Who uses hooch anymore?

[Pikache]

I don‘t quite see the use of hooch anymore when bivvy bag suffices as shelter to keep warm during the night.

 

[Sharpey]

Very true. But you will find that they make you use them on your PLQ, as I found out lol.

They cover kit very well in the back of an Iltis very nicely though for when it rains

 

[Armymedic]

When its raining or snowing having that shelter is always good to keep a little more comfort.

Esp if you have hex tabs, sterno, or your own little stove to warm :evil: things up...

 

[Spr.Earl]

Hey guy‘s never mind Hex tab‘s etc the old artic candle give‘s of enough B.T.U.‘s also and no toxic fume‘s.
I carry 4 in my butt pack at all the time,raise the old camo blanket and just burn two of them and you will be surprised at the heat the give off.
Keep you warm enough to start building a good survival hoochie.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Shelter halves are good for making make shift strechers, making a small shelter for section o groups or orders. Places where leaders can write orders. I just spent a week where it rained the whole 5 days. Sometimes its nice to just relax, protected from the elements and eat lunch or shave. Im a big fan of taking as little kit as possible to the field with me. (Though im not one of those guys who cuts off the handle of his tooth brush to make my kit lighter, lol to that). If i dont bring a shelter half i‘ll atleast have a rain poncho that i can use as a make shift hooch.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I try to use hooch every time I‘m in the field. Start with some medical alcohol, 120 oz tin of fruit cocktail, some.....Wha? Oh, you mean an improvised shelter made with a shelter half. Sorry, just went to the Bahamas for a minute :blotto:

 

[Armymedic]

Thanks Spr, I forgot about the great old standby, the artic candle. I have slept in the snow shelter above the tree-line when that was my only heat, and they do burn nice.

 

[Redneck052]

Hooches...

Yes we still use them. I just returned from an exercise where we used them exclusively.

Yes we have bivy bags, however the use of a hooches provides additional comfort. Keeps your kit dry, and makes a comfortable domain for however long you are there for.

While useing a hooch, I still use my bivy bag (like my American Express- ‘Never leave home without it‘). With the shelter half, I basically make a ‘semi-lean-too‘ stlye. The foot is closed and lower then the open top section. Very comfortable for living in a hole in the ground.


Happy "camping" everybody?

While in the hide, and gone aground, does anyone else burn misquito coils, or part of, to keep those little bastered away?

 

[Spr.Earl]

Redneck, when in a hide or hoochie you wish not to be detected as you are in the FEBA 9 time‘s out of ten, so using anything which give‘s off a detectable odour is not advisable as you wish to remain invisable as much as possible because you never know who‘s out there and the same goes for smoking.
Just good field craft.

 

[Cpt. Kap]

I for one was in the bush with my unit three weeks ago and the first night set up a Hooch using a old issue Poncho and used my ground sheet...as a ground sheet!!!.Ponchos make great shelters--stake out the 4 corners, wrap a loop around the hood and secure to a branch or something and you are good to go.
The second night I just went with the Bivi bag method and lumped my ruck, boots and everything together and tied my poncho over the whole mess with a bungy. Crew tents are ok but a hooch offers better sleeping.

No rain, No skeeters = Good sleeping.