RE: What if any survival gear do you carry in your pack?
i hunt a fairly populated area, but I still carry a few things.
2 film cansiters one with matches and one with petroleum jelly soaked cotton balls, my knife, 2 granola bars, and a frs radio.
Also I have the advantage of a wife who knows to call my hunting buddies if I don't show up.
I saw a show once were this hunter fell out of a tree and was all messed up. The wife and son called the cops well after dark but they didn't know were to look. Finally a day later the kid figured out to call his dads hunting buddy to find out where he likes to set up. My wifes response was reassuring she said in the begining of the show "why don't they call his buddy". She also knows by heart the FRS radio Freqs I use. A good wife can save your butt!