SHTF - how long would you last? (chickens, vegetables, gardening)
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How long does it take to die from lack of dietary fat? When people just live on trout and salmon, they eventually get sick and die from a nutritional disorder. Deer meat has not very much fat. One meat that IS fat especially at certain times of the year is bear. I am pretty isolated in a coastal mountain forest area. Locals have already planned what bridges to blow (wink) to keep out the California hordes.
But fishing is cheap and quiet and doesn't require ammo. What about high fat sea foods, such as sea urchin roe?
Last edited by Elk Wallow; 06-27-2015 at 11:56 AM..
I don't know anything about sea urchin gonads. I do know that birds and mammals are mighty tasty! If you're planning to bug out in semi-starvation mode, you should learn about the birds and mammals in your area (or whatever area you'll be in). Know how to spot and ID tracks, scat, rubs, calls. Watch some vids on how to clean out game of the type you'll be hunting. Fishing is another way to get quality protein. Stock up on tackle and lures; learn how to run a trot line and use a cast-net for bigger catches.
I don't know anything about sea urchin gonads. I do know that birds and mammals are mighty tasty! If you're planning to bug out in semi-starvation mode, you should learn about the birds and mammals in your area (or whatever area you'll be in). Know how to spot and ID tracks, scat, rubs, calls. Watch some vids on how to clean out game of the type you'll be hunting. Fishing is another way to get quality protein. Stock up on tackle and lures; learn how to run a trot line and use a cast-net for bigger catches.
Bears are a great resource for fat. Bear Grease is easy to eat and digest, does wonders for leather, makes your skin nice and soft, heals wounds, makes the flakiest pie crust ever, and serves pretty well as oil for a lamp.
One bear can give you 50lbs + of rendered grease, (fall bear, Spring bears have used their fat in hybernation).
Some fish like salmon and trout have a lot of oil, if you leave the skin on instead of flileting, and have enough oil to offset protein poision.
Buffalo are another great source of fat. Deer, Elk, and Moose can have quite a bit of fat, but some of it can taste pretty nasty.
Birds and small game usually don't have much fat, with the exception of animals like possum, beaver and marmot, (woodchuck/groundhog), but you have to know these things going in.
Rabbits don't have a lot of fat and can cause Rabbit Starvation, (protein poisioning) if you don't have some form of fat to eat with the meat.
So fry that jackrabbit up in a pan of bear grease, and you have nutrition and a tasty meal
When we cook a goose, it's just dripping with fat! We save it and keep it in a jar for use with other foods!
Domestic geese and ducks yes, wild, not as much.
I hunt wild ducks a lot, and have taken some Canadian Honkers and Brant's, as well as snow geese. Pretty lean. I usually have to include some bacon fat to keep the meat from drying out with them.
Grouse, wild turkey, partridge, even doves are pretty lean meat.
Domestic goose grease is great for a lot of uses, so I don't blame you for saving it
I know how to track and fish and all that... Here's the dietary disorder I was thinking of- MTS mentioned it- Protein Poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation I have heard of prospectors in the Sierra Nevada got sick and even died of eating nothing but trout, as they were so easy to catch.
Last edited by Elk Wallow; 06-29-2015 at 10:54 AM..
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