I grew up hunting and I never used night vision, use your senses, be patient, be still, and learn to become part of the environment. It works for people. Most people don't realize how noisy they are. I carry 2 different quick detach scopes and peep sights. Learning accuracy with iron sights and instinct shooting with a shotgun, good to know. Thank you for the information 👍
Not only TEST your gear, but when you find something that works, buy a second one because you should be wearing the original one out through actual use.
15 miles with say, 15 lbs of food, water and gear, is an exhausting, all day hike for most people in the US. If you are often more than 15 miles from your home, you'd better keep a bicycle in your vehicle. 15 miles on a bike, if it's paved and not all uphill is 1.5 hours of casual pedalling, or an hour of hard pumping. Remove the front wheel and rotate the forks. Remove the seat, handlebars and pedals. You'll then be amazed at how little space a bike takes up and you can reassemble it in 10 minutes. You must get home before people go crazy and that's at most by dark the first day after shtf. If shtf late in the day, you might only have a very few hours to get home. If you dont make it by then, you will have to detour around nutcase people and that might take days to accomplish. By then,your house could be burned to the ground or looted. You might have to go get your kid, and you might have to bug out that first night, without any vehicle. So you do NOT want to get home exhausted. Many people are often 30+ miles from their home and they CANT get home in one day.on foot, but they could easily be home in 2-3 hours on a bicycle. This is a no-brainer, people. It doesnt take much for traffic to be stalled in some areas for hours.
I’ve always figured if you’re having to walk home after the SHTF you’ll be doing good to make 10 miles a day. Even less if your terrain is rugged. Always travel at night and try to make as little noise as possible.
@funnyfarmdad9997 YES but after that first 10 mile day, the "average" person would likely last 5 miles the day/s after that. I'm an avid hiker that's well equipped and I can definitely feel 10 miles the next day. I'm in excellent condition for my age too.
I work 65 miles from home. Its a mix of urban and forested landscapes. Study the terrain and routes home. Study the areas that will draw crowds like supermarkets, hardware stores, gasoline stations, etc. Plan alternate routes to get home. Have a homebase comms plan as cell services can be disrupted. Plan according to the largest risk to your well being. My largest asset would be to melt into the mountains/woods asap. I'm 6 miles from the woods. My goal is to drive until I can't as quickly as possible. Then I would kit up with the items in my trunk. Practice hiking with a 50lb load in a backpack in the terrain you expect to travel.
Outstanding video as always. Thank you guys so much. Training in the elements is so important, especially when it sucks walking in the rain and snow teaches you how to focus on what’s important and what you’re missing and it’s a control test. Same thing for heat I’d love to see a video on how to psychologically evaluate people you meet during a SHTF situation. You probably already have.
I have a 30 minute drive to work! If SHTF most likely I’ll be at work while wife and kids are home and in school, we’ve gone over this and she knows get kids first, board up house and get her gear on, daddy will make just might take awhile😅😅😅
I watched this video and got motivated….i ended up in LA County jail. Turns out, you can’t really walk around Los Angeles with a ruck, SBR, and NVG/thermal devices.
Gentlemen, I enjoyed this video. May I suggest a video for college-aged people who are away from home and must walk back home. I realize that it's a difficult endeavor because they already know everything. But I would appreciate your imput.
I’ve used night vision. And I always tell people. It’s a lot cooler in the movies than in real life. It has its use but also limitations. And really good night vision is a bit pricey! And something people don’t ever talk about. Try using a regular scope at night. If it’s a quality scope, you would be surprised at what you can see and the ambient light it picks up. Especially if there’s some moonlight! Just try it. You might be surprised! Keep training, learning and moving! God Bless everyone! Be ready!
Probably one of the best videos I've seen on this channel. Flat range-gives us a repeatable measure of ability. Personally when on the range, I do some jumping jacks before each double tap. Gets the blood pumping, breathing deeper, like one might experience in a high pressure situation. I believe a hunter who goes out and actually kills something is practicing survival skills. It's not tactical per modern day warriors standards, but for the average guy, it challenges our physical abilities. For some game it challenges our stealth abilities. Others like dove hunting, helps our shotgun skills. A person can also not appear as threatening if out during hunting season, doing what hunters do, as opposed to looking like a military operation in progress. I'm not big on those bright flashlights. I get by on something much dimmer. I don't want to broadcast to the entire forest where I'm at. People who believe those bright flashlights work for self defense crack me up. The 3 Stooges developed a counter to that decades ago. My thinking is from an average guy who only has access to public lands.
Flashlights can work for self-defense as impact devices, I've personally seen the results of their use. "Flashlight therapy" is a real thing. Even the smaller tac lights are effective for impacts. The current crop of lights are bright enough, where if you blast the eyes of someone at night, you can cause someone to look away, etc. Giving you time to strike, create distance etc. I've done it and seen it done multiple times.
This is what makes me shake my head when someone says they can walk home that's 20 miles away in one day. That could be true if you're cruising down the road. At times, depending on terrain, it could very easily take 2.5 or 3 days. Thanks for finally getting to real life scenarios. I carry an inflatable mattress under my pack. It's not meant to lay on. I have multiple rivers and creeks that I have to cross in almost any direction I go. I will inflate the mattress and put my pack and my clothes in the garbage bag I carry. Hopefully this will keep my kit at least a semblance of dry.
@kevinramsey3490 just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't. I can do 20 miles a day with a 50 pound ruck and my rifle through the woods and hills. I know because I've done it many times as training and for fun.
100%! Sure, you can fit all your gear in your backpack but can you carry the weight for 20 miles? Can you run with it at all? Does the straps grind against your shoulders after a few miles? Only one way to actually find out!
STAY HEALTHY! ON Crutches, i need a mobility scooter or ATV in back of pickup! A mile on crutches with bone on bone knee, poorly healed ankle and hip acting up after 100 ft, = Coyote Bait.
Where would I find a place to go hike through the woods? I live in Maryland and I don't think it would go over very well showing up at the local state park in full kit
Train like your life depends on it because it does get out use your gear move in it shoot in it you'll find out what works and what doesn't you'll find out that your pack is probably way too heavy and you don't need half the stuff in it stay safe watch your six...
I am a 65 year old. That drives 50 miles to work everyday. I live in southeast Texas. Water is your life blood here in the summer. Everything else is secondary. Dehydration will kill you. My rifle is simple and light. Same with my pistol.
I say…. Stay home to defend your property.🇺🇸 If you’re not at home when the SHTF, get home as fast as possible and take a back route, if necessary. Keep preparing, Folks !
@ClaudiaMitchell-r9s I agree. I think they are saying if something happens when you're at work or out of town for something. This is how you get home to stay home
It was a good video pretty informative, unfortunately for those of advanced age and let's just say the body suffering from decision to not be in suppy, we are pretty much screwed if we have to go in on foot, you can find us in good cover with the can-do attitude of " I'll cover you! Go on without me! You can make it,now GO"!!
Not being a target and avoiding unnecessary violence and conflicts will make your journey or travel and lot easier. Don’t wear Tacticool shit if you don’t have to. Don’t wear flashy clothes. Normal workwear. If you need a chest rig, wear one that’s low vis. Wear a jacket or unbuttoned shirt over it if you can. 8:00 also, what’s generally overlooked is the status check. Once you’re escaped or moved from the original source of danger and you’re moving towards your destination, after that initial situation is calmed down you need to find a safe spot and go over your gear. See if you lost anything, do an ammo check, med check, make sure you’re optics and any battery operated equipment is actually working. Take a breath, get your bearing and THEN move. Just running or moving from your initial situation and never stopping to see what you have or may have lost can cost you in a situation like nightfall or if you get injured and you lost your IFAK while hopping a fence. 13:30 speaking of hopping fences, GO DO IT. Physical fitness is free and is your biggest asset second only to your knowledge and ability to think outside the box. It takes me 45 minutes to go ruck a couple miles with my backpack. Blue jeans boots and a wind breaker. No need to alarm the neighbors walking around like a cammied out milita nut. Just walking with your boots and a pack on for a couple miles will get your entire body adapted to doing that. Your muscles and tendons that typically don’t see that kind of activity during the week will be adjusted to use. Start doing those pull up and squats. You’ll wish you had taken those 30 minutes every other day or so when it really comes down to it.
Great advice. Instead of a chest rig, opt for a fishing vest. Plenty of pockets to carry mags, medical equipment, etc. but looks like you’re going fishing
Agree with everything but your take on night time operations. Coming from combat overseas, white light will absolutely give you away at night 10/10 especially anyone using NV. Secondly in a survival scenario any tool plus fitness that sets you apart is an advantage, many people would move at night and said folks with NV would be vastly more effective and or lethal in the dark. Imagine someone standing over you in the dark staring at you vs approaching w no visual.
Quick question. I wear body armor for work, i keep a sling bag as a work/get home bag with me in my vehicle, I also carry a pistol and have a shotgun in my vehicle. I spend 6 days a week 12-16 hour shifts at work and I typically work 45 miles from home by highway travel. Should i leave the vest and and shotgun behind if I'm having to make the journey on foot? I run hesco 3810 plates with soft side armor. I have sciatica and nerve damage from that in my left leg. I'm not in great shape but also not horrible shape. My job keeps me relatively active. If it was you what would you do? I work in a very rough area and there are very many rough neighborhoods in between work and home. I work in a major city and live in an apartment complex in a suburban area.
Ditch vest it already causing back issue, walking home u want casual look sling pack reg jeans shirt ect sidearm concealed u can hide shotgun using sling down ur back with over shirt
In the real world. A mass emp event, especially during the day, when most people are out of the home. I fear it's goung to be a buzzard buffett out there.
Practice all you want. Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the nose. Until then stay as tacticool as you can. Looking cool and acting tough is half the battle
Maybe be practical... no one has kit and a rifle with them all the time.... train to get home with what you have on you and your sidearm/EDC cause thats what youll have 99.9% of the time... that 1% is you going home from the range... no one rolls around with ear pro and a rifle😅😅😅
I grew up hunting and I never used night vision, use your senses, be patient, be still, and learn to become part of the environment. It works for people. Most people don't realize how noisy they are. I carry 2 different quick detach scopes and peep sights. Learning accuracy with iron sights and instinct shooting with a shotgun, good to know. Thank you for the information 👍
I paid a little extra for a quick detach holo sight on my AR and it’s definitely worth it. Gonna do the same with my scope too
Not only TEST your gear, but when you find something that works, buy a second one because you should be wearing the original one out through actual use.
That’s a good tip! If something works having multiples for different setups is great!
When the first one starts to show its age, get a third! If original breaks, one to use & one backup.
@relicpathfinder2800 exactly, my dad was a Ranger and they had a saying that has stuck with me forever: "2 is 1 and 1 is none."
15 miles with say, 15 lbs of food, water and gear, is an exhausting, all day hike for most people in the US. If you are often more than 15 miles from your home, you'd better keep a bicycle in your vehicle. 15 miles on a bike, if it's paved and not all uphill is 1.5 hours of casual pedalling, or an hour of hard pumping. Remove the front wheel and rotate the forks. Remove the seat, handlebars and pedals. You'll then be amazed at how little space a bike takes up and you can reassemble it in 10 minutes. You must get home before people go crazy and that's at most by dark the first day after shtf. If shtf late in the day, you might only have a very few hours to get home. If you dont make it by then, you will have to detour around nutcase people and that might take days to accomplish. By then,your house could be burned to the ground or looted. You might have to go get your kid, and you might have to bug out that first night, without any vehicle. So you do NOT want to get home exhausted. Many people are often 30+ miles from their home and they CANT get home in one day.on foot, but they could easily be home in 2-3 hours on a bicycle. This is a no-brainer, people. It doesnt take much for traffic to be stalled in some areas for hours.
@@EsyuDach I have been offered jobs paying low six figures, just for this reason. I stay within a 12mi. Radius, of home front 9
Great idea.
I’ve always figured if you’re having to walk home after the SHTF you’ll be doing good to make 10 miles a day. Even less if your terrain is rugged.
Always travel at night and try to make as little noise as possible.
That’s a good goal I think!
Stay healthy! Bad leg injury, and 2 crutches for several years. I stay close to home these years. God Bless!
@funnyfarmdad9997 YES but after that first 10 mile day, the "average" person would likely last 5 miles the day/s after that. I'm an avid hiker that's well equipped and I can definitely feel 10 miles the next day. I'm in excellent condition for my age too.
@@funnyfarmdad9997 25 miles daily depending upon terrain thick jungle 10 is a good number other than that you should be moving
@@AZBADBOYzExcellent insight, thanks!
I work 65 miles from home. Its a mix of urban and forested landscapes. Study the terrain and routes home. Study the areas that will draw crowds like supermarkets, hardware stores, gasoline stations, etc. Plan alternate routes to get home. Have a homebase comms plan as cell services can be disrupted. Plan according to the largest risk to your well being. My largest asset would be to melt into the mountains/woods asap. I'm 6 miles from the woods. My goal is to drive until I can't as quickly as possible. Then I would kit up with the items in my trunk. Practice hiking with a 50lb load in a backpack in the terrain you expect to travel.
Outstanding video as always. Thank you guys so much. Training in the elements is so important, especially when it sucks walking in the rain and snow teaches you how to focus on what’s important and what you’re missing and it’s a control test. Same thing for heat I’d love to see a video on how to psychologically evaluate people you meet during a SHTF situation. You probably already have.
"I’d love to see a video on how to psychologically evaluate people you meet during a SHTF situation." Critically important. Seconded.
Train your legs and your cardio.
I need to up my cardio for sure!
I have a 30 minute drive to work! If SHTF most likely I’ll be at work while wife and kids are home and in school, we’ve gone over this and she knows get kids first, board up house and get her gear on, daddy will make just might take awhile😅😅😅
I watched this video and got motivated….i ended up in LA County jail. Turns out, you can’t really walk around Los Angeles with a ruck, SBR, and NVG/thermal devices.
haha! Time to move I guess!
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😂😂👌💪🫡
Your lucky the cops got you before you got robbed of all that gear😂
Lmao I vote for best comment 😂
Great video very informative and thanks for sharing!
Excellent topic and solid advice. You earned a new subscriber!
Gentlemen, I enjoyed this video. May I suggest a video for college-aged people who are away from home and must walk back home.
I realize that it's a difficult endeavor because they already know everything.
But I would appreciate your imput.
I’ve used night vision. And I always tell people. It’s a lot cooler in the movies than in real life. It has its use but also limitations. And really good night vision is a bit pricey! And something people don’t ever talk about. Try using a regular scope at night. If it’s a quality scope, you would be surprised at what you can see and the ambient light it picks up. Especially if there’s some moonlight! Just try it. You might be surprised! Keep training, learning and moving! God Bless everyone! Be ready!
Probably one of the best videos I've seen on this channel.
Flat range-gives us a repeatable measure of ability. Personally when on the range, I do some jumping jacks before each double tap. Gets the blood pumping, breathing deeper, like one might experience in a high pressure situation.
I believe a hunter who goes out and actually kills something is practicing survival skills. It's not tactical per modern day warriors standards, but for the average guy, it challenges our physical abilities. For some game it challenges our stealth abilities. Others like dove hunting, helps our shotgun skills. A person can also not appear as threatening if out during hunting season, doing what hunters do, as opposed to looking like a military operation in progress.
I'm not big on those bright flashlights. I get by on something much dimmer. I don't want to broadcast to the entire forest where I'm at. People who believe those bright flashlights work for self defense crack me up. The 3 Stooges developed a counter to that decades ago.
My thinking is from an average guy who only has access to public lands.
Flashlights can work for self-defense as impact devices, I've personally seen the results of their use. "Flashlight therapy" is a real thing.
Even the smaller tac lights are effective for impacts.
The current crop of lights are bright enough, where if you blast the eyes of someone at night, you can cause someone to look away, etc.
Giving you time to strike, create distance etc.
I've done it and seen it done multiple times.
This is what makes me shake my head when someone says they can walk home that's 20 miles away in one day. That could be true if you're cruising down the road. At times, depending on terrain, it could very easily take 2.5 or 3 days. Thanks for finally getting to real life scenarios. I carry an inflatable mattress under my pack. It's not meant to lay on. I have multiple rivers and creeks that I have to cross in almost any direction I go.
I will inflate the mattress and put my pack and my clothes in the garbage bag I carry. Hopefully this will keep my kit at least a semblance of dry.
@kevinramsey3490 just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't. I can do 20 miles a day with a 50 pound ruck and my rifle through the woods and hills. I know because I've done it many times as training and for fun.
@twiztidrivers6192 good for you
100%!
Sure, you can fit all your gear in your backpack but can you carry the weight for 20 miles? Can you run with it at all? Does the straps grind against your shoulders after a few miles?
Only one way to actually find out!
Good stuff.
STAY HEALTHY! ON Crutches, i need a mobility scooter or ATV in back of pickup! A mile on crutches with bone on bone knee, poorly healed ankle and hip acting up after 100 ft, = Coyote Bait.
Where would I find a place to go hike through the woods? I live in Maryland and I don't think it would go over very well showing up at the local state park in full kit
We do it in Virginia. Sure the cops show up and we say hello.
Good info
Train like your life depends on it because it does get out use your gear move in it shoot in it you'll find out what works and what doesn't you'll find out that your pack is probably way too heavy and you don't need half the stuff in it stay safe watch your six...
I am a 65 year old. That drives 50 miles to work everyday. I live in southeast Texas. Water is your life blood here in the summer. Everything else is secondary. Dehydration will kill you. My rifle is simple and light. Same with my pistol.
I say…. Stay home to defend your property.🇺🇸 If you’re not at home when the SHTF, get home as fast as possible and take a back route, if necessary. Keep preparing, Folks !
Agreed! If at all possible stay close to your preps and bug in!
@ClaudiaMitchell-r9s I agree. I think they are saying if something happens when you're at work or out of town for something. This is how you get home to stay home
@@hillbillydsurvival3597 I know- I’m retired, I’m home as much as possible in these strange circumstances happening. 🙄. - (wars and the Drones).
@@hillbillydsurvival3597 I stay home as much as possible in these strange times- like, wars, Drones and …..GenX…😳😂
@@hillbillydsurvival3597 I know- I stay home as much as possible in these strange days. I don’t venture far.
It was a good video pretty informative, unfortunately for those of advanced age and let's just say the body suffering from decision to not be in suppy, we are pretty much screwed if we have to go in on foot, you can find us in good cover with the can-do attitude of " I'll cover you! Go on without me! You can make it,now GO"!!
Nice for in the boonies, but urban is a whole different can of beans and probably more likely..
Not being a target and avoiding unnecessary violence and conflicts will make your journey or travel and lot easier. Don’t wear Tacticool shit if you don’t have to. Don’t wear flashy clothes. Normal workwear. If you need a chest rig, wear one that’s low vis. Wear a jacket or unbuttoned shirt over it if you can.
8:00 also, what’s generally overlooked is the status check. Once you’re escaped or moved from the original source of danger and you’re moving towards your destination, after that initial situation is calmed down you need to find a safe spot and go over your gear. See if you lost anything, do an ammo check, med check, make sure you’re optics and any battery operated equipment is actually working. Take a breath, get your bearing and THEN move. Just running or moving from your initial situation and never stopping to see what you have or may have lost can cost you in a situation like nightfall or if you get injured and you lost your IFAK while hopping a fence.
13:30 speaking of hopping fences, GO DO IT. Physical fitness is free and is your biggest asset second only to your knowledge and ability to think outside the box. It takes me 45 minutes to go ruck a couple miles with my backpack. Blue jeans boots and a wind breaker. No need to alarm the neighbors walking around like a cammied out milita nut. Just walking with your boots and a pack on for a couple miles will get your entire body adapted to doing that. Your muscles and tendons that typically don’t see that kind of activity during the week will be adjusted to use. Start doing those pull up and squats. You’ll wish you had taken those 30 minutes every other day or so when it really comes down to it.
Great advice. Instead of a chest rig, opt for a fishing vest. Plenty of pockets to carry mags, medical equipment, etc. but looks like you’re going fishing
Run NODs and move at night. Hunker down during the day.
Agree with everything but your take on night time operations. Coming from combat overseas, white light will absolutely give you away at night 10/10 especially anyone using NV. Secondly in a survival scenario any tool plus fitness that sets you apart is an advantage, many people would move at night and said folks with NV would be vastly more effective and or lethal in the dark. Imagine someone standing over you in the dark staring at you vs approaching w no visual.
I liked this a lot.. well.. only once because TH-cam won't allow multiple likes..
Quick question. I wear body armor for work, i keep a sling bag as a work/get home bag with me in my vehicle, I also carry a pistol and have a shotgun in my vehicle. I spend 6 days a week 12-16 hour shifts at work and I typically work 45 miles from home by highway travel. Should i leave the vest and and shotgun behind if I'm having to make the journey on foot? I run hesco 3810 plates with soft side armor. I have sciatica and nerve damage from that in my left leg. I'm not in great shape but also not horrible shape. My job keeps me relatively active. If it was you what would you do? I work in a very rough area and there are very many rough neighborhoods in between work and home. I work in a major city and live in an apartment complex in a suburban area.
Ditch vest it already causing back issue, walking home u want casual look sling pack reg jeans shirt ect sidearm concealed u can hide shotgun using sling down ur back with over shirt
Is that a Tacticon armament sling?
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When off the beaten path be aware of potential non-human threats: mountain lions, snakes, yellow jackets, poison ivy, etc.
You gotta sub fellas!
Becoming a police officer might even help me get home quicker right?
Bro bro, i just a dude, in a hammock, my name is Dave, but Dave isn't here man, Hoo-Yah
In the real world.
A mass emp event, especially during the day, when most people are out of the home.
I fear it's goung to be a buzzard buffett out there.
Especially for the Unfit, injured/crippled & Underlying Health Conditions.
Good video but the music in the background is really annoying
Should've brought your lawnmower to make a path on those grassy trails. It come in very handy during SHTF.
@@alvarolopez630 🤣
Practice all you want. Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the nose. Until then stay as tacticool as you can. Looking cool and acting tough is half the battle
If you’re a hunter a lot of this is second nature.
Talking working out with equipment. Where is yours. No backpack.
Maybe be practical... no one has kit and a rifle with them all the time.... train to get home with what you have on you and your sidearm/EDC cause thats what youll have 99.9% of the time... that 1% is you going home from the range... no one rolls around with ear pro and a rifle😅😅😅
I could never carry all the firearms I take to the range. I'd have to bury them somewhere and come back if things allowed it.
Um. I have a rifle in my truck and a gun belt. Along with my CCW
Speak for yourself, mines in the truck everywhere i go.
As a dude who's done an ungodly amount of force-on-force training in the woods and desert, my first tip is NEVER to wear black anything.
I went to buy a black T shirt the other day. The lady boy behind the counter told me “Pink is the new black”. I said I’d have the old black thanks.
'background' music is not so background, detracting from an otherwise informative video
@@annaofre247 🤣🤣🤣🤡