Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Could you live on deer in a major crisis?

Yep

Yep.

You had 5 cells. Betting the guys in the 30s had coal oil or carbide.

Neither are shining a bright beam very far.

My question is who is going to kill "all" of these animals?

What percentage of people in the listed states are firearms owners?

Oh yeah. Have used those carbide lights a time or two in emergencies.

Grandad wouldn't hit you for shining someone in the face with it, as it wouldn't put their eyes out.

None? LMAO

THIS.

CWD and EHD has them almost killed off here already.

KYHillChick tells her friends that she has no worries; her big German Sausage Boyfriend would keep her in venison.

The truth of it is that I suspect, were the S to HTF, we'd be living off cattails, acorns and raising rats for meat after a very short time. Sure, hunting for food is cool. The deer outnumber the humans in this county. However, I'd be competing with every other guy with a deer rifle.

Around here, they tried to stock whitetails, putting in 20 per county. Some counties thrived and the herds grew. Other counties? They kept putting in deer, 20 at a time, and the next time they looked they were gone. The theory was wild dogs. The truth was the locals were stocking their freezers.

Back during the Depression, you couldn't even hear a songbird in these parts.

This country is less east/west or north/south than in the past.

It is urban vs rural. With suburbs being a blending zone trending urban.


Among long term residents in this area, I don't know of any that aren't armed.
Even 80 year old widows have at least 1 gun and can shoot iteven if they
aren't good with it.

Most imports come here for lifestyle, which means most of them hunt or have
guns.

I'd bet that outside cities over 30k in MO if you started searching homes you would soon find most were armed too. That trend will repeat in most states, with the exception of a few on the coasts.

That's how I see it too. We have moose , more so than deer. The dumb fu©ks around here will shoot one and then not have the mean to preserve it. Everything will disappear, and won't get better until the people disappear too.

I am way out in the country. If the S hits the Fan, the deer will all be gone in a month.

To say that 10% of the population could go out and kill a deer is being very generous.

Did anyone mention neighbors? I got a few tasty-looking ones, and a couple that would render well…..

Used to hear my grandmother talk about how a robin taste better than a dove.

In a bad enough situation the human population will plummet much faster than the wildlife will.

I guess you need to know the parameters of the 'major crisis'

- will there be well(your own or municipal) water??? Or just surface/rain water???

- electricity for preserving or 'old school'????

- gasoline/diesel for transportation or hoofing it???

a loss of each of these dramatically reduces surviving.

'Survivability' is directly related to all aspects of dependance on 'others' prior to 'S Hitting TF'.........

Otherwise.......

Have a buddy that says armadillo is pretty tasty.

In that scenario, having a cast net and being able to throw it would be a great survival tool. Much better with a small rowboat, as I assume during this apocalypse we won't be obtaining any gas for outboards, thus rendering most of the boats you see these days as useless.