I have a few apps installed just in case I need them, but that all depends on battery life. Gotta learn fast. When winter comes it’s probably over regardless
Survival Manual (Fdroid), someone posted a link below
I probably wouldn’t. But as a proper nerd like all of you, i should point that fdroid, of all other things, has a freaking survival manual book covering quite a bunch of things.
yeah but they have a very limited amount of supplies from a very limited selection (no guns) and its generally been intentionally in places that are very hard to survive in for one reason or another. Don't get me wrong though. Still hard but if you have yurt with sattelite internet and solar panels and guns and many buckets of survival rations and like something that gets water from humidity automatically and such. well not really as bad. so I guess it depends on how much time you could prep your hiding spot or even your stuff your going to go out with.
That’s true and it’s similar to how I took the question. If I’ve gone into hiding, I imagine it’s an emergency situation with little to no time to prepare.
yeah but civiliazation is not far away so you should be able to scrounge at the least. in the show a plastic tarp or anything that can be used as a container is a big deal.
I knew a few survivalists who walked the Appalachian trail. The first hurdle is… humans are not meant to be solitary. We do best in groups, with division of labor, which multiply force. But that’s not the question. As many already said: calorie-dense food is really hard to come by in the wild. You have to know what to eat, when to eat it, how to prepare it, and how to avoid depleting it. You also compete with other forces of nature: not just wild animals, but bacteria and insects. You have to know when to rest (most of the time), and how to plan ahead, and plan ahead flexibly.
Me, personally, I know a LOT about how to survive. Enough to know I’d be dead in a week at most. Part of the problem is I am dependent on insulin and other medications to live. But even if that wasn’t an issue, I don’t know enough to survive alone. I know enough to know that. “Hiding in the woods” means “I am prepared to die in the woods very soon, but was too cowardly to jump off a precipice or something for a quicker end.”
The biggest challenge is that the woods aren’t what they used to be. 150 years ago you could walk into the forest and see animals and berries everywhere. Nowadays, you’d need to hunt for days on end to find something like a deer, or a beaver, and you’d be lucky to find a source of naturally growing berries. You can still survive in the wilderness, but it’s a lot harder than it used to be, and it was never easy.
Edit: forest animal depletion at 53% 1970-2014. That’s just in that time frame. Before 1970 was an even more dramatic drop in forest population, to the tune of 90%. We’re on our last few animals now.
I know how to do a lot of things that would help with survival. I used to do (somewhat) minimalist camping and I know how to fish, hunt, etc. If I had some fishing equipment and a backpack with basic camping stuff, I think I could survive long enough to die of dysentery.
Assuming warm weather. I live in a hot, coastal climate with lots of rivers and wildlife. I have no idea how to survive in cold or mountain regions.
Depends. I think I could survive long enough to succumb to the parasites and bacteria in whatever drinking water source I had to use. My fat stores would keep me going for a good while but I’d be too weak to forage. I can’t trap for shit so I’d be on an all bug diet unless there are fish and crawdads.
Yeah for sure the parasites and bacteria would take me out within a month.
This is in the middle of the woods in winter with no resources (maybe a knife). A change to those conditions extends me out a month or two.
People imagine they die from exposure, or starvation, or wild animals.
Nope. You’re going to die from shitting yourself. If you have to choose, eschew the knife and choose the metal pot. At least, then, you can boil your drinking water.
I would start by building a shelter and finding a moving water source. Next I would build a fire. Finally I would set up some snares or deadfalls to catch some food.
I got a couple of acres of swamp with a very comfy camp setup. You could drop me off naked in January and I’d do OK.
There are a couple of guns and plenty of ammo, but I’m no hunter. Only have a vague idea on how to dress a deer, but I’d have to learn fast! Probably start by sitting still and waiting for a squirrel to wander by. Maybe a rabbit when they come out to silflay.
Since I already have a bit of food on hand, next I would mark a trail down to the river, which I’ve always meant to do. Got a few fishing hooks and simple gear, but no line or poles. I’d have to scavenge up and down the riverbanks for more gear.
No idea what plants are edible out there, probably my #1 issue. There is surprisingly little biodiversity in the plants. Maybe it’s better closer to the river?
Longer term, I would have to figure out how to make animal traps. .22s and 12/20-gauge is not going to last forever. Also, I’d have to eventually move camp to get closer to fresh water.
I’d actually be in great shape but I’m under no illusions. Acquiring food would take almost all my effort.
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