Live off my body fat for a while, trying to eat tree bark. Then freeze to death in winter.
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
- First Aid, Red Cross (Google Play)
- Knots 3D (Google Play)
I would steal the picnic baskets of unaware families. Years of watching Yogi Bear would finally pay off.
*pic-i-nic if you’re doing it like yogi
Boo boo is that you?
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.
I installed the manual after reading your comment. There’s a lot of good info in it.
Have link?
Tnank you.
Thanks for this, gonna check it out now.
Most people will find out in a hurry how hard it is get enough food.
I watch that TV show Alone and even experienced survivalists struggle to get food. Us normies are screwed.
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.
Hah, I would channel the beast inside me and go the way of the wild wolves: find a house and get domesticated.
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.
As a type 1 diabetic who knows nothing about survival stuff, not long at all
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.
Steal stuff from the nearest house (or ask if I wasn’t on the run from the law–and maybe even if I was) or town. Otherwise, no, no survival.
Yes, this guy is my spirit animal–if I ever walk into the woods to disappear and live off the land. Or the neighbors as the case may be.
There’s a book I read about him, “Alone in the Woods” I think. Really fascinating and I couldn’t help but feel a bit jealous of him.
I live in Northern British Columbia…so 10 minutes.
The amount of people in here that are familiar with the wilderness and survival saying a week or “not long” is sobering… 😐
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.
Now I’m king of the forest like Tom bombadil
If we’re talking for any extended period of time I would try to seek support from others. If I’m hiding that means some people want to find me, but presumably not everyone. I’m not equipped with the knowledge or skills to survive on my own in the wilderness. Even if I have the skills, inevitably there are going to be challenges which are difficult if not impossible to handle on your own.
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.
Depends on how well I know the area and the time of year. My dad was a survivalist, so I at least know what to do. Knowing how to do it — that would be a bigger challenge.
