Outdoor Skills - Field Sense
Road Sense
- Obtain travel maps of area
- Travel only where permitted
- Comply with all signs, barriers & restrictions
- Always ask permission to travel on private property
- Stay out of streams & off lake shores or marshes where you have the potential to get stuck or mired
- Avoid muddy trails, roads, meadows or steep hillsides where your tires can tear the terrain
- Respect the rights of hikers, riders, campers & others to enjoy their activities
- Slow down & be courteous in camp areas
- When encountering mountain bikers or horses, pull over & stop
- Never chase wildlife or livestock with any type of vehicle
- Never put a loaded firearm in any type of vehicle
So
you broke down
Stay with the vehicle
f you must leave:
- Take only short hikes
- Leave only if you are certain help is nearby, or you are in danger
Moving around:
- Wastes energy
- Makes you anxious
- Makes you harder to find
- possible cold weather
- greater visibility problem
- more difficult to get bearings
+fire/shelter resources
+natural resources
- possible hot weather
- greater dehydration danger
- lack of shelter
+easier to get bearings
+ easier to be spotted
+ fire resources
