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Bug out (SHTF) bag

Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:01 pm
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
21162 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:01 pm
What’s some essentials you’d have in your bag

Solar flashlight
Several lighters
Waterproof matches
Fishing line with hooks
String
Knives
Water purification kit
Medicines
First aid kit
MRE’s
Nuts
Toilet paper

Machete
Gun
Ammo
Solar powered charging bank

Posted by htownjeep
Republic of Texas
Member since Jun 2005
7765 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:10 pm to
Compass
Cash
Zip ties
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
38171 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:14 pm to
Here’s a list of things I’d try to toss in the truck.


Generator
Shake Hose
Gas cans
Black/Yellow document holder.
———-Loose in Bins
Emergency-Food
Salt
Pepper
Spice rack (just get the whole thing)
Benellis
ARs
Pistols (all of them)
Back braces
Many backpacks
Belt Holster
Water
Chainsaw
Greenworks Batteries
Fishing
Important to have passports and a family picture in case you get separated from each other.

———big Blue DryBag one (old/strapless keep lightweight items in here)
All four Sleep bags
Fleeces
Tarps
Cordage and many ropes.
Medicines
Alcohol
Hibiclens
Bandages
First Aid
Wipes
Lifestraw (these are good to have)
Many watertight bottles
Blades/knives

———big Blue DryBag two AND
Big mtn hardware backpack

Bible
Batteries
Walkie Talkies
Small Radio
Adhesives
Tow straps
Cable ties
Binoculars
Sunblock
Bug spray
All Lubricants
Lighters
Light fluid
Lights
Dry bags
Tent

Pot pans
Cleaners
Alcohol and wipes
Tools and bits
Cigar case…..do not forget.
Liquor

WHERE ARE THESE THINGS?
Don’t forget to look in each room when you are in a rush.
My Closet
Wife Closet
Our Bathroom
Coat Closet by our room
Our office for documents
Wife night stand
pantry
Laundry room and closet
Garage

Now……how to pack them

What goes inside the truck first?
Emergency food
Big tent
Lifestraws
Water
Fire
AR/Pistols
Ammo
Big Blue Dry Bag #1
Big Blue Dry Bag #2
Documents (including black/yellow box)
Fishing
Cast net
—Rooftop box second most important:
Loose Food
—then the hitch cargo carrier boxes because they can be stolen easily.








This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 11:19 pm
Posted by HoboDickCheese
The overpass
Member since Sep 2020
13487 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:16 pm to
Rubber gloves
Ski mask
Duct tape
Chloroform
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82726 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:32 pm to
Just my favorite guns and ammo.
Posted by Ol boy
Member since Oct 2018
3922 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 6:14 am to
Bible
Bourbon
Ar-15
Glocks
Gonna sit on my porch make sure I’m rifgt with Jesus sip bourbon while five finger death punch plays on the turtle box. If I have to run somewhere then I’m pretty sure it’s a world I don’t want to live in.
Posted by bulldog95
North Louisiana
Member since Jan 2011
21162 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 8:51 am to
quote:

Bourbon Ar-15


Throw in an AR-10, SKS’s, Nagant sniper rifle, shotguns, deer rifles, and some old Milwaukee best (or whatever is around) and we’re good to go
Posted by SCwTiger
armpit of 'merica
Member since Aug 2014
6840 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:43 am to
quote:

If I have to run somewhere then I’m pretty sure it’s a world I don’t want to live in.
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Same here. I've got plenty of food at my house and more ammo than I can tote. If they're gonna get me then come on.

I'm right with Jesus and it only gets better from here.
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
674 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:19 am to
4 Way Silcock Key and a Camco Water Bandit
Unless you and your vehicle can survive without water
This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 11:22 am
Posted by mtb010
San Antonio
Member since Sep 2009
6085 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 11:30 am to
I don't need a bug out bag. I live in the middle of nowhere and my extended family would be the ones coming to my house. I got plenty of fresh water, canned beans, dried beans, rice, canned meat, and water filtration. My closest neighbors are deer and cows, and I will just eat them.

I didn't lose any guns in a boating accident and my children and I will take shifts in our ghillie suits watching the property.

I have been preparing since the first Obama administration.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
117747 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

Black/Yellow document holder.


If shite REALLY hits the fan this won't be needed.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33533 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 12:41 pm to
Frick bugging out, I am hunkering down.
Posted by TideHater
Orange Beach AL
Member since May 2007
19793 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

I am hunkering down.


Never hunker down. You are then dependent on what is around you. Move and keep moving to provide opportunity. Movement is Life.

JFK Special Warfare School.
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
10037 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:17 pm to
Plane tickets and passport
Posted by Kashmir
Member since Dec 2014
9475 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 1:45 pm to
Food for 18 months, guns/ammo, clothing, medicines, etc at home. Why would I bug out? I’m not going to get shot on a road while trying to escape when thousands of people are trying to do the same damn thing. If/when that time comes, I’ll take my chances inside my house.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33533 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 2:46 pm to
Security and familiarity are also life. IF its a total meltdown incident - drinking water will be the biggest obstacle. Movement is life also pertains to a combat environment, depending on what the catastrophe is - I'll take my chances where I can defend with a vengance.

People worry about starving to death - dehydration is a much faster killer.

SERE water was the biggest problem.



This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 2:56 pm
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
33533 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 3:33 pm to
quote:


Plane tickets and passport

5 most practical and probable catostrophic scenarios

1. Massive coordinated power grid/comms attack
2. An EMP attack small or large scale. Imaging a large metro area with ZERO working electronics.
3.NBC attack (N being dirty bomb)
4. Nuclear weapons strike even limited.
5. Cataclysmic natural disaster.

airlines down for any of those.
Posted by ecb
Member since Jul 2010
10037 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 8:12 pm to
Then no bug out bag matters.
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
4160 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 9:21 pm to
yall getting a big enough bag to fit your family in or yall just going to leave them for the zombies?
Posted by 98eagle
Member since Sep 2020
3011 posts
Posted on 10/18/25 at 11:57 pm to
Water filter, MREs, Hunting Knife, Flashlight, Firestarter Kit, Lock pick tools, multi tool, folding saw, mess kit, paracord, leather gloves, waterproof boots, lightweight polyester socks, underwear, shirts, pants, poncho, blanket, towel and Waterproof Bivy and sleeping bag to sleep in anywhere. First Aid kit and bottles of Tylenol, Benadryl, Ivermectin and an assortment of fish antibiotics.

VIDEO BELOW: Ruger 22 Charger Model 4938 custom build with folding brace, binary trigger, suppressor, 6" carbon fiber barrel, competition bolt.

NOTE: This whole rifle folds down to the size of a lunch box with it's folding brace and quick takedown of the barrel and suppressor.

Plus a half dozen magazines (25 round)

Many rounds of CCI Mini-Mag 22LR SHP 40 Grain

Note with the custom build Ruger 22 Charger I can hunt with single shot or change the binary trigger to basically fully automatic to fight off multiple aggressors.

This post was edited on 10/19/25 at 11:17 am
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