Place to practice primitive skills

[RedDogFabrication]

What type of pack? Get home bag or full on bug out bag. I see a get home bag as just light simple items that will help me keep moving. Flashlight, knife, water, weather gear. Get home bag need not have shelter food, a weapon is nice if able. I do not consider a knife a weapon. Bugout bag on the other hand should not just have a crappy tarp in hope to make a primitive shelter. Throw a tent in there get a good hatchet, big survival knives are ok but I would take a hatchet over a knife any day. Weapon for sure, food water purification, fire, socks! Cookware I would recommend a proper liquid stove. You can always cook on a fire but not as fast and as un noticed as with a small burner. Clothing think this one through hard do you own any rugged clothing the kind of stuff you can live in for months at at time. This is so often overlooked. How long will your pants and shirt last with day in day out ware. How about boots have you ever walked long distance in a set of boots not all are created equal. Did I mention socks!

[HoneyBadger]

In using your bag, do you find that there are certain items that you can not get to, without first removing other items?
This is one thing I've run into, and had to adjust accordingly. I noticed I would pack an area very efficiently, but that the item I used most, or something I'd want quick access to, would be at the bottom.

Nope, I haven't had this problem, mostly thanks to the many outside pockets. Everything that goes in the main pocket goes in as vertically oriented as possible so as to not bury other items in the bottom of the bag.