I think it is common knowledge that I configure Kits for particular purposes and the bags stay configured. Not always constant but normally add water and snack and go. Hunting, work, overnight, grab & go, etc. Today’s Kit is a reworking of my Bushcraft Kit. This separate build started a year ago when I was getting ready to take our grandchild, G-Man, to a local survival course. They had a very specific list of materials and I purchased two sets of everything, for multiple reasons, but mostly so I knew exactly what he had. He was told he could not bring any NEW equipment to training. We ended up attending two of their courses last year and are looking at two this year. For me, this kit buildout has been in multiple packs, the original 5.11 pack just not cutting it. I switched over to an LL Bean Continental Weekender temporarily. I picked up the OneTigris Wild Rocket 45L pack used with the sole purpose of returning theWeekender to its overnight duties. I also wanted to add an insulation component to the kit. I had a SRO Foresters Quilt that was just treading water so it got conscripted. In this flat layout, there are two cooking options, one of which gets packed: canteen set and pot, and the cold steel shovel and the hatchet. Although the both ride well on each side. This pack also has redundant shelter components with the SRO survival tarp and the poncho. The poncho poles area bit of a luxury, but the stakes and rope kit work with both options. The first aid component is strong with a hard shell first aid kit and a trauma kit which includes a pair of TQs. The compass in the navigation kit is from their list, I have not really put it through its phases.I have a Suunto MC2 I reserve to add as needed. The whole setup with emergency bars, two kind bars, and one-liter of water comes at 26.6#. One goal this week was to start rucking again so this pack, as weighed, went two miles in one hour, ten minutes, in boots, partial trail and partial cross country. Not a lightning start but a start.

For me. Living in the woods, with a small cabin no outside lights. I would say I use my headlight every day. And the same goes for camping and training. If you think about it. You use the headlight every day

Best ferro rod in my opinion Strike force is the best in my opinion. It’s easy to hold which makes it easy for kids to learn. For me tho. The ferro rod its self has a handle on it. With one arm you can step on the handle and scrape the rod with your hand. Plus if had this thing 20 plus years. I’ve used it in every season and weather element you can think of. It’s never let me down. This is a video of me using ferro rods with one arm https://youtube.com/shorts/vzgz8P2mn0s?si=iHWZSugxVcFkY1Xe

Battery dies at 1700. Overcast. Mixed hardwood forest. You have 90 minutes of daylight. What are your first three priorities — in order — and why?

Training Primer: Using some seasoned birch with bark on, to complete a one stick fire from ignition to boil. Using either a Bic Lighter and fire disk, or a windproof match, prepare tinder by carving curls and scraping the wood, to make kindling by finely batoning pieces of wood, and fueling the Migizi Wanderer Stove. Without using any Fatwood, which is my favorite crutch, or spruce kindling, my second favorite crutch, boil water in a small pot. I will probably start the exercise by setting up an unsupported survival shelter. Although this is my exercise, does anyone want to join me? What substitutions would you make? What am I overlooking in my planning? Invite any takers!