What are you packing?

[beemerphill]

When I'm in the "urban jungle", it's a Baby Glock. When in the outdoors, it's a 3" SP101.
Neither one has been used in anger, and neither has ever broken any laws. I do have a license to carry concealed, and have had proper firearms training. This is one of those areas where it should be up to the individual, and the responsibility of the individual.
YMMV

[SweetiePie]

I have never taken any kind of weapon out into the woods camping with me. I do take a knife for utility and cooking reasons but I would hope that I never had to use it to defend myself.

[Newanderthal]

Cold Steel SRK. heavy duty, fairly light, and chops like a hatchet. mostly useful when hammering in tent stakes or cutting a sapling to use as a crutch when rolling an ankle. If someone or something got shanked with it, it wouldn't be happy.

[Lucy]

The only time we carry a firearm with us is if we are planning to do some target practice out in the back country. Otherwise, my big dog is my secret weapon.

[Tubby]

I carry, but I carry conceled and I'm licensed. I do worry about snakes. I would try my best to go around but it would be awfully handy if you almost stepped on a big mama rattler, which I have done. It's the only time I've killed a snake rather than go around. She was waiting on the other side of a fence I had almost put a foot over and I was straddled over a barbed wire fence with no way to move.

[dinosaur]

I guess that goes to show you that if you're in venemous snake country, you never step over anything. You go around. Although in tubby's case, a fence is pretty hard to walk around unless you've got all day.

[Pathfinder1]

I usually don't trek very far,
when all around me black bears are.




Hi...

I no longer carry a firearm when camping. I do carry a pocket knife and a multi-tool. In addition, I carry a sheath knife and a machette, both for general camping use, when necessary.

Although some of those could be considered personal protection weapons, I don't think any of them would be any good to fend off large bears, for example.

Of course, I could always pretend I was Ben Lilly (Google him, and you'll see what I mean)...!!

[abmac]

I always make sure I have packed my lighting in several choices so I'm prepared. I have gas as well as battery and have found it a good thing to keep the variety on hand.