Originally Posted by BellevueBully (Post 1766064)

If you do not consider yourself a 'woodsman', and a damn fine one at that, taking your chances in the bush in pure survival mode will lead to a sure and slow death, imo.

On another point, what is the probability of a large scale foreign invasion of North America? IMO, pretty hard to pull of logistically. Any opinions?

Originally Posted by Silvestor (Post 1767765)

There are some people that think they will survive on hunting and trapping alone. Here is a guy that experimented with eating mostly animal flesh, and a small amount of greens.

http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showt...hreadid=263561
"Since so many folks keep telling me that they will hunt to provide for there family if SHTF, I decided to put the wild game diet to the test for a week. I assumed that for a week that game would be endless since most of my neighbors are pacifist liberals. I have a freezer full of Elk and venison so that is what got used for the test. I took a multi-vitamin and vitamin C tablet everyday. I started out at 189 pounds of lazy and decided that I would have to perform a mile worth of walking a day to get my meals, which I performed on trails near the house and collected any wild edibles that I could find,which mostly consisted of a handful of wild onions, wild grape leaves from the one vine that I found, and dandelion greens. I even choked down what little fat was on the meat and ate the deer heart, liver, and kidneys. Here is what I have determined.

1) I tripled my water intake after the first day and was constantly thirsty.
2) I could not make it through the night without drinking and pissing at least twice, which had a very strong odor.
3) Even with daily showers, by day four my wife said that she could smell me across the room an hour after showering.
4) I lost all my energy within a day.
5) After my day one crap, I only managed one more during the whole test.
6) No matter how you prepare it, you get sick of eating meat.
7) No dandelions left in the yard and I rationed them.
8) I felt much hotter than normal and had to lower the temp in the house on day 3.

I lost 13 pounds in one week and ended at 176 and felt like shit. My blood pressure finally returned completely to normal two weeks later. My at rest heart rate has not returned to normal yet and is now running 5-6 bpm high average from a peak on 15 bpm high average.

My guess is that you would be dead in 3-4 weeks if this was your plan and you did not have an ample source of complex carbs stashed and more greens.

-yarro"

Originally Posted by Unclad Lad (Post 1771704)

When the only fellas living off the land are Eric Rudolph, the Unabomber...