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Discussion: Survival
Minuteman:
You are absolutely right, Jack. A snare made from the aircraft style cable you have in your garage connected to the lift springs will make a dandy snare for a deer. Learn how to make a snare lock from a fender washer now while you have the internet!
Huntertrapper I think if you and your family hadn't eaten in a week you would carry the best rifle you had to the woods and kill the first animal you saw to put food in your belly. Your priorities change when theres four hungry mouths to feed and you gotta do it or they don't eat! Its easy to look at it and think you know how you'd react, but in my opinion only a fool would continue hunting with a primitive bow when their survival depended on it. Unless of course thats all they had or military action in the area precluded the unwanted attention firearms might bring.
I know that around my neck of the woods the deer population is gonna be hurtin in a serious fashion if food ever gets short at the grocery. Buncha folks around here kill 'em year round already whenever they need the meat.I can see the BP rifle being awful handy. But only after other bullets had been used up or in the interest of conserving ammunition stores. You'd be carrying an AR-15 ( or SKS better yet) over your shoulder for the two legged varmints of course.
I ain't trying to start a shovin match, just stating my opinion and I WAS NOT calling anyone a fool.
Surprised no one addressed my x-bow commen...
Stonedog:
This has been said....but if you are really concerned about survival.....learn to trap. Period.
Learn to snare, learn to set commercial traps and learn to set deadfalls and twitch up traps.
Also learn to snare brids.
A Day setting traps.....can lead to a week of eating...do that math......traps and snares are force multipliers.......you have many doing the work for you......
Now, that being said....except for a few times a year, I always hunt with a bow and arra.....just cause I love it......
But if I had to feed the family...trap the small (up to about beaver size) critters and kill and preserve (dry, smoke and jerk) the bigguns.....
Also....learn to run a trot line...and seine......
Oh yeah....get a book about wild edibles in you area......
JackCrafty:
Mmmmm....some beans, squash and tobacco would go good with all the meat being harvested here....
I agree with the trapping idea....especially fish traps. The supply of land critters dries up quickly (no pun intended). ;D
mullet:
I'm glad Florida has more cows per acre than Texas or any other state. I like hunting dumb animals.
Jack Lannom:
So far we make the assumption we will continue to live where we are now but if there is much of a calamity unless you are "VERY" rural / remote, relocating out of the mainstream of those who haven't the skills to survive and the ones who would prey upon them will be necessary.
In this case what can you carry with you for how far.
No fuel at the station or Groceries in the local market for just 30 days would put many into panic mode another 30days would require the National Guard be called in for sure!
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