When disaster happens, there are 2 options: 1) shelter in place; 2) leave aka bug out. To survive some disasters, like wildfire, flood, chemical spill, etc... you must leave. Always be prepared to stay or go.
In the vast majority of cases, staying put is the best option. Leaving exposes you to a host of dangers, and leaving quickly aka bugging out will leave you even more vulnerable. It should definitely be an option, but it’s almost always not the best one
@@stefenchapman6143 When the tree falls on my house do I have to creep thru the wreckage to get the bag? I’m not saying don’t have it as an available option, I’m just saying that in the majority of cases it’s not the best move
Home as a bug out location is a great primary idea... however, natural disasters can force you out of your home and I feel like that's what BUGOUT bags really are for. A massive forest fire encroaching on my rural home means I need to get my family to a safe place
Everyone's situation is going to be different. Prepare for yours and your families needs. I tend to lean toward Wrangler Star's thoughts on this one. I cannot think of any scenario that would force me to leave my home that would require a bug out bag. I live at the base of the rockies. My home is often threatened with forest fires. We also are told that here in Utah we are due for a very large earthquake. If I needed to leave my home from the threat of fire I'm not going to out run it on foot carrying a bug out bag. I will be jumping into a vehicle after grabbing important documents, photos, and other nonreplaceable items and then heading to a family member's home or a hotel until the situation is under control.
Zombies are being let into the landmass that is the USA, 1,000 per day through the Darién Gap. These are mostly crazed, fighting-age low IQ men. Let that sink in. Our "leaders" are seeking our extermination, one way or another. Be ready. And no, I do not support "bugging out", but it wouldn't be unwise to have a backpack with some short-term survival supplies if you are forced to leave your home temporarily (flood? EQ? EMP?).
@@steelwing7532 same concerns here to be honest, but our economic model needs a growing population apparently. we either ditch the model or have more kids. There's your two choices.
@@vespasian266 I would propose both of those. They won't let us ditch the model unless it was in their favor, and they're doing allllll they can to prevent your later proposal. We are being gaslit beyond all gaslighting gaslights. Abortion, birth control, academia promotes faggotry, etc etc etc etc etc.
The term "bugout bag" or "get home bag" or any number of others is probably better described as an "emergency preparedness" bag. Tailored to how you intend to use it, but the basics tend to be the same regardless of purpose. Food, water, shelter, spare clothes, medicine, money, tools, etc.. I don't do dedicated emergency bags, but I do have a camping bag, which I actually use for camping. Its basically the same thing, and I started keeping it in my car when I travel as it has all the essentials I could need in an emergency. I just restock it whenever I use it. I think the important thing is just having some level of preparedness.
This is very valuable insight. Here in Texas (especially in the rural areas, where we live and thrive) being broken down on the highway is no joke. My wife broke down on the side of the highway at dusk. She was a good 60 miles from the nearest small community. She had flip flops and no supplies. It was a very high risk situation and we’ve learned to prepare “get home bags” for every trip now. I couldn’t imagine adding the gravity of an EMP attack along with being stuck in an urban area. Very scary prospect.,,
I'm in Texas, but Austin, so less rural obviously and even i'm considering a 55 gallon reserve for the truck with a pump, What if I need to get to the Canadian boarder (dual citizenship) somewhere else? Without stopping for gas that might not pump? 10 hrs each direction still in Texas. Not the same as a get home bag on foot but it's the next stage in a plan.
Bug-in is always the first option. I live in an urban area but well protected with good neighbors, a two-year food supply for three people, 1 year water supply, enough firewood to last at least one winter, lots of guns and ammo, and two locations for a bug out situation. You are absolutely correct in your strategy. If I lived in a big city a bug out might be my first and only option.
No you don't. Not if you have friends who can shoot guns. You stay with your resources or you'll find yourself in the middle of nowhere with limited resources. The only thing to get me to leave would be a mile high tsunami.@@SmokeNGunsBBQ
I always thought of a bug out bag as the last option sort of thing. Something you grab if a hurricane is coming and you are right in the middle of where its gonna hit. Or maybe out of control wild fires. Just everything you might need for a week when things are bad. Never thought it would be hey need to survive in the wilderness. Just something to make a rough time a bit more manageable.
Yeah, we live in California where there’s earthquakes and other things like major cities. This guy doesn’t have a clue he lives in the country and I get it but he doesn’t understand while he’s living in an isolated area. he is trying to get home and we are trying to get out! Big difference stay on your own x. Until you have experience living, where we live . What’ dumb is you trying to tell us what’s dumb . Choose your words with grace and people will listen ….
i live in the middle of nowhere my big out bag is my cabin which is offgrid running water and it’s own underwater water wheel year round power no gas, my big out bag is for the 30 mile hike i’ll have of all my machines are broken. 90% of ppl in the western world should be thinking like you very small amount of ppl acc need to worry about the wilderness and i’m a trapper and all so i don’t really worry i’m more then capable. most ppl even with all the right stuff wouldn’t make it either way
When I first started driving my dad told me "Never leave the house wearing anything you aren't prepared to walk home in". I think about that a lot, and I've since turned my trunk into a get-home kit/tough it out where I'm at kit. I got stuck in the snow one time and was very glad I had an extra blanket and an MRE to get me through a few cold hours until help arrived.
I trashed the "bug-out" bag years ago, I have a nice get-home bag in my car... the house is stocked with enough food and supplies to outlast 90% of the people in my area. But the hardest thing I've encountered in my road to preparedness is convincing my wife that all of this is necessary.
I agree with you on the bug out bag. Having an emergency kit to help get you home or provide necessary items if you get stranded or in an emergency is a must have.
About 15 years ago a prepper friend and I went through a detailed analysis of where I could bug out to and what I might need. The result was my first get home bag. I'm 100% with you.
Never put all your eggs in one basket. Proper set up would be a bag in your car that could let u last a week or so. And a bag you can pull from that to get you by 2 days or so (to get home). Then your preparedness at the house. That is ready to throw what u can in a vehicle if the housr becomes too dangerous for whatever reason. And last , if u can have a a second location to store back up bags Of course if youre determined to never leave ur house and even die there then u only need a get home bag designed to move quick
I’m a woman who has a “get home bag” and I also have boots that I can hike in. These reside in my trunk at all time. I do live in the rainy PNW and I hope I have everything I need. I check it every six months to make sure I change for the seasons. I’m NOT one of those “damsels in distress” types.
Good to hear! I agree with everything you've said! I need to know me, and mine can get back to the rest of your family. I guess it sorta doubles as a bugout bag because we might need to go to another one of our family's home.
So also living In the PNW here’s what I noticed with hunting buddies. Everyone might have fire starter. But to start what? I carry kindling. Take about 5 or 6 small pieces of pitchy wood, split them down and double bag em. I probably go through 10 bags a year because my friends can’t start a fire in the rain without accelerants. Who Carrie’s gas in a get home bag 100 miles from Your car. Is it crazy to carry kindling? Yes. Has it worked 10 Plus times a year for 25 or more years for me, yes. Anyways, my two cents. Fire starters are great. But to start “what?” In our rainy area
As an older father with three children under 7 bugging out is no longer really an option for me. So what I did was buy a farm that is geographically and topographically perfect to defend. I understand completely what you're saying. We are in the early stages but we have everything we need and in time will be even more fortified. I understand exactly where you're coming from. Our thought processes generally align.
My thinking to. Own land near resources and have things that dont need electricity. Theres a reason my mom swore by wood fire stoves when growing up. Theres a reason my great grandpa had a farm by a creek. Theres a reason my dad and I made a root cellar. And why my grandpa lived no more than 10 minutes walking from the woods. They needed those resources for food and water and it lasts.
I agree entirely, when I started prepping and I looked at how much food it would take to sustain myself for a few months I realized I can barely fit it in a car. Bug out plans often just prepare you to be a refuge somewhere else. Real prepping requires a fixed location with at least a year of food.
staying in any one place has many associated risks. especially during natural disasters. not all situations have to be ‘societal collapse’ level threats.
I use to pipeline cross country, a get home bag was always in my truck after i was bit by the bugout bag bug. I tried to carry enough to attempt to traverse 800-1000 miles which was usually half way to home. Reading and listening to post apocalyptic books gives some good advice and thought beyond what should be in a bag.
Landscape plays a SIGNIFICANT role in this...in some instances, like mine here in the Colorado Rockies, having a get home bag is replaced by an entrench in place bag. Living at 9000 feet you have to be able to live through situations that those in most other parts of the country have no idea about (sudden snowstorms that dump over a foot and a half of snow in an hour, bears, cougars, moose, etc.). The fact that I often come across people that don't even have a flashlight, basic tools, or even jumper cables up here is both mind boggling and sad - I don't know if it from 20+ years in the Army or what, but I've always had the mindset that people that don't go into things prepared are either ignorant and/or naive (which is easily remedied) or just plain stupid and oblivious. In winter, I like having at least one full change of clothing with extra socks / underwear, a way of melting water (no shortage of fresh snow, so water and a way of purification are unnecessary), a blanket, the basics listed above (vehicle tools as well as a hammer, hatchet, and shovel) and a couple days worth of MRE's.
Visiting Colorado a bunch, the volume of high income earners and anyone else in the normalcy bias group is amazing. That’s probably anywhere but seeing Colorado explode with High end homes in the wilderness and then complaining about how hard it is to get services to take care of them is mind boggling
@@dougeisenhard6816 not complaining; I moved here knowing it...and actually prefer it. Not having all of the conveniences keeps it clean and safe from the masses.
They probably aren't stupid just unaware of how brutal the Rockies weather and terrain can be. Moved here in 96 from Wisconsin. I learned everything the hard way riding dirt bikes in the mountains. Moab is worse.
Agreed... "Bug Out Bags" are a bag of gear and/or tools designed to get you to a "Safe Haven". For you and I, that is our homes. For some of my friends it is a bag to get them to a rally point. It all has to do with perspective and your mission.
My bugout bags are not to leave my home and live in the woods, for me its a travel bag with essentials to travel to a better location than I live with even more resources than what I have here, my only big issue is travel, we all know gas might be scarce and roadways may be dangerous...so my home is a backup plan if getting to my other location is not easily done...my bugout bags have changed dramatically over the years it snot to live out of like it use to be its more to move lots of stuff quickly to my vehicle as to not waste time...and there's a reason I dont make videos on it lol id rather not want people to know whats really in there...
bug out bag is useful for running from a natural disaster, or perhaps the law, or just going to help a friend. but as someone currently in an apartment I would stay put even in the silly shtf scenario most preppers imaging where all society breaks down into tribal warfare overnight. I have food and supplies here, for longer term food I can consider planting seeds as well as hunting and trapping. I wouldn't be picky, I would eat whatever I kill.
I built all the drivers in my family a Get-home Bag for Christmas. Made them myself with a medical kit, tire pressure gauge, Pancho, protein bar, jumper pack, light, etc. Home is your safest place 95% of the time. Get home.
Get home bags never really made sense to me. If you really want to get home you'd keep a bicycle in your vehicle and a gallon of water.Thats literally the most logical thing you need to get home quickly and efficiently. You can bike 50 miles in a day with only drinking water. Thats all you need. You don't even need a bag!
Agree with you totally. Being former special forces, I have always realized this. THE BEST OPTION (nearly always) is to stay in place. You control more variables when you do. If you don't, almost all the variables are out of your control. The whole intent and purpose of a BOB is for the worst case option - you gotta run. And in fact, the BOB is the worst of the worst case options because it means you are primarily doing it "on foot". For people who live in dense metro areas, the #1 option (stay in place) maybe a tenuous option so having a BOP (bug out plan) is a must. For those of us who have rural, prepped locals it is not the case and in fact leaving such should be a "third mongolian horde has overrun it" only scenario (or flooded, or earthquaked into oblivion, etc). But a BOP should progress from (best to worse) Bug out shelter (prepped RV, Truck with camper, etc) -> Bug out motorized vehicle + kit -> Bug out bike + kit -> Bug out bag -> EDC+ -> EDC... Because you want to bug out with the best option of survival and as you can note, on foot is on the lower end.
@@somethingsomethingusername802 Since I don't know you from adam you must think I am dipsh1t to ask me that question. I will tell you that Uwharrie is my favorite place to hunt... :)
I agree that you should make your home as good as possible. But if there is a forest fire, you will still need to leave. And it will help you when you get to your friends house. Mine can in handy to live out of when my wife was in the hospital
A bug-out-bag is simply a tool kit and not meant to literally grab and run off into the mountains with, never to be seen again. No bug--out-bags are not dumb and they have come in handy so many times over the years.
In the southeastern US, Hurricanes require bug out bags if you’re in a trailer or near the coast. If it decides to turn your way, it’s time to go and who knows what you’ll find or where you’ll end up and who you’ll be competing against. Also, first responders are required to have a bug out bags during impending emergencies. Unfortunately they have to abandon their families and they don’t know when they’ll be cut loose or what arrangements will be.
The nuclear engineer in me wants to pontificate: To be clear an EMP attack is a nuclear war! An enemy has to detonate a nuclear weapon in the upper atmosphere to create the energy wave necessary for an EMP. So expect civilization to end when we send our nukes back in the opposite direction with no ability to recall them in the next 30 minutes. The USA will not tolerate an EMP strike, it is a nuclear strike against the USA and all NATO countries will respond with a nuclear 2nd strike. If you want to plan for a solar flare that takes out electronics in a large region that is a different story, but planning for an EMP strike means you really NEED TO PLAN FOR A NUCLEAR WAR.
I advocate strongly for maintaining and keeping in your vehicle a reliable pair of boots. Put a pair of high quality wool socks in each boot and replace the laces with paracord. Also keep a full set of extra high quality outdoor clothing in your vehicle. I vacuum seal items like the clothes to both save space and ensure that the are dry when I need them.
Nutn is not representative anything realistic to most people or households. He has far too much time on his hands so his menas to do these things most likely far exceeds the avergae person's. Like most content creators on this platform, they only let you see what they want you to see. There's way more to Nutn none of us will ever know.
Project farm is one of the best for reviews and seeing what is great. We have some bug out bins. Things to be able to toss into the truck / car if needed to get away from the home area. As we don't have acres of land but it's more for if we need to leave the area itself.
Great video and I totally agree, not a bugout bag, but a get home bag! I carry one in my truck, just like you said if you have to get home, only what you need to get you home. How long will it take you, and carry the provisions for that. Thanks for sharing. Juddie - J & J TOA
For me the biggest get home item is a bicycle with a 4 stroke engine. About 25 miles of range and in an EMP it’ll get you home and you can weave through cars dead on the road. About 30MPH too.
I hope his videos will be archived somewhere. I think people one hundred years from now would really get a kick out of watching these, very wholesome and good perspective on current times.
Completely agree on this. The whole idea of "bugging out" is deeply flawed. If you live in a city and you wait until the eve of disaster to try and escape you're just going to die while stuck in traffic. Better to just have everything you need on hand at home to survive as long as possible.
Well that's actually the idea of sheltering in place. When it gets to the point that you can no longer stay at your shelter/home/etc, and you need to leave, that's called bugging out. Having gear and a basic plan is a good idea, to save you time if you need to leave in a hurry, but the general idea is to stay at home, till you can no longer survive there.
@@Survival-gyverand then when you can’t stay any longer you grab your bug-out bag and go. It’s not the worst idea to keep a bag with a few lightweight but well made supplies in it but spending hundreds of dollars on gear is overkill. I keep a get-home bag in my trunk and I find myself using things in it more often that I expected especially the first aid kit while at the playground with my kids and have helped others with it as well.
Almost a year ago thousands of people left Sarasota, FL due to hurricane. They were mostly spared due to landfall hitting Fort Meyers. Much of Florida had to deal with the changed storm path. 1,000s of people are still displaced. Many had to wait more than a day or two before getting any help. There would have been no way for half the state of Florida to evacuate even if they had a week to do so. Storms and other events are less predictable then ever before. It’s just hard to tell sometimes what action to take until your knee deep in it!
Excellent video. A true 'bug out bag' is simply a kit that can help you get through emergencies in your particular situation. It may help you stranded in your car in a blizzard, stuck out in the desert, stuck at home in a high-rise without water for days, or giving first aid to crime victims where you don't expect it. But if your idea of a bug out bag is going into the mountains when society collapses and living there then you're so detached from reality you'll be one of the first to perish.
I live in a trailer park on the edge of town, but am working towards my own land. My philosophy if anything were to happen before I can get my own land is to get home, pack up, then be ready to bug out immediately if the need arises. I have friends and relatives who’s houses would be ideal to bug out to, and we’ve planned everything out in advance. Generally speaking a mobile home within city limits is not an ideal place to be during most crises. I have my vehicle set up to essentially serve as a mobile home base, I have an inverter, cb radio, bottled water, ramen noodles and crackers as food rations, a 12ga 870 clone with various types of shells, iodine tablets and cheesecloth for water purification, jerry cans with fuel, etc, etc. Given that this does make me heavily reliant on my vehicle, I keep all my automotive tools onboard along with some general tools as well. And if course a small stock of spare parts (including a spare ecu in a faraday cage in case of an emp, my vehicle is a 96 so the ecu is the only part likely to be damaged irreversibly). In addition to this, I am currently working on turning the back of my vehicle into a mini workshop with a slide-out workbench, vice, grinder, and all. Without a resupply I have everything in my vehicle I’d need for the gf and I to survive for about 3 weeks with a water source, and little over a week without. Plenty enough to make it across the country if need be, with the plan being to siphon fuel from abandoned vehicles on the way.
Really great idea. The only ways I really see a bug out bag being practical. If flood waters cause a levy broke a fire if the wind shifts. Basically times where you actually have no other choice and are forced out.
"Bug-in" is better than "bug-out" for sure. Unless of course you have the luxury of a remote base that you would be bugging to. Technically then that is a "get-home" bag. A plan to get form my urban condo that is being infiltrated and you need to get to your well prepped "cabin-in-the-woods" Wait, Why have an urban condo? Just stay at your "cabin-in-the-woods"!
Documents that are a hassle to replace, a change of clothes, jacket, and anything else you’d need when the house goes up in smoke is good to have on hand to get out of the building. Sure a safe is great, but, sometimes you aren’t allowed to return. And clothes in case it’s the middle of night. Gathering up stuff vs. getting loved ones out isn’t realistic. Just have the bag ready to grab.
I definitely agree with what you're talking about, it's really a case-by-case thing in my opinion. Being stationed somewhere away from my actual home of residency means having a bag with critical gear on hand, in the truck etc. Just incase I would need to join up with other coworkers and families in my area
I do not have much experience being raised in the middle of New York City (one reason I love your channel), but I looked at this problem carefully and came to a similar conclusion. I got humored by my son and wife when I had them buy two nice 5 gallon waters... I explained that those bottles could make a raft the envy of the Cajun Navy when put together well, could be refilled, and had many other uses... I also purchased the most powerful battery generator at the time (Ego) so we always have water and power if the power shuts down for a bit in San Francisco. I came to the conclusion that organizing items in little kits works well. One can take the kits needed based on the task at hand... For example, no power? Flashlights and candles, small charged power packs, etc.I like this because the kits can always evolve and ultimately be a more thought out result geared to more specific circumstances. It is nice to hear someone who has experience speak to the static "this is my bug out bag" concept and critique it more thoroughly than I ever could.
The first Wranglerstar video that I watched was about the cheapest scope on Amazon. I thought that you were pretty rough on it, with you actually denting the wooden steps with it during the drop test, but it actually survived. I like the idea of the get home bag. It's a good idea. Also, why does that cat keep pausing her grooming to stare into my soul?
I used to travel all over the country for work, different states on a weekly basis. I had a get home bag. Some of the items may not have been within all local laws, but I planned on making ot home.
The best argument you have is that if it’s good enough for the criminals, it’s good enough for you, and no asinine liberal law is worth your life. But, I realize that some costs aren’t worth it, so you’re taking a less than favorable chance; damned if you do, damned if you don’t, and welcome to modern liberal amerika.
@@chriskourliourod1651 A "liberal" America would almost certainly NOT be spelled with a "K". That would be a fascist, ultra-right-wing, neo-Nazi thing, like the German spelling of "Amerika".
In this age of Orwellian doublespeak, you have the extreme right- fitting shoe and the extreme left-fitting shoe, and they fit the feet of the beast that is ultra-modern mankind. Look at antifa. Look at BLM. Look at the “right-wing” hate groups. They all belong to the same grotesque organism, and truly enlightened people have nothing to do with such evil. For example, I’m not a republican they’re too liberal for me.
I think bugging out should be a last resort of course, but unfortunately it is sometimes necessary to leave. History has shown us that there are many scenarios where this may become necessary either temporarily or permanently. I could give many examples of scenarios in which this would be necessary, but a bug out bag is really important for all the scenarios that you didn't think of. As a side note, I would also bury/cache some supplies nearby to access in the event that you are displaced from your home in a hurry. It's all about having options in a future crisis which is why people are preparing the first place.
5 Cs, cover should include cloths suitable for the coldest night and hottest heat of day, comfortable shoes, and snacks. First Aid in a separate pack. Combine the two and head home.
I was inspired to do a shot show UA-cam channel because of nutnfancy around 2009. What a great time of discovery. I agree with the bug out bag. I keep gear in my vehicle to survive winter if I break down. I may have to shelter in place or walk home? When I drive from Reno to Vegas I always carry a survival backpack a tent and a bicycle. 100 miles of open desert between towns is common here in Nevada.
I live in my car. My bugout bag is just the stuff I don't want to leave behind in case I had to suddenly abandon my vehicle in an emergency. It almost happened this past summer due to flash flooding.
I live in Moore Ok. We’ve had a few bad tornadoes, to say the least. I went to a friends house to take shelter. When I got into the extremely cramped cellar a couple people pointed out that my bag was taking up too much space. I just kindly reminded them that this maybe all that I have when I come out of here. Most of the people there had been through the tornado in 1999. They looked around and realized I was right. MOORE STRONG.
Mines either a get home or a stranded bag. I've been stranded in a blizzard with car in a deep ditch waiting on AAA to come tow my car for 6 hours. Thankfully I had a very good coat, tennis shoes, a throw blanket, extra water, and a phone charger. It could have been worse, could have been better. Now I keep many other things in my SUV and have a bag with other provisions in it.
I have a big out bag packed up but only for the time heat around the house gets too high. I keep a eye on the sway of things and would dip out at a time necessary
Absolutely agree with this video. I live in central PA in an area were the far-flung edges of suburbs meet mountain country. Short of a poison gas cloud my home is my bugout location. I apply the ideas of bug out bags to a get home bag I keep in my truck at all times in conjunctions with tools and roadside emergency kit.
I mostly agree, but a bug-out-bag is a last resort option. Say you have a fire in the area that threatens your home. If it's too big then there's no way you can fight it so you grab your bug-out-bag for the minimum you need to survive.
Well the common misconception is that a bug out bag is to leave your home and be able to survive for a period of time ..that was never the intent it's always been something that would help you get from where ever you are back to home
In Australia (urban and suburbs), natural disaster forced lots of people out of their homes. Sometimes its a shelter or staying with friends, but Sometimes there’s nothing to return to. A “survival bag” wont be fishing rods and bear spray. Its a comfortable bag that should contain all the necessary documents to restart and re-access your digital life and bank accounts etc. passport/birth certificate/bank statement/ licenses and qualifications. digital storage (if required), spare clothes, cash, charger and battery bank, map, water Bottles, tap key, something to sleep with/in, and sanitation and something to manage bushfire smoke. self defence is a no no. Though it’s illegal think about defending yourself or to carry almost anything in Australia. Illegal until its justified. Then its legal (I wish I was joking). Basically something like a sturdy walking stick and something heavy to swing may be your only option.
The most overlooked get home item……ROLLERBLADES!!! As long as u don’t live by gravel roads these would be awesome. Easy to throw in your trunk and gets you home 2-3x faster in case of emergency
A bug out bag is for when remaining in your present location, your home included, is untenable. Earthquake, wildfire, train derailment or tanker rollover with HazMat on board are possible scenarios that can happen almost anywhere.
Dear Sir, Yes. I remember talking to a buddy, saying "Remember, you can use the power lines as a road when SHTF". He responded with, "where are you going? Just stay home."
Everyone in our family, no matter the gender are raised & trained to be independent, self-reliant, etc. Not all males & females are the same. My daughter for Christmas asked for emergency supplies. Everyone has the same skill sets in my family. We have both get home bags and go bags. If there is a gas leak, a fire, flooding, etc., then we have the things we need to get through the situation as we will be evacuated. We won't be living off the land unless we absolutely have to, but we can do so if we need to. My kids are very practical. They don't have many dress clothes. I think we all have 1 set for weddings, funerals, etc. We all wear casual clothes. My girls are not girly girl either.
Been wondering why all those people scream about a bug out bag. I have a friend that is all about that bug out idea and going into the woods , I have told him I thought that was just ignorant for the exact reasons mentioned. He lives in the country same as I do. I told him, all of my supplies are here, it would be a ridiculous idea for me to leave with a pack, MRE's and mags of ammo. Another reason is to protect my property where no one else gets my supplies.
I don't have a 'Bug Out Bag' (BoB). Rather, I have a 'Get Home Bag' (GHB) that I carry in my car. I also have a 'Go Bag' (GB) if we have to leave the home & go to a hotel / a friend's place. This is EXACTLY why I don't carry fishing or hunting gear in either my GHB or GB. It goes without saying that one should shelter-in-place unless evacuation is necessary.
I grew up in the City. Under no circumstances was I going to wear flip flop, high heels, or any flimsy shoe in the City. Same for the Country. I wear sensible shoes the majority of the time, unless I'm going to a party. I do like the idea of sheltering in place and I also like the idea of a get home bag.
my old tree removal company let me start a friday show and tell, every friday some of the guys would bring somethng in to show us and wed all ooooh and aaaaaahhh at it for a few minutes then load into the trucks and head out. made me feel so great when the "tough guy" brought something in, you could see how good it made him feel.
I need to make evacuation bags. $50 in cash, clean under wear, cell phone charger, toothbrush water filter and food.. 2 years ago we had to evacuate because of how close the tree line is and wildfires were 5 miles away. We wound up living at a camp ground in Gladstone
would you do a video on your get home bags i have one in my truck but i am just curious on what i could be missing i am in the willamette valley so I have some of the same weather you do. Also what should i do for protection i am 19 and cant carry an ''airsoft'' what would be your recommendation?
Each of us have our own convictions and they are formed by realistic risks to our ability to provide basic needs. I manage seasonal bags and scenario based content. Have a little that will take you far based on your personal skill sets. I would encourage all to create a trustworthy community of like minded people. Expand your options with relationships.
The get home bag is more likely to be used, but even a rural homestead can be consumed by fire, irradiated by an errant nuke, contaminated, subjugated by a tyrannical authoritarian locally enforced government, or overun by a nefarious gang. A bug out location is a secondary location that can support you long-term. Bugging out does not mean running to the woods and trying to live long-term out of your backpacks.
I have a vehicle bag for survival, protection, warmth for winter. I also have a fire bug out bags for everyone in the family which includes food, water, shelter, clothing, small thing of important papers, protection a pistol extra mags and rounds a long with a hunting rifle and 50 rounds. With wildfires in are area the past couple years getting close to our property. We have done what we could to prevent the spread of wildfires. But you never know what may happen fire jumps a fire break or something.
The worst I saw was a video of a guy putting a large book of edible plants in his bugout bag saying it'd make a great addition to your bag. If you plan on living off the land, you need to already be doing it regularly to the point where you don't need the book. If you haven't been doing that, the only reason to have a bugout bag should be to survive the walk to your bugout location. Everything else should already be there. If you plan to bug in, the bugout bag is a get-home bag where your preps are.
Ideally you stay put, but there are instances in which you may be forced out whether you want to or not. Maybe it's through the location being compromised by looters/gangs etc, a natural disaster, fire consuming the property & so on. Having a survival bag containing enough supplies to get you to a secondary location is simply a logical move. If you never need it then cool. but it's better to have sitting there ready to be grabbed at a moment's notice just in case.
I see the merit in a bug out bag. 1. If there's a disaster coming and you don't have time to go shopping in your house. Think tornado, you have just enough time to grab you pets and family. You can swiftly grab the bag. 2. It's a good thought experiment to display your survival priorities. The videos are good to display. "If I could fit all my necessities in a bag, this would be it." 3. Those who actually want to prove their self reliance can test themselves. They can take their bug out bag and say "I'm gonna go for a 3 day camping trip in the woods". They can quickly learn what they need to improve on. Perhaps their bag is too heavy and themselves too out of shape. They may have underestimated their ability to create fire with the tools in their bag. They might get the harsh reality that outdoor living conditions are rough. You could argue that you could test these at home but there's a difference between trying to light a fire and home, blaming it on a bad day, and going inside compared to lighting one in the woods because you need to boil water and you don't another option.
Bugout bags are what you need until your get home back has enough cash in it to buy the home you want to get to. Not all of us live in a nice rural homestead in Montana. But we're trying to get there.
Sir, you are correct! Once you've bought a house, done the renovations, gotten off grid or close to being self sufficient, why would you ever leave your castle? No place will ever last as long, or have as much food as a well-kept, well provisioned home.
I've always approached it differently. Obviously my setup wouldn't work well in the case of an EMP, but for most if not all practical scenarios near me it works. I treat my car as my bug out/get home bag. I train on loadouts on a short notice and have a variety of scenarios and what I would do for them. Living on generator power for a week and not being able to get gas in town really put my methods to the test, but the practicality of my car made it possible. Some scenarios I want to stay home, others I believe it's safer to leave. Regardless my car is going to be the best way to navigate even if I have to go 5 hours out of the way to get home as with Ian I was still able to and I wouldn't have been able to reasonably by walking (about 1 week to get home vs 5 hours. My car also does not stand out in almost any environment so it is a pretty good option for most scenarios.
I don't have a "bug out bag" but I do have an "unplanned event contingency bag" that stays in my vehicle or with me in whatever vehicle I am in with some tools, medical and a bottle of water in it. At the moment it also has 5 nappies and a bag of baby wipes but they will go once I no longer have an infant. I am much more likely to use said bag to get myself home than away from home.
I am 65 years old with arthritis and vascular troubles in my legs. I ain't bugging out. I live in a very small Montana town in a ranching valley. And this is where I will stay.
I keep a "bugout bag", old briefcase actually, next to my safe just for important papers, deeds, titles, insurance policies, etc. because we live in an area with a fire season and might have to evacuate, unlikely, but there is always a chance. I can open my safe, grab the contents and throw them in the briefcase and put them in the car and know that all our important papers will be safe with us should we need to leave.
I don’t know man I think you still need a bug out system maybe it’s your vehicle maybe it’s a motorcycle but you still need to be prepared to bug out from your own property if marauders come any failure of civility situation, or a natural disaster in your case, a forest fire. Nobody wants to think about it but it’s possible you would have to abandon your beautiful Homestead property. So there should be a provision for that. I do agree, and all of my vehicles have get home bags in them. It’s absolutely essential. But natural disasters do occurre even in peaceful times so you should have some type of a system to evacuate your property if need be.
Cody I am in agreement with dang near everything you have put on here recently except the view of women and how men are to treat them. I am blessed to live in rural Kentucky and work in southern Illinois with a majority of time in Tennessee. I will say the old ways you refer to alive and well in these parts.
I came to the same conclusion last year but I'd like to offer a situation where a bugout bag makes 100% sense. I live about 8 miles from what could well be nuclear targets if Putin completely loses his mind (military bases in one direction, power station in another, gas refineries in another, county scale gas storage in yet another - and London is only 25 miles away. I'm already home, but continuing to stay within the fallout zone of a detonated nuke, or the toxic zone of those refineries could be terminal. If you live in an earthquake zone, your home may not be your castle either.
My car broke down last year while I worked at a job 100 miles away from my house. I could not afford a hotel and repairs so I needed to camp nearby. A tent was useful to keep the mosquitos out in the summer. If it happened in the winter, an insulated tent would have probably been more expensive. A bug out bag might be useful if you believe that compelled military service is immoral during a time when its being enforced and don't trust the government to treat you fairly in jails or just would rather be homeless than in jail.
My BOB has never progressed past the "thats a cool idea" stage. I am with cody 100% we are close to same age and i too have spent the past 10 years acquiring resources building up a homestead. I am not rich enough to have a second bug out location stocked with food and supplies. If i get forced out i might as well eat a bullet because living out of a backpack with noplace to call home is my idea of a miserable existence and not how i want to live the last few years of my life. I will probably fight to the end
My 2cents… Bug Out Bag - intended to use to leave your surroundings due to imminent, hostile threat; this is because someone is coming for you 72-he bag - intended to get you to safety, other than your home, likely due to natural disaster or home fire; this is to survive temporarily until you can go back home Bugging in - willing to die on your hill because someone is coming to get you and you refuse to run All these things are valid for different reasons and mentalities. As a Christian, I believe there is a time coming when my family and I will be hunted down for our beliefs. (Or it could be for our vaccination status?) if that is the case, then the Anti-Christ government will know where I am and will come to take me away. Should I run with my family and attempt to continue to spread the Gospel? Or do I die a martyr’s death in my home in a violent kinetic standoff that will not last more than a few minutes? I choose being a good steward of the family God blessed me with, and I choose life and witness. Hence, I will bug out and need to be prepared to do so. Get Home Bags are absolutely brilliant and logical, and everyone needs one or more in each vehicle!!
In CA you just need something in case a fire rips through town in the middle of the night. You can have some some clothes, cash, and basics if you house goes up in smoke. Just the act of making the bag is good though. Even if it is pointless in practice it gets the normal person thinking differently.
I listened to a former ranger talk about prepping and bug out bags and he said they are somewhat pointless. In a worst-case scenario like complete societal breakdown there are people that train their entire lives to kill other people to take their stuff. A normal person doesn't stand a chance.
People make the mistake of thinking Zombies or Nuclear Winter or Skynet but it's supposed to be for if a tornado is going to rip your house off the foundations or if a flood or wildfire is going to swallow your land. You can't stay there so you need a kit to keep your family safe and sustained until you can return and rebuild or just move to an entirely new place.
what people sometimes fail to take into account (imo) is when calculating, “Oh, I can walk xx number of mph, so i can get home in this amount of time”. Your normal walking speed is when everything is fine and you are traveling UNMOLESTED. if things go sideways, you may be traveling, at night, or off the main thoroughfares . it may take you 3-5 times longer than when everything is fine.
When disaster happens, there are 2 options: 1) shelter in place; 2) leave aka bug out. To survive some disasters, like wildfire, flood, chemical spill, etc... you must leave. Always be prepared to stay or go.
In the vast majority of cases, staying put is the best option. Leaving exposes you to a host of dangers, and leaving quickly aka bugging out will leave you even more vulnerable. It should definitely be an option, but it’s almost always not the best one
@@jackof1 one should be prepared to do whatever the situation dictates whether it is stay put or leave.
This
@@stefenchapman6143 When the tree falls on my house do I have to creep thru the wreckage to get the bag? I’m not saying don’t have it as an available option, I’m just saying that in the majority of cases it’s not the best move
This is precisely why I have kits in every possible place I may need them, ranging from my small-game vest to my truck.
You know what else is piointless...but, also happens to look really cool. The Coleman lamp burning in a room with the lights on.
Hand warming purposes
Sometimes it make sense to test yourself testing your equiment....
Style points?
Ambiance.
You know what else is pointless?
Your comment.
Home as a bug out location is a great primary idea... however, natural disasters can force you out of your home and I feel like that's what BUGOUT bags really are for. A massive forest fire encroaching on my rural home means I need to get my family to a safe place
Exactly.
Everyone's situation is going to be different. Prepare for yours and your families needs. I tend to lean toward Wrangler Star's thoughts on this one. I cannot think of any scenario that would force me to leave my home that would require a bug out bag.
I live at the base of the rockies. My home is often threatened with forest fires. We also are told that here in Utah we are due for a very large earthquake. If I needed to leave my home from the threat of fire I'm not going to out run it on foot carrying a bug out bag. I will be jumping into a vehicle after grabbing important documents, photos, and other nonreplaceable items and then heading to a family member's home or a hotel until the situation is under control.
So just throw your bag in your car then? I don’t think anyone is saying you have to run on foot.
Look at Canada right now. I'm in Michigan and have smoke all around us.
Natural AND man caused disasters.
A bug out bag was always just a bit of fun, we all know in reality you stay close to your family and friends when the zombies turn up.
Zombies are being let into the landmass that is the USA, 1,000 per day through the Darién Gap. These are mostly crazed, fighting-age low IQ men. Let that sink in.
Our "leaders" are seeking our extermination, one way or another. Be ready. And no, I do not support "bugging out", but it wouldn't be unwise to have a backpack with some short-term survival supplies if you are forced to leave your home temporarily (flood? EQ? EMP?).
@@steelwing7532 same concerns here to be honest, but our economic model needs a growing population apparently.
we either ditch the model or have more kids.
There's your two choices.
Don't let dumb UA-cam commenters affect your mindset
@@vespasian266 I would propose both of those. They won't let us ditch the model unless it was in their favor, and they're doing allllll they can to prevent your later proposal. We are being gaslit beyond all gaslighting gaslights. Abortion, birth control, academia promotes faggotry, etc etc etc etc etc.
@@vespasian266 everyones does lol. Welcome to the modern world.
The term "bugout bag" or "get home bag" or any number of others is probably better described as an "emergency preparedness" bag. Tailored to how you intend to use it, but the basics tend to be the same regardless of purpose. Food, water, shelter, spare clothes, medicine, money, tools, etc..
I don't do dedicated emergency bags, but I do have a camping bag, which I actually use for camping. Its basically the same thing, and I started keeping it in my car when I travel as it has all the essentials I could need in an emergency. I just restock it whenever I use it.
I think the important thing is just having some level of preparedness.
This is very valuable insight. Here in Texas (especially in the rural areas, where we live and thrive) being broken down on the highway is no joke. My wife broke down on the side of the highway at dusk. She was a good 60 miles from the nearest small community. She had flip flops and no supplies. It was a very high risk situation and we’ve learned to prepare “get home bags” for every trip now. I couldn’t imagine adding the gravity of an EMP attack along with being stuck in an urban area. Very scary prospect.,,
I agree. Get Home Bag is best!
I agree, a 'get home bag' and not a 'leave home bag.'
Smart. Put one in my wife’s car. She worked 14 miles only but long waik
I'm in Texas, but Austin, so less rural obviously and even i'm considering a 55 gallon reserve for the truck with a pump, What if I need to get to the Canadian boarder (dual citizenship) somewhere else? Without stopping for gas that might not pump? 10 hrs each direction still in Texas. Not the same as a get home bag on foot but it's the next stage in a plan.
what about an EMP set off from a balloon?
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@@huntereakright8988 what does that mean?
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In the most Jeremy Clarkson voice... Yesssss.
Bug-in is always the first option. I live in an urban area but well protected with good neighbors, a two-year food supply for three people, 1 year water supply, enough firewood to last at least one winter, lots of guns and ammo, and two locations for a bug out situation. You are absolutely correct in your strategy. If I lived in a big city a bug out might be my first and only option.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
As soon as people start starving, you need to leave. It doesn't matter who your neighbors are. Hunger is a strong motivation.
No you don't. Not if you have friends who can shoot guns. You stay with your resources or you'll find yourself in the middle of nowhere with limited resources. The only thing to get me to leave would be a mile high tsunami.@@SmokeNGunsBBQ
I always thought of a bug out bag as the last option sort of thing. Something you grab if a hurricane is coming and you are right in the middle of where its gonna hit. Or maybe out of control wild fires. Just everything you might need for a week when things are bad. Never thought it would be hey need to survive in the wilderness. Just something to make a rough time a bit more manageable.
Exactly!
Yeah, we live in California where there’s earthquakes and other things like major cities.
This guy doesn’t have a clue he lives in the country and I get it but he doesn’t understand while he’s living in an isolated area.
he is trying to get home and we are trying to get out!
Big difference stay on your own x.
Until you have experience living, where we live .
What’ dumb is you trying to tell us what’s dumb .
Choose your words with grace and people will listen ….
i live in the middle of nowhere my big out bag is my cabin which is offgrid running water and it’s own underwater water wheel year round power no gas, my big out bag is for the 30 mile hike i’ll have of all my machines are broken. 90% of ppl in the western world should be thinking like you very small amount of ppl acc need to worry about the wilderness and i’m a trapper and all so i don’t really worry i’m more then capable. most ppl even with all the right stuff wouldn’t make it either way
Or even a simple house fire.
@@MrTangent yeah that is a good example.
When I first started driving my dad told me "Never leave the house wearing anything you aren't prepared to walk home in". I think about that a lot, and I've since turned my trunk into a get-home kit/tough it out where I'm at kit. I got stuck in the snow one time and was very glad I had an extra blanket and an MRE to get me through a few cold hours until help arrived.
I trashed the "bug-out" bag years ago, I have a nice get-home bag in my car... the house is stocked with enough food and supplies to outlast 90% of the people in my area. But the hardest thing I've encountered in my road to preparedness is convincing my wife that all of this is necessary.
I agree with you on the bug out bag. Having an emergency kit to help get you home or provide necessary items if you get stranded or in an emergency is a must have.
About 15 years ago a prepper friend and I went through a detailed analysis of where I could bug out to and what I might need. The result was my first get home bag. I'm 100% with you.
Never put all your eggs in one basket. Proper set up would be a bag in your car that could let u last a week or so. And a bag you can pull from that to get you by 2 days or so (to get home).
Then your preparedness at the house. That is ready to throw what u can in a vehicle if the housr becomes too dangerous for whatever reason.
And last , if u can have a a second location to store back up bags
Of course if youre determined to never leave ur house and even die there then u only need a get home bag designed to move quick
I’m a woman who has a “get home bag” and I also have boots that I can hike in. These reside in my trunk at all time. I do live in the rainy PNW and I hope I have everything I need. I check it every six months to make sure I change for the seasons. I’m NOT one of those “damsels in distress” types.
Good to hear! I agree with everything you've said! I need to know me, and mine can get back to the rest of your family. I guess it sorta doubles as a bugout bag because we might need to go to another one of our family's home.
Then your the 1 in 4 million.
Smart
A tow strap of some type. Actually used one.
So also living In the PNW here’s what I noticed with hunting buddies. Everyone might have fire starter. But to start what? I carry kindling. Take about 5 or 6 small pieces of pitchy wood, split them down and double bag em. I probably go through 10 bags a year because my friends can’t start a fire in the rain without accelerants. Who Carrie’s gas in a get home bag 100 miles from
Your car. Is it crazy to carry kindling? Yes. Has it worked 10
Plus times a year for 25 or more years for me, yes. Anyways, my two cents. Fire starters are great. But to start “what?” In our rainy area
As an older father with three children under 7 bugging out is no longer really an option for me. So what I did was buy a farm that is geographically and topographically perfect to defend. I understand completely what you're saying. We are in the early stages but we have everything we need and in time will be even more fortified. I understand exactly where you're coming from. Our thought processes generally align.
My thinking to. Own land near resources and have things that dont need electricity. Theres a reason my mom swore by wood fire stoves when growing up. Theres a reason my great grandpa had a farm by a creek. Theres a reason my dad and I made a root cellar. And why my grandpa lived no more than 10 minutes walking from the woods. They needed those resources for food and water and it lasts.
I agree entirely, when I started prepping and I looked at how much food it would take to sustain myself for a few months I realized I can barely fit it in a car.
Bug out plans often just prepare you to be a refuge somewhere else. Real prepping requires a fixed location with at least a year of food.
staying in any one place has many associated risks. especially during natural disasters. not all situations have to be ‘societal collapse’ level threats.
I use to pipeline cross country, a get home bag was always in my truck after i was bit by the bugout bag bug. I tried to carry enough to attempt to traverse 800-1000 miles which was usually half way to home. Reading and listening to post apocalyptic books gives some good advice and thought beyond what should be in a bag.
Landscape plays a SIGNIFICANT role in this...in some instances, like mine here in the Colorado Rockies, having a get home bag is replaced by an entrench in place bag. Living at 9000 feet you have to be able to live through situations that those in most other parts of the country have no idea about (sudden snowstorms that dump over a foot and a half of snow in an hour, bears, cougars, moose, etc.). The fact that I often come across people that don't even have a flashlight, basic tools, or even jumper cables up here is both mind boggling and sad - I don't know if it from 20+ years in the Army or what, but I've always had the mindset that people that don't go into things prepared are either ignorant and/or naive (which is easily remedied) or just plain stupid and oblivious. In winter, I like having at least one full change of clothing with extra socks / underwear, a way of melting water (no shortage of fresh snow, so water and a way of purification are unnecessary), a blanket, the basics listed above (vehicle tools as well as a hammer, hatchet, and shovel) and a couple days worth of MRE's.
Visiting Colorado a bunch, the volume of high income earners and anyone else in the normalcy bias group is amazing. That’s probably anywhere but seeing Colorado explode with High end homes in the wilderness and then complaining about how hard it is to get services to take care of them is mind boggling
@@dougeisenhard6816 not complaining; I moved here knowing it...and actually prefer it. Not having all of the conveniences keeps it clean and safe from the masses.
MREs are actually trash for bugging out.
They probably aren't stupid just unaware of how brutal the Rockies weather and terrain can be. Moved here in 96 from Wisconsin. I learned everything the hard way riding dirt bikes in the mountains. Moab is worse.
Agreed... "Bug Out Bags" are a bag of gear and/or tools designed to get you to a "Safe Haven". For you and I, that is our homes. For some of my friends it is a bag to get them to a rally point. It all has to do with perspective and your mission.
This is the way!
My bugout bags are not to leave my home and live in the woods, for me its a travel bag with essentials to travel to a better location than I live with even more resources than what I have here, my only big issue is travel, we all know gas might be scarce and roadways may be dangerous...so my home is a backup plan if getting to my other location is not easily done...my bugout bags have changed dramatically over the years it snot to live out of like it use to be its more to move lots of stuff quickly to my vehicle as to not waste time...and there's a reason I dont make videos on it lol id rather not want people to know whats really in there...
You have a property. It's not insane for people who live in apartments.
Which you said the very next sentence.
Agreed... that bag might just save or at least prolong survival for an individual or a family's lives.
bug out bag is useful for running from a natural disaster, or perhaps the law, or just going to help a friend. but as someone currently in an apartment I would stay put even in the silly shtf scenario most preppers imaging where all society breaks down into tribal warfare overnight. I have food and supplies here, for longer term food I can consider planting seeds as well as hunting and trapping. I wouldn't be picky, I would eat whatever I kill.
I built all the drivers in my family a Get-home Bag for Christmas. Made them myself with a medical kit, tire pressure gauge, Pancho, protein bar, jumper pack, light, etc. Home is your safest place 95% of the time. Get home.
Us too ! After seeing Buffalo. Two hours drive from there.
Get home bags never really made sense to me. If you really want to get home you'd keep a bicycle in your vehicle and a gallon of water.Thats literally the most logical thing you need to get home quickly and efficiently. You can bike 50 miles in a day with only drinking water. Thats all you need. You don't even need a bag!
I have a bug out sailboat. It can be autonomous out at sea for 7+ years.
Agree with you totally. Being former special forces, I have always realized this. THE BEST OPTION (nearly always) is to stay in place. You control more variables when you do. If you don't, almost all the variables are out of your control.
The whole intent and purpose of a BOB is for the worst case option - you gotta run. And in fact, the BOB is the worst of the worst case options because it means you are primarily doing it "on foot". For people who live in dense metro areas, the #1 option (stay in place) maybe a tenuous option so having a BOP (bug out plan) is a must. For those of us who have rural, prepped locals it is not the case and in fact leaving such should be a "third mongolian horde has overrun it" only scenario (or flooded, or earthquaked into oblivion, etc).
But a BOP should progress from (best to worse) Bug out shelter (prepped RV, Truck with camper, etc) -> Bug out motorized vehicle + kit -> Bug out bike + kit -> Bug out bag -> EDC+ -> EDC... Because you want to bug out with the best option of survival and as you can note, on foot is on the lower end.
@@somethingsomethingusername802 Since I don't know you from adam you must think I am dipsh1t to ask me that question. I will tell you that Uwharrie is my favorite place to hunt... :)
Not everyone has hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on property where you live. Being prepared isn’t a bad thing.
I agree that you should make your home as good as possible. But if there is a forest fire, you will still need to leave. And it will help you when you get to your friends house.
Mine can in handy to live out of when my wife was in the hospital
A bug-out-bag is simply a tool kit and not meant to literally grab and run off into the mountains with, never to be seen again. No bug--out-bags are not dumb and they have come in handy so many times over the years.
I love this character arch! The world needs more voices championing personal responsibility and accountability
Amen. Men need this.
Old School manual: The Complete Walker, Colin Fletcher.
In the southeastern US, Hurricanes require bug out bags if you’re in a trailer or near the coast. If it decides to turn your way, it’s time to go and who knows what you’ll find or where you’ll end up and who you’ll be competing against. Also, first responders are required to have a bug out bags during impending emergencies. Unfortunately they have to abandon their families and they don’t know when they’ll be cut loose or what arrangements will be.
The nuclear engineer in me wants to pontificate: To be clear an EMP attack is a nuclear war! An enemy has to detonate a nuclear weapon in the upper atmosphere to create the energy wave necessary for an EMP. So expect civilization to end when we send our nukes back in the opposite direction with no ability to recall them in the next 30 minutes. The USA will not tolerate an EMP strike, it is a nuclear strike against the USA and all NATO countries will respond with a nuclear 2nd strike. If you want to plan for a solar flare that takes out electronics in a large region that is a different story, but planning for an EMP strike means you really NEED TO PLAN FOR A NUCLEAR WAR.
I advocate strongly for maintaining and keeping in your vehicle a reliable pair of boots. Put a pair of high quality wool socks in each boot and replace the laces with paracord. Also keep a full set of extra high quality outdoor clothing in your vehicle. I vacuum seal items like the clothes to both save space and ensure that the are dry when I need them.
Paracord is terrible for shoelaces, it unties itself really easy
NutN I think would be proud of how well you've followed his example - Honest & experienced !!!
Nutn is not representative anything realistic to most people or households. He has far too much time on his hands so his menas to do these things most likely far exceeds the avergae person's. Like most content creators on this platform, they only let you see what they want you to see. There's way more to Nutn none of us will ever know.
Project farm is one of the best for reviews and seeing what is great.
We have some bug out bins. Things to be able to toss into the truck / car if needed to get away from the home area. As we don't have acres of land but it's more for if we need to leave the area itself.
Great video and I totally agree, not a bugout bag, but a get home bag! I carry one in my truck, just like you said if you have to get home, only what you need to get you home. How long will it take you, and carry the provisions for that. Thanks for sharing. Juddie - J & J TOA
For me the biggest get home item is a bicycle with a 4 stroke engine. About 25 miles of range and in an EMP it’ll get you home and you can weave through cars dead on the road. About 30MPH too.
I hope his videos will be archived somewhere. I think people one hundred years from now would really get a kick out of watching these, very wholesome and good perspective on current times.
Completely agree on this. The whole idea of "bugging out" is deeply flawed. If you live in a city and you wait until the eve of disaster to try and escape you're just going to die while stuck in traffic. Better to just have everything you need on hand at home to survive as long as possible.
Jesus Christ…
Well that's actually the idea of sheltering in place. When it gets to the point that you can no longer stay at your shelter/home/etc, and you need to leave, that's called bugging out. Having gear and a basic plan is a good idea, to save you time if you need to leave in a hurry, but the general idea is to stay at home, till you can no longer survive there.
@@Survival-gyverand then when you can’t stay any longer you grab your bug-out bag and go. It’s not the worst idea to keep a bag with a few lightweight but well made supplies in it but spending hundreds of dollars on gear is overkill. I keep a get-home bag in my trunk and I find myself using things in it more often that I expected especially the first aid kit while at the playground with my kids and have helped others with it as well.
Almost a year ago thousands of people left Sarasota, FL due to hurricane. They were mostly spared due to landfall hitting Fort Meyers. Much of Florida had to deal with the changed storm path. 1,000s of people are still displaced. Many had to wait more than a day or two before getting any help. There would have been no way for half the state of Florida to evacuate even if they had a week to do so. Storms and other events are less predictable then ever before. It’s just hard to tell sometimes what action to take until your knee deep in it!
Excellent video. A true 'bug out bag' is simply a kit that can help you get through emergencies in your particular situation. It may help you stranded in your car in a blizzard, stuck out in the desert, stuck at home in a high-rise without water for days, or giving first aid to crime victims where you don't expect it. But if your idea of a bug out bag is going into the mountains when society collapses and living there then you're so detached from reality you'll be one of the first to perish.
I live in a trailer park on the edge of town, but am working towards my own land. My philosophy if anything were to happen before I can get my own land is to get home, pack up, then be ready to bug out immediately if the need arises. I have friends and relatives who’s houses would be ideal to bug out to, and we’ve planned everything out in advance. Generally speaking a mobile home within city limits is not an ideal place to be during most crises. I have my vehicle set up to essentially serve as a mobile home base, I have an inverter, cb radio, bottled water, ramen noodles and crackers as food rations, a 12ga 870 clone with various types of shells, iodine tablets and cheesecloth for water purification, jerry cans with fuel, etc, etc. Given that this does make me heavily reliant on my vehicle, I keep all my automotive tools onboard along with some general tools as well. And if course a small stock of spare parts (including a spare ecu in a faraday cage in case of an emp, my vehicle is a 96 so the ecu is the only part likely to be damaged irreversibly). In addition to this, I am currently working on turning the back of my vehicle into a mini workshop with a slide-out workbench, vice, grinder, and all. Without a resupply I have everything in my vehicle I’d need for the gf and I to survive for about 3 weeks with a water source, and little over a week without. Plenty enough to make it across the country if need be, with the plan being to siphon fuel from abandoned vehicles on the way.
Really great idea. The only ways I really see a bug out bag being practical. If flood waters cause a levy broke a fire if the wind shifts. Basically times where you actually have no other choice and are forced out.
"Bug-in" is better than "bug-out" for sure. Unless of course you have the luxury of a remote base that you would be bugging to. Technically then that is a "get-home" bag. A plan to get form my urban condo that is being infiltrated and you need to get to your well prepped "cabin-in-the-woods" Wait, Why have an urban condo? Just stay at your "cabin-in-the-woods"!
Documents that are a hassle to replace, a change of clothes, jacket, and anything else you’d need when the house goes up in smoke is good to have on hand to get out of the building. Sure a safe is great, but, sometimes you aren’t allowed to return. And clothes in case it’s the middle of night. Gathering up stuff vs. getting loved ones out isn’t realistic. Just have the bag ready to grab.
I definitely agree with what you're talking about, it's really a case-by-case thing in my opinion. Being stationed somewhere away from my actual home of residency means having a bag with critical gear on hand, in the truck etc. Just incase I would need to join up with other coworkers and families in my area
I do not have much experience being raised in the middle of New York City (one reason I love your channel), but I looked at this problem carefully and came to a similar conclusion. I got humored by my son and wife when I had them buy two nice 5 gallon waters... I explained that those bottles could make a raft the envy of the Cajun Navy when put together well, could be refilled, and had many other uses... I also purchased the most powerful battery generator at the time (Ego) so we always have water and power if the power shuts down for a bit in San Francisco.
I came to the conclusion that organizing items in little kits works well. One can take the kits needed based on the task at hand... For example, no power? Flashlights and candles, small charged power packs, etc.I like this because the kits can always evolve and ultimately be a more thought out result geared to more specific circumstances. It is nice to hear someone who has experience speak to the static "this is my bug out bag" concept and critique it more thoroughly than I ever could.
Brilliant!!!!!
The first Wranglerstar video that I watched was about the cheapest scope on Amazon. I thought that you were pretty rough on it, with you actually denting the wooden steps with it during the drop test, but it actually survived. I like the idea of the get home bag. It's a good idea. Also, why does that cat keep pausing her grooming to stare into my soul?
I used to travel all over the country for work, different states on a weekly basis.
I had a get home bag. Some of the items may not have been within all local laws, but I planned on making ot home.
The best argument you have is that if it’s good enough for the criminals, it’s good enough for you, and no asinine liberal law is worth your life. But, I realize that some costs aren’t worth it, so you’re taking a less than favorable chance; damned if you do, damned if you don’t, and welcome to modern liberal amerika.
@@chriskourliourod1651 A "liberal" America would almost certainly NOT be spelled with a "K". That would be a fascist, ultra-right-wing, neo-Nazi thing, like the German spelling of "Amerika".
In this age of Orwellian doublespeak, you have the extreme right- fitting shoe and the extreme left-fitting shoe, and they fit the feet of the beast that is ultra-modern mankind. Look at antifa. Look at BLM. Look at the “right-wing” hate groups. They all belong to the same grotesque organism, and truly enlightened people have nothing to do with such evil. For example, I’m not a republican they’re too liberal for me.
Absolutely gobsmacked that you would support a man that "didn't have an axe to grind"
I think bugging out should be a last resort of course, but unfortunately it is sometimes necessary to leave. History has shown us that there are many scenarios where this may become necessary either temporarily or permanently.
I could give many examples of scenarios in which this would be necessary, but a bug out bag is really important for all the scenarios that you didn't think of. As a side note, I would also bury/cache some supplies nearby to access in the event that you are displaced from your home in a hurry. It's all about having options in a future crisis which is why people are preparing the first place.
5 Cs, cover should include cloths suitable for the coldest night and hottest heat of day, comfortable shoes, and snacks. First Aid in a separate pack. Combine the two and head home.
Look up hugh glass. That dude didn’t have a bug home bag and did it too G style!! 💪🇺🇸💯
Why the US Forest Service BUGSIN.
I was inspired to do a shot show UA-cam channel because of nutnfancy around 2009. What a great time of discovery.
I agree with the bug out bag. I keep gear in my vehicle to survive winter if I break down. I may have to shelter in place or walk home?
When I drive from Reno to Vegas I always carry a survival backpack a tent and a bicycle. 100 miles of open desert between towns is common here in Nevada.
Yup. I always have my get home bag in my truck!! Especially in the winter!!!
Same here, came in handy a couple of times I had to do an impromptu overnighter at work due to weather events.
I live in my car. My bugout bag is just the stuff I don't want to leave behind in case I had to suddenly abandon my vehicle in an emergency. It almost happened this past summer due to flash flooding.
I live in Moore Ok. We’ve had a few bad tornadoes, to say the least. I went to a friends house to take shelter. When I got into the extremely cramped cellar a couple people pointed out that my bag was taking up too much space. I just kindly reminded them that this maybe all that I have when I come out of here. Most of the people there had been through the tornado in 1999. They looked around and realized I was right. MOORE STRONG.
Mines either a get home or a stranded bag. I've been stranded in a blizzard with car in a deep ditch waiting on AAA to come tow my car for 6 hours. Thankfully I had a very good coat, tennis shoes, a throw blanket, extra water, and a phone charger. It could have been worse, could have been better. Now I keep many other things in my SUV and have a bag with other provisions in it.
One of my favorite NutnFancy vids is The reasons why NOT to bugout. Great additional perspective here.
I have a big out bag packed up but only for the time heat around the house gets too high. I keep a eye on the sway of things and would dip out at a time necessary
I'm thinking about a canvas tent by my pond in the back as a place to fall back to. I keep a trail to it a can get an atv down.
Absolutely agree with this video. I live in central PA in an area were the far-flung edges of suburbs meet mountain country. Short of a poison gas cloud my home is my bugout location. I apply the ideas of bug out bags to a get home bag I keep in my truck at all times in conjunctions with tools and roadside emergency kit.
I mostly agree, but a bug-out-bag is a last resort option. Say you have a fire in the area that threatens your home. If it's too big then there's no way you can fight it so you grab your bug-out-bag for the minimum you need to survive.
Well the common misconception is that a bug out bag is to leave your home and be able to survive for a period of time ..that was never the intent it's always been something that would help you get from where ever you are back to home
In Australia (urban and suburbs), natural disaster forced lots of people out of their homes. Sometimes its a shelter or staying with friends, but Sometimes there’s nothing to return to. A “survival bag” wont be fishing rods and bear spray. Its a comfortable bag that should contain all the necessary documents to restart and re-access your digital life and bank accounts etc. passport/birth certificate/bank statement/ licenses and qualifications. digital storage (if required), spare clothes, cash, charger and battery bank, map, water Bottles, tap key, something to sleep with/in, and sanitation and something to manage bushfire smoke. self defence is a no no. Though it’s illegal think about defending yourself or to carry almost anything in Australia. Illegal until its justified. Then its legal (I wish I was joking). Basically something like a sturdy walking stick and something heavy to swing may be your only option.
The most overlooked get home item……ROLLERBLADES!!! As long as u don’t live by gravel roads these would be awesome. Easy to throw in your trunk and gets you home 2-3x faster in case of emergency
A bug out bag is for when remaining in your present location, your home included, is untenable. Earthquake, wildfire, train derailment or tanker rollover with HazMat on board are possible scenarios that can happen almost anywhere.
I've needed things like a get home bag even for regular stuff like getting stuck or the car breaks down in the winter, etc.
Dear Sir,
Yes. I remember talking to a buddy, saying "Remember, you can use the power lines as a road when SHTF". He responded with, "where are you going? Just stay home."
Everyone in our family, no matter the gender are raised & trained to be independent, self-reliant, etc. Not all males & females are the same. My daughter for Christmas asked for emergency supplies. Everyone has the same skill sets in my family. We have both get home bags and go bags. If there is a gas leak, a fire, flooding, etc., then we have the things we need to get through the situation as we will be evacuated. We won't be living off the land unless we absolutely have to, but we can do so if we need to. My kids are very practical. They don't have many dress clothes. I think we all have 1 set for weddings, funerals, etc. We all wear casual clothes. My girls are not girly girl either.
Been wondering why all those people scream about a bug out bag. I have a friend that is all about that bug out idea and going into the woods , I have told him I thought that was just ignorant for the exact reasons mentioned. He lives in the country same as I do. I told him, all of my supplies are here, it would be a ridiculous idea for me to leave with a pack, MRE's and mags of ammo. Another reason is to protect my property where no one else gets my supplies.
I don't have a 'Bug Out Bag' (BoB). Rather, I have a 'Get Home Bag' (GHB) that I carry in my car. I also have a 'Go Bag' (GB) if we have to leave the home & go to a hotel / a friend's place. This is EXACTLY why I don't carry fishing or hunting gear in either my GHB or GB.
It goes without saying that one should shelter-in-place unless evacuation is necessary.
I grew up in the City. Under no circumstances was I going to wear flip flop, high heels, or any flimsy shoe in the City. Same for the Country. I wear sensible shoes the majority of the time, unless I'm going to a party. I do like the idea of sheltering in place and I also like the idea of a get home bag.
my old tree removal company let me start a friday show and tell, every friday some of the guys would bring somethng in to show us and wed all ooooh and aaaaaahhh at it for a few minutes then load into the trucks and head out. made me feel so great when the "tough guy" brought something in, you could see how good it made him feel.
I need to make evacuation bags. $50 in cash, clean under wear, cell phone charger, toothbrush water filter and food.. 2 years ago we had to evacuate because of how close the tree line is and wildfires were 5 miles away. We wound up living at a camp ground in Gladstone
would you do a video on your get home bags i have one in my truck but i am just curious on what i could be missing i am in the willamette valley so I have some of the same weather you do. Also what should i do for protection i am 19 and cant carry an ''airsoft'' what would be your recommendation?
Each of us have our own convictions and they are formed by realistic risks to our ability to provide basic needs. I manage seasonal bags and scenario based content. Have a little that will take you far based on your personal skill sets. I would encourage all to create a trustworthy community of like minded people. Expand your options with relationships.
The get home bag is more likely to be used, but even a rural homestead can be consumed by fire, irradiated by an errant nuke, contaminated, subjugated by a tyrannical authoritarian locally enforced government, or overun by a nefarious gang. A bug out location is a secondary location that can support you long-term. Bugging out does not mean running to the woods and trying to live long-term out of your backpacks.
Cody, can we get an old fashioned Wranglerstar crosscut saw or tool restoration video?
I have a vehicle bag for survival, protection, warmth for winter.
I also have a fire bug out bags for everyone in the family which includes food, water, shelter, clothing, small thing of important papers, protection a pistol extra mags and rounds a long with a hunting rifle and 50 rounds. With wildfires in are area the past couple years getting close to our property. We have done what we could to prevent the spread of wildfires.
But you never know what may happen fire jumps a fire break or something.
The worst I saw was a video of a guy putting a large book of edible plants in his bugout bag saying it'd make a great addition to your bag. If you plan on living off the land, you need to already be doing it regularly to the point where you don't need the book.
If you haven't been doing that, the only reason to have a bugout bag should be to survive the walk to your bugout location. Everything else should already be there. If you plan to bug in, the bugout bag is a get-home bag where your preps are.
Ideally you stay put, but there are instances in which you may be forced out whether you want to or not. Maybe it's through the location being compromised by looters/gangs etc, a natural disaster, fire consuming the property & so on. Having a survival bag containing enough supplies to get you to a secondary location is simply a logical move. If you never need it then cool. but it's better to have sitting there ready to be grabbed at a moment's notice just in case.
I see the merit in a bug out bag.
1. If there's a disaster coming and you don't have time to go shopping in your house. Think tornado, you have just enough time to grab you pets and family. You can swiftly grab the bag.
2. It's a good thought experiment to display your survival priorities. The videos are good to display. "If I could fit all my necessities in a bag, this would be it."
3. Those who actually want to prove their self reliance can test themselves. They can take their bug out bag and say "I'm gonna go for a 3 day camping trip in the woods". They can quickly learn what they need to improve on. Perhaps their bag is too heavy and themselves too out of shape. They may have underestimated their ability to create fire with the tools in their bag. They might get the harsh reality that outdoor living conditions are rough. You could argue that you could test these at home but there's a difference between trying to light a fire and home, blaming it on a bad day, and going inside compared to lighting one in the woods because you need to boil water and you don't another option.
Completely agree. Some people think they’re going into the woods with an MRE and a bag full of gear to start a new life.
Bugout bags are what you need until your get home back has enough cash in it to buy the home you want to get to. Not all of us live in a nice rural homestead in Montana. But we're trying to get there.
Sir, you are correct! Once you've bought a house, done the renovations, gotten off grid or close to being self sufficient, why would you ever leave your castle? No place will ever last as long, or have as much food as a well-kept, well provisioned home.
I've always approached it differently. Obviously my setup wouldn't work well in the case of an EMP, but for most if not all practical scenarios near me it works. I treat my car as my bug out/get home bag. I train on loadouts on a short notice and have a variety of scenarios and what I would do for them. Living on generator power for a week and not being able to get gas in town really put my methods to the test, but the practicality of my car made it possible. Some scenarios I want to stay home, others I believe it's safer to leave. Regardless my car is going to be the best way to navigate even if I have to go 5 hours out of the way to get home as with Ian I was still able to and I wouldn't have been able to reasonably by walking (about 1 week to get home vs 5 hours. My car also does not stand out in almost any environment so it is a pretty good option for most scenarios.
I like this idea!!! Your car is a potential generator, is a shelter, can store what you need.
I don't have a "bug out bag" but I do have an "unplanned event contingency bag" that stays in my vehicle or with me in whatever vehicle I am in with some tools, medical and a bottle of water in it. At the moment it also has 5 nappies and a bag of baby wipes but they will go once I no longer have an infant. I am much more likely to use said bag to get myself home than away from home.
I am 65 years old with arthritis and vascular troubles in my legs. I ain't bugging out. I live in a very small Montana town in a ranching valley. And this is where I will stay.
I keep a "bugout bag", old briefcase actually, next to my safe just for important papers, deeds, titles, insurance policies, etc. because we live in an area with a fire season and might have to evacuate, unlikely, but there is always a chance. I can open my safe, grab the contents and throw them in the briefcase and put them in the car and know that all our important papers will be safe with us should we need to leave.
I don’t know man I think you still need a bug out system maybe it’s your vehicle maybe it’s a motorcycle but you still need to be prepared to bug out from your own property if marauders come any failure of civility situation, or a natural disaster in your case, a forest fire. Nobody wants to think about it but it’s possible you would have to abandon your beautiful Homestead property. So there should be a provision for that. I do agree, and all of my vehicles have get home bags in them. It’s absolutely essential. But natural disasters do occurre even in peaceful times so you should have some type of a system to evacuate your property if need be.
Cody I am in agreement with dang near everything you have put on here recently except the view of women and how men are to treat them. I am blessed to live in rural Kentucky and work in southern Illinois with a majority of time in Tennessee. I will say the old ways you refer to alive and well in these parts.
I came to the same conclusion last year but I'd like to offer a situation where a bugout bag makes 100% sense. I live about 8 miles from what could well be nuclear targets if Putin completely loses his mind (military bases in one direction, power station in another, gas refineries in another, county scale gas storage in yet another - and London is only 25 miles away. I'm already home, but continuing to stay within the fallout zone of a detonated nuke, or the toxic zone of those refineries could be terminal. If you live in an earthquake zone, your home may not be your castle either.
My car broke down last year while I worked at a job 100 miles away from my house. I could not afford a hotel and repairs so I needed to camp nearby.
A tent was useful to keep the mosquitos out in the summer. If it happened in the winter, an insulated tent would have probably been more expensive.
A bug out bag might be useful if you believe that compelled military service is immoral during a time when its being enforced and don't trust the government to treat you fairly in jails or just would rather be homeless than in jail.
Going Home by A. American is a great book that outlines this exact scenario. Has a good story line with lots of gear and survival tips.
My BOB has never progressed past the "thats a cool idea" stage. I am with cody 100% we are close to same age and i too have spent the past 10 years acquiring resources building up a homestead. I am not rich enough to have a second bug out location stocked with food and supplies. If i get forced out i might as well eat a bullet because living out of a backpack with noplace to call home is my idea of a miserable existence and not how i want to live the last few years of my life. I will probably fight to the end
Everyone should read the book "One second after" by William Forstchen. Fantastic insight on how quickly things would deteriorate after an EMP.
Is it fiction?
@@redrustyhill2 yes it is.
My 2cents…
Bug Out Bag - intended to use to leave your surroundings due to imminent, hostile threat; this is because someone is coming for you
72-he bag - intended to get you to safety, other than your home, likely due to natural disaster or home fire; this is to survive temporarily until you can go back home
Bugging in - willing to die on your hill because someone is coming to get you and you refuse to run
All these things are valid for different reasons and mentalities. As a Christian, I believe there is a time coming when my family and I will be hunted down for our beliefs. (Or it could be for our vaccination status?) if that is the case, then the Anti-Christ government will know where I am and will come to take me away. Should I run with my family and attempt to continue to spread the Gospel? Or do I die a martyr’s death in my home in a violent kinetic standoff that will not last more than a few minutes? I choose being a good steward of the family God blessed me with, and I choose life and witness. Hence, I will bug out and need to be prepared to do so.
Get Home Bags are absolutely brilliant and logical, and everyone needs one or more in each vehicle!!
Two of the best all-around items you mention are cash and walking shoes. Great video.
AND, Self-defense tools.
In CA you just need something in case a fire rips through town in the middle of the night. You can have some some clothes, cash, and basics if you house goes up in smoke.
Just the act of making the bag is good though. Even if it is pointless in practice it gets the normal person thinking differently.
I listened to a former ranger talk about prepping and bug out bags and he said they are somewhat pointless. In a worst-case scenario like complete societal breakdown there are people that train their entire lives to kill other people to take their stuff. A normal person doesn't stand a chance.
People make the mistake of thinking Zombies or Nuclear Winter or Skynet but it's supposed to be for if a tornado is going to rip your house off the foundations or if a flood or wildfire is going to swallow your land. You can't stay there so you need a kit to keep your family safe and sustained until you can return and rebuild or just move to an entirely new place.
@@redclayscholar620 That's a fair point.
I don't care how long someone spends training. No one is bulletproof.
what people sometimes fail to take into account (imo) is when calculating, “Oh, I can walk xx number of mph, so i can get home in this amount of time”. Your normal walking speed is when everything is fine and you are traveling UNMOLESTED. if things go sideways, you may be traveling, at night, or off the main thoroughfares . it may take you 3-5 times longer than when everything is fine.