Originally Posted by Valsdad
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by MartinStrummer
Originally Posted by rost495
Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
A quick search on just TX showed 1.1 million licensed hunters and an estimated 1.5 mill hogs. If each hunter tried to shoot just 2, they'd be out of hogs. Of course many of the hogs would be inedible.

Why indelible?

"... indelible..."?

I would shoot a feral to keep from starving.
Killing deer would not be an everyday affair.
They are too labor and time intensive to be of great value unless you're stationary enough to preserve the excess.
In a survival situation, small game is much more available. Easier to acquire and a lot less labor intensive.
Squirrels, rabbits, possums, raccoons, birds, fish, snakes, etc, etc.... even rats and mice.
Learn edible flora to enhance your diet.

Oops. But spell check said it was ok so it must be.

One of the most valuable items to own will be a brick of 22LR HP's.

Or perhaps a small bore black powder rifle/smoothbore?

For when the .22 ammo runs out.

In a survival situation, I would not want a black powder firearm.Though they are simplistic in design, but black powder is a "corrosive master"!
A simple single shot rifle, pistol, shotgun or other non repeating arm should work great.

Just my opinion.