How long do you think you could survive?

[desertcj]

I think most people here are a lot tougher than the average model. If you and your' family had to leave your' home for good and live in the wilderness for the foreseeable future, how long do you think you could last? I don't meen to sound all paranoid or anything, I just try to be prepared as I'm sure a lot of other people on here do as well. I gotta say, winter would be a tough time of year! I'll give myself alone several years at least, untill my gear starts going south. With my wife and two daughters, I'm not really sure but that's a whole lot harder with a bunch more mouths to feed...

 

[Hoot]

I could last all the way to the end...

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

It'd be tough to start in a blizzard like we just had here in Montana. That said, it would depend on prep time. A week? no sweat. An hour? I might be toast.

 

[boom]

i live in very mild weather.

with my weapons choices are hamstringed..if i had a sllenced .22..i could go forever with my hunting and camping gear. i only have my wife. with kids..kill me now

 

[Hard Knocks]

I could make it quite a while.I have land with a cabin and the lake nearby that feeds a creek that runs through my place.plenty of deer and wild hogs, and if I run out of meat, I will eat the wife and quit complaining about the few extra pounds that she has put on

 

[phinneas_gauge]

No one lives forever, no one. But with advances in modern science and my high level of income, it's not crazy to think I can live to be 245, maybe 300.

 

[Beastmode]

I could make it quite a while.I have land with a cabin and the lake nearby that feeds a creek that runs through my place.plenty of deer and wild hogs, and if I run out of meat, I will eat the wife and quit complaining about the few extra pounds that she has put on

Ouch hope she doesn't read this! I feel my family and I would do fairly well. I would really love to learn how to preserve meat for extended periods of time. Without salt I am not sure how to do this. A deer that you could make last for a couple months would be huge!

 

[Becca]

Ouch hope she doesn't read this! I feel my family and I would do fairly well. I would really love to learn how to preserve meat for extended periods of time. Without salt I am not sure how to do this. A deer that you could make last for a couple months would be huge!

Pressure canning will preserve meat long term without refrigeration, but the supplies are not exactly something you can pack around with you...

 

[Beastmode]

Pressure canning will preserve meat long term without refrigeration, but the supplies are not exactly something you can pack around with you...

Yeah I want to figure out how to do it without packing a ton of lbs of salt or equipment.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

If society as we know it came to an end and we all had to hunt and gather to survive I'm afraid that with the population of North America the wild game would not survive for long. I think the people that would last the longest would be the people who are armed and trained the best to take what they need from others.

 

[DeepMauka]

No one lives forever, no one. But with advances in modern science and my high level of income, it's not crazy to think I can live to be 245, maybe 300.

There is a guy that walked this earth a couple thousand years ago that would not agree with you.

 

[phinneas_gauge]

It's a quote from Talledega Nights - don't take it too seriously.

 

[gwl79902]

beastmode try to google biltong. it is like jerky. I have heard it is a way to do low tech long term storage of meat. I have never done it or tried it but I have heard it is good. I think the the survival rate for someone in the wilderness in my area would be poor. We have no winter range in our wilderness so winter would be bad. The key would be in a place where you could drop to a big game winter area.

 

[boom]

It's a quote from Talledega Nights - don't take it too seriously.

Lpl!

 

[Craig Van Arsdale]

I would need to learn how to trap and build my own trad bow and arrows! I think if I had those skills on top of what I know now I could go quite a while.

Maybe I should buy a ton of arrows and points for now........ Haha

 

[bobhunts]

Worst case scenerio all of us could go a while, (hunters-outdoorsmen) some longer. Unless you live in Alaska in a cabin using wood for fuel you would be flat screwed. Eventually they would be too. At least the way we view society today. The mass of modern day pirates would take all of your assets and leave you to die. I hope this never happens but for short term, meaning a natural disaster or enemy type of attack, all of us should be responsible enough to have a way to at least have a way to purify water and a supply of food that will last for a week or two. Propane is portable, wood is readily available and eventually all of our high tech gear will wear out. So then we are back to fur and skin clothing and such. This could go on for a long time making all of us "Preppers" and maybe all should be in a way. You never know when the power will go out during the coldest winter and have to cook off of the stove in the kitchen. Good post! Bob.

 

[Coyote Commander]

The mass of modern day pirates would take all of your assets and leave you to die.

+1

Unless you're already in the wilderness or a rural area, youd have to make it there first. And sadly, with our society the way it is now, 90% of those trying to make it to the wilderness would be killed before they got out of the concrete hell they live in.

If theres one thing ive learned from end of the world and zombie movies, its that you DONT want to live in large metropolitan areas.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

^^^^^^^^ That's a valid point. We're fortunate enough to live more than 30 miles from town, our nearest neighbour is a couple of miles away. It is not uncommon for us to be snowed in here without power for a few days at a time. We always have enough food on hand to survive at least a month, harvest a moose or elk ( which could be done off the front deck a lot of mornings) and that triples. With a wood stove for heat, a well and a creek for water we would have no reason to go anywhere, just stay and defend what we have.

 

[desertcj]

+1

Unless you're already in the wilderness or a rural area, youd have to make it there first. And sadly, with our society the way it is now, 90% of those trying to make it to the wilderness would be killed before they got out of the concrete hell they live in.

If theres one thing ive learned from end of the world and zombie movies, its that you DONT want to live in large metropolitan areas.

As sad as that would be, this may be the only reason that some people would survive long term without the resources being completely comsumed. I live outside city limits, about an hour from the mountains but no major obstacles in my path and several routes to get there. The popular routes will be blocked either by checkpoints, traffic jams or accidents caused by heavy traffic. A lot of people think they should go to the mountains for safety even if they don't know exactly what to do when they get up there. I sure wish I had some property and a small cabin to fall back on, but that's basically what I'd be doing anyways. I'd try to find a place that had sustainable water as well as sustainable food which would most likely need to be crops that I plant and harvest. On the plus side, I'm sure it would make an excellent food plot for big game as well...lol. At that point, I would just try to stay under the radar and defend what I had left if necessary. A purely nomadic lifestyle would be EXTREMELY difficult IMO. Even the mountain men needed a resupply once or twice a year!

 

[brunse]

Anyone person on this forum could live somewhat comfortably for a very long time after the other 85-95% of the NA population was gone... As long as the water supply was not tainted.