Today, we're going to talk about if your kids go out in the woods with you and something may happen to you, how your children can get out of the woods and show you some tricks on how to do that.

Each year around this time in July I get ready to go out with my kids and start pre-scouting for bow season and get ready to hang tree stands.

One of the things that always worried me is, if I get out and fall out of a tree stand and fall and hit my head, how can my kids get out to find help? We have a compressor station here that makes a real distinct, loud noise and you can here it for many miles away. Finding things like this to tell your kids to listen for, helps them get back to this hard road which leads to the main road.

Another great feature to identify with your children is a gas pipeline. Pipelines are throughout West Virginia and they make a great marker so that you can show your kids wherever your at in the woods, activity wise, how to get back to a pipeline. Generally they lead to a road or place of safety.

Another thing you can do with your kids is show them to mark the trails. Break the limb, knock it down and tear it til the while exposes. Another thing is to take your limb and set it upside down. When you come through the back side of the leaves are a different coloration that is easy to find through the woods.

Besides the pipeline for geographical location, the compressor station for a noise, also look for something that is visual like a radio tower that has a beacon on it. In low light conditions, if the kids get stranded, they can look follow that light to a hard road or another place of safety.