Originally Posted by Sycamore
Originally Posted by krp
I have the skills to get by the same way my ancestors did and enough food to get through until I raise more if needed.

My dad, who's 83, didn't live in a house with electricity until he was in the eighth grade when they moved to town. He taught me alot about raising food and the practicalities of butchering meat without the niceties of freezers and such. My grandmother was a wealth of knowledge also.

Chit you can't read in a book.

Kent


Kent,

I agree knowledge is the most important. I doubt if Arizona could support 1 million people these days, 1/2 million was ok when your grand dad (and mine) were running around.

think about the deer hunting around globe and superior and morenci....when there was a strike. not so good.

the number of people that go hunting now is higher than ever, the gear is better than ever, and a lot of these folks are pretty good hunters.

I'm figuring most game is going to be cleaned out pretty quick.

Sycamore


thats what most people dont realize..in the early 1900's people looked around and realized the whitetail deer might wind up extinct there were so few around...and that was with a hell of alot less mouths to feed than today....even up here in the middle of nowhere it was notable to see just tracks when my granddad was a young adult....good big game hunting is a relatively new thing in its present form and takes alot of rules being followed to keep it that way with the number of people versus number of critters....

A serious student of the "Armchair Safari" always looking for Africa/Asia hunting books