and big education. I did
enjoy it but given a choice I would not want to repeat
that Winter. In the spring I sold my furs in Anchorage.
The fur buyer could tell I had never trapped before as
the way I had prepared the pelts was poor at best. I got
.20 cents on the dollar for my pelts and I think that
was generous on the part of the fur buyer. 4-½ months of
hard work and after paying the bush pilot along with the
money I still owed the trapper I would have less than
$100. The trapper met me at the fur buyer after paying
him for his traps he was now very friendly and asked me
many questions. He encouraged me to go back for at least
one more winter. He told me to go get a bath and haircut
and meet him at the White Spot cafe down the street in
downtown Anchorage and he would buy me a good meal.
While eating he handed me a the following list
My second list...
90 lbs bisquick
50 lbs Beans
50 lbs Rice
25 lbs Salt
25 lbs Lentils
20 lbs oatmeal
10 lbs Sugar
10 lbs lard
10 lbs powdered milk
10 lbs split peas
10 lbs Tang [freeze-dried orange juice powder]
10 lbs coffee
10 lbs noodles
1 case tomato paste
5 lbs strawberry Jam
4 lbs honey
2 lbs pepper
5 gal White gasoline
4 large boxes wood matches
24 large Plumber's Candles
8 rolls toilet paper
6 lantern mantels
7 Lbs Trapping wire
Gun oil
Trapping lures and scents
This was the list of supplies that the trapper had the
pilot bring to the cabin each spring when the plane came
to pick him up. This filled what would have otherwise
been an empty plane. In early April the lake next to the
cabin was still frozen so the plane would land on skis
and taxi next to the cabin. The pilot and trapper would
put the supplies into the cabin then the pilot flew the
trapper back to town.
The Trapper then informed me that he had purchased the
supplies for me and was having them flown to the cabin
along with 2 more steel drums to safely store the
supplies in.
The "Rifle and a Backpack" Myth
I often get a chuckle from people that think they can
fill a back pack and head into the woods and survive
long term with what is in a back pack. Until recently I
spent most of my life guiding in Alaska and in Africa. I
spent an average 110 days a year living out of a back
pack under a tarp or in a pup tent, and another 180 days
each year living in a remote cabins without electricity
or running water.
In an uninhabited game rich environment with a rifle and
only a back pack of gear I could survive for a period of
time. How long could I survive? I do not know as there
are too many variables.
What I do know is in the case of a collapse of society
where many people would be fleeing the cities and
overcrowding the wild places looking for food I could
not survive trying to live off the land with only a back
pack full of gear. There will simply not be the
recourses available. If a skilled person had no ethics
they could take to stealing, looting, probably
murder/cannibalism they might make it long term starting
with only a back pack full of gear. For me and my family
I believe in preparing now and stocking up while food
and supplies are available and reasonably priced.
In the early 1980s I bought a lot of my supplies from a
sporting goods/gun store in Anchorage. The store
maintained an excellent inventory for hunters, trappers
or survivalists. The store manager could talk the talk
on both survival and hunting. One fall he hired me to
take him on a 14-day bow hunting trip into the Alaska
bush and film the adventure. He also hired a young guy
that had just moved to Alaska from Georgia to help carry
camera gear. I was concerned regarding the greenhorn
from Georgia and even more concerned when I saw his
marginal gear. The Georgia greenhorn however did fine
and was a huge help on the trip. The trip however was a
complete failure. The store manager had every neat
gadget I had ever seen and many that I had never heard
of. His pack was too full to carry any of the food or
camera gear. He was out of shape and his pack was also
too heavy for him to comfortably carry. After the float
plane dropped us off on a high mountain lake we planned
to walk for a week to my cabin hunting Dall Sheep on the
way. Then at the Cabin we planned to hunt Moose and
Grizzly. During the first 2 days the store manager left
a lot of gadgets and some much needed gear on the trail
to lighten his pack. I was stunned as I thought this guy
knew his stuff but he was totally bewildered on how to
apply his knowledge or gear in the field. One of the
things I still clearly remember is he actually dumped
all of his extra socks and his rain gear at the first
nights camp. Leaving that gear behind cost him dearly.
The Greenhorn from Georgia was a farm kid and was able
to adapt to the Alaska bush even with his marginal gear
and lack of knowledge of the Alaska bush. The store
manager never made a single stalk on any animal as it
became a challenge to just get the store manager to the
cabin. By the time we got him to the cabin his feet were
so badly blistered he could hardly walk and could not
even carry his own pack or bow. This rambling story
actually has a point. I had heard the store manager tell
many people before our trip that with his properly
equipped backpack he could easily survive in the bush
indefinitely. My grandfather use to say: "Ignorance is
bliss but it will not put food on the table."
My Second Winter
I still had a lot to learn but this winter was a lot
better. First thing when I arrived at the cabin was to
see that the supplies were all there and in fine shape.
I also had topo maps and now knew 3 different routes to
get back to civilization. It was at least a 2 week walk
but I at least knew the routes to get there.
In an "end of the world as we know it" situation if you
are at your retreat in the winter you will probably also
get into a routine. That could be both good and bad.
Think security and mix the times up so ambush is harder
for the goons to set up.
Winter set in, an in my second winter in the cabin, it
did not take long to get into my routine. Every day
starts the same. At approximately 6:00 A.M. The alarm
clock goes off. What I mean the stove has only a few
coals left and the cabin is freezing so I have to get up
and stoke the fire. Then step outside into the extreme
cold. Cut a log into rounds and this is done in the
dark. Then go down to the lake still in the dark
(batteries for the flashlight are too precious to waste
and so is gas for the lantern) carefully chip the ice
around each of five fishing lines with a hatchet. Pull
up the hook hoping for a burbut (fresh water ling cod)
reset the bait, haul water back to the cabin. If I had
not caught a fish for breakfast then on the meat pole
next to the cabin I used the saw and cut off a frozen
chunk of caribou. Still dark and I am cold, step into
the cabin warm up my frozen hands, dry my gloves and
cook breakfast on the wood stove. Then put the dutch-oven
with beans, lentils or rice on the wood stove to
rehydrate while I am gone for the day. Pack my lunch:
two pancakes with a slab of cooked caribou meat in the
middle, also put one tablespoon of tang into my
insulated water bottle then fill it with hot water from
the pot on the stove. Warm tang makes a nice mid morning
warm up on the trail and is a source of Vitamin C.
As it is just starting to get light strap on the snow
shoes and head out pulling the sled. If it has not
snowed I can walk on top of the packed trail with the
snow shoes on the sled.
The day is spent dragging the sled checking and
resetting traps while constantly looking for a wolf, fox
or wolverine to shoot. During each day I must also find
a dry standing dead spruce tree to cut down and limb
with the ax then using the sled haul it back to the
cabin. Must always be on my main trail with everything
tied onto the sled before it is completely dark. Days
are short: the mid-winter sun is only up for 4 ½ hrs. I
used my flashlight is only for emergencies.
Following a packed trail is easy in the dark just
remember to get behind the sled on any downhill or the
sled will hit you in the back of your legs and could
break a snowshoe or your leg. Usually get back to the
cabin long after dark.
Lesson # 11 Cross country skis are no substitute for
snow shoes.
The snow shoes at the cabin were old and on the last
legs of useful life. Instead of bringing a new set of
snow shoes I had purchased a new set of back country
cross country skis to the cabin. I thought I would use
the snow shoes as a backup. Learned that skis are not as
good to work on as snow shoes for doing chores or
trapping. Skis have a place and can save time but are
not a replacement for snow shoes. In snow country snow
shoes are essential and skis are a nice luxury.
Each night when I finally arrive at the cabin I am tired
and hungry. First thing is to start the fire then fix
dinner. After dinner if I was lucky that day I can light
the lantern and skin whatever I had trapped or shot
after it has thawed. 9:15 PM is the highlight of the
day! I get to listen to the AM radio for 45 minutes.
Lesson #8 and had brought a radio this time. Always
hoping Caribou Clatters has a message for me from my
family. Allow myself 45 minutes to read by lantern or
candle light. 11:00 PM re-stoke the fire and collapse on
the bed. The radio, dinner and sleep are the reward of a
day’s hard work. Around 2:30 AM the fire has burned to
just a few coals and I get cold, get up put more wood on
and go back to sleep. The next thing I know it is 6:00
AM the fire has burned to just a few coals and it is
freezing in the cabin and the day starts all over again.
Lesson #12 In a cold winter climate Use no oil in the
bolt or trigger assembly of your rifle as it may freeze.
I tried to shoot at a wolf (a wolf hide was then worth
$450) when I pulled the trigger on my rifle it only went
click. The firing pin would not strike the primer with
enough force to set off the primer. After the second try
and another click the wolf ran off and out of range.
That was only an expensive lesson. In a real "life and
death" situation it could have been some one shooting at
me and I would have had a useless rifle.
On my daily trips to check the fishing lines and get
water I knew the ice was 28” thick and still getting
thicker each week. A December day the temp was -27 F and
I was crossing the outlet end of a small lake to check
out some tracks. Not worrying as I thought the ice was
28” thick everywhere I fell through the ice and found
myself waist deep in water. This was two miles from my
cabin It was all I could do to make it to the cabin.
Lesson #13 any out let or inlet of a frozen lake may
have thin ice also a warm spring or other things can
cause thin ice. The fire was out in my stove and no
coals were left. I had a very hard time getting a fire
started and as a last resort used white gas and almost
burned down the cabin.
Lesson #14 have the kindling and all the fixings of a
fire ready any time you leave your cabin. You never know
when someone may be at the end of their strength and
need to get a fire going.
One evening in early January I returned to the cabin to
find a note and care package on the table from the bush
pilot. The pilot had brought me a bag of oranges, a
fruit cake and a newspaper. He also left three letters
from my family. It was if I had won the lottery
As the snow got deeper during the winter I started
finding that many animals liked to use my packed trail.
I learned never underestimate the danger of a moose
particularly in the winter if they are on a packed trail
they may charge you instead of going into deep snow. I
had a cow moose chase me up a tree then stomp my on sled
and break one of my snow shoes.
Lesson #15 Moose are dangerous, especially late winter
In early February I came across Grizzly tracks in the
snow. I was shocked as I thought that bears would be in
the den all winter. I followed the tracks and found the
bear had made a moose kill.
Lesson # 16 Grizzly bears and black bears do not truly
hibernate and may be out of the den during any month of
the year. Over the years I learned if a bear is away
from his den in the winter it will be hungry and grumpy.
As a kid I loved watching western movies. It seemed to
me cowboys wore their handgun in a low slung fast draw
holster and I thought that was cool. The western style
fast draw holsters I tried in the bush were useless. I
now see that some law enforcement and military teams are
using a thigh mounted holster. I am not disputing the
tactical points of that method but if you are working in
the woods you will occasionally fall into snow or mud.
That is when you want your hand gun in a full flap
holster or in a normal holster worn under the last layer
of clothing. Getting your hand gun into your hand fast
is of no use if it will not fire when you need it.
Lesson #18 Select holsters that will allow you to
comfortably carry your hand gun with you at all times
and will protect the weapon from the elements. I have
tried over 40 different holsters and method of carrying
my handgun. I strongly suggest you experiment now on how
to carry your own handgun. Find something that works for
you. I presently use three different holsters:
A holster that I use to carry concealed when I am in a
city environment.
A holster when I am working in the bush.
A holster when I am flying float planes.
In March, the bush pilot landed on the frozen lake with
400 lbs of supplies. He helped me put the food into the
steel drums for the next trapping season then flew me
back to town.
I had spent 160 days alone in the bush trapping. I sold
my furs to the fur buyer in Anchorage. After paying the
bush pilot for the supplies and flights to the cabin and
back I had cleared $2,700.
I learned a lot that winter and over the years refined
the old trappers list to keep me well fed and a lot
happier.
A More Complete Supply List
After my experiences the first two winters, I composed
the following list. This is for one man for five to six
months. It was refined for my personal taste and needs
in the Alaska bush. The old trapper that I got my first
list from made do with a lot less than what I took. This
list is tried and true and not a just theory that
someone made up. I had around 200 traps and ran the line
on snowshoes, foot and skis. Cut my firewood by hand (no
chain saw) and hauled my water from the lake in buckets.
It was hard work 12-15 hours a day 7 days a week and I
burned a lot of calories. Using the following list I ate
well and always had plenty of supplies left in the
spring:
My ideal supply list...
50 lbs Flour
50 lbs Bisquick
25 lbs Pancake mix
35 lbs Sugar
50 lbs Pinto Beans
25 lbs Rice
40 lbs Salt pork
25 lbs Salt
10 lbs Dried prunes
10 lbs Raisons
10 lbs Dried apricots
10 lbs Dried apples
10 lbs Dried peaches
25 lbs Oatmeal
10 lbs Honey
2 cases Tomato paste
25 lbs powdered milk
15 lbs [canned] Butter
25 lbs Corn meal
25 lbs [canned] Cheese
20 lbs Spaghetti Noodles
10 lbs Crisco
15 lbs Hot cocoa mix
10 lbs Dried eggs
5 lbs Strawberry Jam
3 lbs Apricot Jam
2 boxes Pilot bread
1 gal Maple Syrup
180 Multi vitamins
180 Vitamin C
1 lb [powdered dry] Yeast
180 Tea bags
1 lbs Pepper
1 lbs
Baking soda
8 lbs
Dried onions
1 lb Baking powder
1 lb. Corn starch
24 oz Garlic powder
12 oz Vanilla
2 rolls aluminum foil
1/2 gal Dish soap
5 bars non-scented soap
36 Canning lids (to can meat if we had a winter thaw or
for leftover in the spring)
8 oz Hydrogen peroxide
2 oz Iodine
12 rolls Toilet paper
2 Small sponges
2 Scrub pads
1 roll Duct Tape
4 boxes of wooden Matches
24 Plumber's candles
500 rounds .22 long rifle hollow point ammo
100 .308 ammo 125 grain hollow point varmint ammo
20 rounds .308 ammo 180 grain (for Moose or Caribou )
Trapping license and regulations
Hunting license, moose tags and caribou tags
New snowshoe bindings
1 truck inner tube
3 New hacksaw blades
2 New Ax handles
8 Bow saw blades
36 oz Lanolin
6 Disposable lighters
12 gal White gas [aka Coleman Fuel]
12 Lantern mantels
6 oz. Gun oil
Trapping Lures, urine and musk
10 lbs Trap wax
2 rolls Survey ["flagging"] tape
1 pair Heavy Neoprene trapping gloves
7 lbs Trapping wire( 50% 12 ga and 50% 14 ga)
50 ft Trap Chain #2 and #3
24 Links
24 Swivels
AM Radio with 8 extra 9 volt batteries
8’ New stove pipe for cabin stove
4 Leather awl needles and 50’ waxed thread
Extra shoulder straps for pack frame
Extra hip belt for pack
New lid for fry pan 14”
100’ - 3/8 nylon rope
12x18” glass to replace cracked window
Personal items
1 Wool Jacket
2 Wool pants
2 Work pants
1 Pair insulated Carhartt coveralls
4 Pair work gloves
2 Pair heavy winter over mittens.
Winter trappers hat
1 pair
Pack boots with 2 sets liners
1 pair Bunny Boots
1 Wool sweater
4 pair long sleeved wool shirts
3 pair Wool long john pants
3 pair Wool long john shirts
8 pair Wool socks
8 pair Cotton socks
6 pair Underpants
1 Bible
2 flying ground school books
6 Short sleeve Cotton shirts
Tooth brush
Tooth powder
2 rolls dental floss
Carried or in an external frame pack:
1 .308 rifle
1 22 pistol (Colt Woodsman)
Rain coat
Rain pants
Insolite sleeping pad
Sleeping bag
10x12’ and 4x8’ light nylon tarps
Flashlight
Flashlight batteries
Binoculars, 10x40
Green River skinning knife, caping knife, boning knife.
Small stone, small file and small diamond steel
Compass
Topo maps 1:250,000 scale
2 Candles
Matches in waterproof container
Lighter
Small cook pot with lid
Water bottle
100’ Parachute cord
Small First aid kit with Large suture needles and
suture, in sealed pack
Mini channel locks (Snap-on) used for sutures and other
things
Pack repair kit
¾-length Hand ax. (Estwing)
Small shovel
Bow saw with extra blade
1 pair wool socks
Wire snares
Fish hooks and line
25’ .042” stainless wire
1 lb Dried soup mix
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