I’m having to start carrying my inhaler. I hadn’t thought of a mask for some reason,though I often wear one for camo/concealment reasons. Since I had Covid in 20, I have had relatively serious asthma issues. And this deer opener It’s still so warm here that the dust and pollen is just dreadful!So can a cheap dust mask like you can buy at most any hardware store. My wife has worn a dust mask while hunting for years. She was wearing a dust mask while hunting a long time before paper masks became "fashionable" due to covid.
And because she is asthmatic, my wife carries an epi-pen in a quick access fanny pack whenever she's in the hills away from home. Thankfully, she's never had to use it.
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.308 Norma
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Take care friend. Asthma is dangerous, probably more dangerous than most people think.
We have determined that it's mostly sagebrush pollen that can trigger one of my wife's asthma attacks. And we have plenty of sagebrush around here. Besides wearing a dust mask, my wife has also figured out to wipe her face with a dampened bandana once in a while when we're out hunting.
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As soon as the epi-pen wears off in 30 minutes, it will have solved nothing. The epi-pen's purpose in wilderness medicine is to buy time for the antihistamine (Benadryl) to reduce the severity of anaphylaxis which can take 15 to 20 minutes. Those with asthma or allergies should carry both. Those with timely access to professional medical care can use the epi-pen, call 911 and let the paramedics and doctors mind the rest. In most cases, they will administer an antihistamine. The other options they have that people should not self-administer without a doctor's advice would be a corticosteroid (prednisone) and a beta agonist like albuterol. I don't carry either of those nor would I use them, but I'd have no hesitation to use OTC Benadryl and an epi-pen when called for. In the wilderness, a well-equipped first aid kit and generous training in wilderness-specific first aid are important things to have.
Yep and in the case of bee stings and snake bites this can help as well...
The number 1 item in my backpack though is TP. A long time ago I got caught with out any in the woods. Leaves and grass suck...
Yup! I knew a “city slicker” who has actually turned into an awesome hunter and woodsman; but way back when, he was …. Weeeeeeellllll, when nature calls, you can’t hang up. And the “convenient” leaves he used? Poison Ivy…. Learned a very tough lesson….
I might add, I like the small compact “camping” rolls to carry.
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I don't doubt this is true for whitetail. Hunting migratory mule deer one year, I defecated in a canyon at the end of one day. I came back the next day and the canyon was full of deer. They just didn't care. I've peed places too and the deer would walk right through them. They seem to mostly mind their eyes and ears, but particularly they mind motion.
I carry a travel-size pack of Kirkland baby wipes. They work better than dry TP. I also carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer. If I'm backpacking, I use a Tentlab Deuce of Spades -- awesome tool for its weight (many uses). In the 4x4, I have one of those folding shovels which I dislike. I want to get a small fixed handle shovel like a Cold Steel Spetznaz.
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Electronic handwarmers, one for each jacket pocket.
Wife saw them for sale on Amazon and ordered them for me. Haven't used them yet, but I imagine they're going to come in handy when the temp drops.
Wife saw them for sale on Amazon and ordered them for me. Haven't used them yet, but I imagine they're going to come in handy when the temp drops.
