All this information is great when medical help is close by but what do you do if you happen to be bitten while on a backpack hunting trip, out of cell phone range 30mi. back in the sticks. Having a Beacon or Spot
is no real comfort in this situation either, it could take hours or days for help to arrive.
So: if you are on your own what do you do?
If you have only one other person with you, should they leave you to get help, remember it might be a 2-3 day walk? A Beacon or Spot might take
12hrs or more, it's 5pm now, sundown at 7pm, next light is 6:30am.