Dropy
03-27-2013, 02:45 PM
Been thinking about ways a lone survivor or small group can have some added security to beef up there situation. I know...get more people. And I agree. But lets look at it from the standpoint I mentioned at the beginning for now.
I like a couple dogs. Or even just one dog. Dog sleeps light and can hear, se and smell better than we can. Dog can carry a pack or pull a cart if it is large enough. DOg can also be solid defense if trained properly. Downside is dog requires food and water, but that isn't terribly expensive to be honest. Dog also requires medical care just as humans do, again this can be inexpensive when compared to humans.
Another option that has been on my mind is those cheap window/door security alarms that run on a battery. You can easily carry a dozen of them in a BOB and set them up around your camp on a trip cord to set them off. The alarms are basically 2 piece and when the 2 pieces are separate they make a loud squeely noise. A few feet of light weight line to use as the trip wire and a few of these can be a life saver.
A lot of defensive measures require some stout line to use. High test fishing line is best IMHO. You can always retrieve it if you have time.
A few cans stacked on each other with some line around the bottom set up trip wire style can make enough noise to warn you. And empty metal cans or beer/pop/food cans can be easy to find almost any where. ANY Glass works well here also.
So you cant find cans? How about anything that can be stood up and tipped over? Like a piece of 2x4 wood. Say you find a piece 4 feet long. You stand it on end against something like a tree or wall. Under it where it is to fall you make sure there is a solid surface or something that it can make noise on so that when it falls it makes a noise you can hear. Tie your trip wire to it so that the wire pulls it TOWARDS the noise maker. Simple really.
Think outside the box, stay outside the pinebox!
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Oooo I forgot about my bearbells that I keep on my camera bag. A couple of bells hung up and tied to a trip wire also works well. When your on the move just wrap in a piece of cloth and bury them in ur bag to quiet them down.
I like a couple dogs. Or even just one dog. Dog sleeps light and can hear, se and smell better than we can. Dog can carry a pack or pull a cart if it is large enough. DOg can also be solid defense if trained properly. Downside is dog requires food and water, but that isn't terribly expensive to be honest. Dog also requires medical care just as humans do, again this can be inexpensive when compared to humans.
Another option that has been on my mind is those cheap window/door security alarms that run on a battery. You can easily carry a dozen of them in a BOB and set them up around your camp on a trip cord to set them off. The alarms are basically 2 piece and when the 2 pieces are separate they make a loud squeely noise. A few feet of light weight line to use as the trip wire and a few of these can be a life saver.
A lot of defensive measures require some stout line to use. High test fishing line is best IMHO. You can always retrieve it if you have time.
A few cans stacked on each other with some line around the bottom set up trip wire style can make enough noise to warn you. And empty metal cans or beer/pop/food cans can be easy to find almost any where. ANY Glass works well here also.
So you cant find cans? How about anything that can be stood up and tipped over? Like a piece of 2x4 wood. Say you find a piece 4 feet long. You stand it on end against something like a tree or wall. Under it where it is to fall you make sure there is a solid surface or something that it can make noise on so that when it falls it makes a noise you can hear. Tie your trip wire to it so that the wire pulls it TOWARDS the noise maker. Simple really.
Think outside the box, stay outside the pinebox!
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Oooo I forgot about my bearbells that I keep on my camera bag. A couple of bells hung up and tied to a trip wire also works well. When your on the move just wrap in a piece of cloth and bury them in ur bag to quiet them down.