There are so many different "bags" ideas that you would need to narrow your question down a lot to get good info.
Get Home Bag
Bug Out Bag
Get Out of Dodge Bag
Douche Bag
Ass Bag
etc
etc
There are so many ideas out there that you can drive yourself nuts. Remember to cover shelter, water and food and build from there based on your skills.
Bob
Your assuming most people have something between their ears. That's nice of you. Shelter is part of security. I don't know how they taught survival 50 years ago but I do know how it's taught within the last 10 and that's all I have to go by. Sorry3 minutes without air
3 hours without shelter (Think winter/ cold rain etc)
3 days without water
3 weeks without food
Security? Use what's between your ears and, more often than not, you'll be ok. The O.P. asked about a "Bag" anyway so most here would already be armed anyway.
Somebody asked me many years ago in my former profession what 3 things I would like to have with me if I knew I'd be in a survival situation. I stated- A knife..........................something to start a fire with............................................... and a fat friend. Can't understand why nobody want's to go camping with me anymore
Bob
Your assuming most people have something between their ears. That's nice of you. Shelter is part of security. I don't know how they taught survival 50 years ago but I do know how it's taught within the last 10 and that's all I have to go by. Sorry
That's where most of my training comes from also. Shelter should start with appropriate clothing for your environment. But security was always strongly emphasized first. I agree the purpose is to learn from each other. Hopefully people listen. I have my doubts. On gun stuff I can literally have someone ask my opinion (prefacing it by saying they don't know anything about guns) and when I give my recommendation they try to argue with me. Wtf? People are so dumbLOL. You are correct. Figured if somebody was here asking questions they had at least a desire to increase the density of the mass. Not real sure how they taught it 50 years ago either as I was only 6 and having fun. For the decades I was a .mil instructor, and most the current instructors, they separate security and shelter unless you go to .mil type operations vs strictly survival situations. If we go there, the basics still apply unless you DO want them to pry it from your cold dead fingers because you forgot the rules of 3.
As in anything, use what you want and leave the rest but this is just my opinion based on my experience. I stick to my original recommendations to the O.P.
Bob