knife
flashlight
hunting clothes on
10 matches

For me the knife is pretty key. It depends on where your at but with a knife you can make alot of things. I could make a bow and arrows fairly easy. Enough to kill smallgame. But the problem is that takes alot of energy. If your talking about just getting by your talking aboutfinding the easiest food source. So you have to figure out each situation.Like others said staying calm is key. And unless you took off to try to make it out there you looking to get rescued or get out. Otherwise you'd be better prepared.

So how did you get there? Are you injured?
There are a bunch of possible things you cannot prepare for. Being in shape is major too. I think I would do ok. Thrive ...maybe eventually. But in the example the way I take it you lost or stuck and planning on getting out. Thriving to me means comfortable and staying there. I could do that tooif I knew I was staying.