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To: TMSuchman

Thanks for posting.

Still another reason NOT to count on hunting and fishing for survival in the first year(s) after a breakdown.

Even without disease to contend with, the game supply will be gone quickly once desperate people start shooting anything that moves. I have no idea how long it will take for game populations to recover, but it could easily be many years.

Another factor is that the time spent hunting is time you are NOT defending your home. If you’re gone, who’s defending your home?

If you are lucky enough to get something, will some other hunter decide to take it? You might not even see them. If you’re dead they get the deer plus your gun and all your gear. From their perspective, what’s not to like?

If you get something, and don’t get shot yourself, you still have to field dress it and get it home. How many people have ever packed out a deer? How far?


11 posted on 05/17/2016 12:46:48 PM PDT by EternalHope (Something wicked this way comes. Be ready.)
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To: EternalHope

This is why we are forming prepper groups/communities. No one single person can do it all, these days. Much like the early human/primitive “mankind”/native “Indians”.

Some would go out & hunt, some would till the ground, others would tend the flocks & herds, while some would gather fire wood & water. All would keep an eye out for danger to the group.


20 posted on 05/18/2016 4:17:16 AM PDT by TMSuchman
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