What type of fire starter do you carry in your pack?
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The vaseline coated cotton balls and a Delta Windmill lighter. I can tell you boys when you hunt in the Rockies late season sometimes your Bics will not fire. If Bics or matches do light the wind will probably blow them out. This will not happen to the Delta which is about $50.00 but worth much more when you really really need a fire. Clothes dryer lint is good starting tender also. Don't forget the fine steel wool and a 9 volt battery method. Just don't store both in the same bag or container unless you intend to burn your fanny pack. When it gets subzero it is nice to have options.
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I’ve hunted in climates ranging from 120 to 72ish degrees below zero and I’ve been sunburned to almost frostbite and I can tell you if you’re looking for something that really works and I mean really works even after being stored wet for a long long time! Well by’ golly get’ya a small jar of good old fashion Vaseline from and a magnesium fire starter stick from your local Wal-Mart. So simple of an operation a GEICO Caveman can do it. Take a 2x2 inch piece of cloth or piece of t-shirt etc and saturate it with Vaseline and scrape a little magnesium on it and hit it with the flint side and now you have instant fire 6 to 10 minutes of flame, now compare that with any other lighter and remember you haven’t really used your fire starting resources at all. I still got the same Vaseline jar in my back pack some 10 years ago and still work as good as the day I put it in.
In subzero degree weather butane lighters will fail and anything else like matches are more like a flash in the pan and they do deteriorate with age!
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