If you are around water like we are in Florida, get yourself a Cast net and learn how to throw it.It is legal down here in saltwater or fresh. And I'm with you, I'd probably park myself near a large body of water. Usually plenty to eat whether in the water or aroung it.
It may sound like cheating but I have Bic lighters stashed everywhere.
When it comes to staying alive, there is no such thing as cheating. 3 bic lighters should last you many years, if not forever. When I was homeless in florida, I used my little 4 ft cast net ro catch so much food. Schools of mullet, crabs, flounder, a few other fish that I wont admit to. A cast net is a life saver, and a go to survival aid for me.
I have used a cast net in a field to catch locusts for fish bait. You could theoretically catch rabbits too, mice, snakes... never mind the obvious fish, frogs, and turtles. The frogs and turtles id just as soon use to bait traps than eat them. Yuck.
A net is also good for making a shelter roof to throw leaves on, pit fall traps, the lead weights are good slingshot ammo if the net comes apart. There is lots of cordage in the tether line and heavy weight line on the draw strings. It also can make a bag to carry things is. Point is, a cast net is a must for me no matter if I am near water of in the desert.
