it must be a mindset ...i just finished a mulie hunt in north east AZ. ..my pals who have been hunting for years carried very little in the way of survival kit...i have a back ground in the army INFANTRY and took a survival tin ,headlamp ,h2o,survival pouch also empty ruck for snivel gear coming off after a good walk...even after last years hunt i GAVE them items of kit and still they will not carry it ...they all have the" it won't happen to me" mindset because it has not happened in the past and they won't get lost and or have to spend a night out ....this last hunt one of our party did'nt follow the plan and route and we thougth he was lost..came 4pm came 6pm no hunter at the pick up point given ...at that point we went into OH'CRAP mode and were going to get the S.A.R teams envoled...we drove the roads again and found the guy on a road he was NOT told to be on....long story short STICK TO PLANS AND ALWAYS CARRY YOUR KIT.. even if your a toughguy hunting all your life...news papers are full of real hunters dead in the woods because they did'nt carry kit...vince g 11b inf.....