CRAZY PREPARED

[Cain]

Also http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4702607/Where_There_Is_No_Doctor_-_(Malestrom)

[Sheered Völva]

Sheep would be a good choice, but I'd do goats and chickens first.

Chickens would be a little small for me.

[Richter]

Sheep would be a good choice, but I'd do goats and chickens first.

Chickens would be a little small for me.

Metaphorically, used in that sense they're like raincoats.

The Goat is the fine oilskin duster.  It ain't pretty, and don't always smell too good, but it will last you a LONG time.

The Chicken is the disposable plastic parka.  You wear it once.  Twice if you're unlucky, desperate, or silly.  The benefit is you can keep allot more around.

Aside from my calm acceptance and nonjudegmental treatment of your goat - fucking lifestyle, and advice about how to adapt it to chickens,

WHAT IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA'S BALLS IS WRONG WITH YOU?

[Sheered Völva]

Sheep would be a good choice, but I'd do goats and chickens first.

Chickens would be a little small for me.

Metaphorically, used in that sense they're like raincoats.

The Goat is the fine oilskin duster.  It ain't pretty, and don't always smell too good, but it will last you a LONG time.

The Chicken is the disposable plastic parka.  You wear it once.  Twice if you're unlucky, desperate, or silly.  The benefit is you can keep allot more around.

Aside from my calm acceptance and nonjudegmental treatment of your goat - fucking lifestyle, and advice about how to adapt it to chickens,

WHAT IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA'S BALLS IS WRONG WITH YOU?

What's wrong with me?  I'm here, aren't I?  That should explain it. 

[Requia ☣]

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1786256/27467304/

Because it was being asked...primitive bow making guide.  Would still prefer a compound bow with a decent weighted draw, but sometimes you don't get that option.

I'd prefer a nice high powered rifle and a few thousand rounds of ammunition, if I'm using a bow for something other than fun, things have gone seriously south.

[Richter]

Sheep would be a good choice, but I'd do goats and chickens first.

Chickens would be a little small for me.

Metaphorically, used in that sense they're like raincoats.

The Goat is the fine oilskin duster.  It ain't pretty, and don't always smell too good, but it will last you a LONG time.

The Chicken is the disposable plastic parka.  You wear it once.  Twice if you're unlucky, desperate, or silly.  The benefit is you can keep allot more around.

Aside from my calm acceptance and nonjudegmental treatment of your goat - fucking lifestyle, and advice about how to adapt it to chickens,

WHAT IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA'S BALLS IS WRONG WITH YOU?

What's wrong with me?  I'm here, aren't I?  That should explain it. 

Well spoken    If you don't blink at goat fuckign accusations, you're in the right place.

[Requia ☣]

Making a bow seems extraordinarily hard without a supply chain in place

[Richter]

Also http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4702607/Where_There_Is_No_Doctor_-_(Malestrom)

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[East Coast Hustle]

if you don't have a firearm, your time and energy is probably better invested in building traps than it is in bowhunting.

A deer can be brought down with a pretty simple deadfall trap if you're lucky, and smaller game such as rabbits, squirrels, and groundbirds are almost comically simple to trap. Also, in a pinch, you can always stretch a net out downstream from a beaver pond. Cut off the tail, throw away the beaver (unless you need the hide or fur), and hang the tail over your campfire (cut end up) at a height that will provide fairly even heat without scorching the tail. When it starts to flake and peel, it should be done. won't taste great and the texture might be off-putting (though not unpalatable) but it's PACKED with calories, protein, and vitamins.

[fomenter]

if you don't have a firearm, your time and energy is probably better invested in building traps than it is in bowhunting.

A deer can be brought down with a pretty simple deadfall trap if you're lucky, and smaller game such as rabbits, squirrels, and groundbirds are almost comically simple to trap. Also, in a pinch, you can always stretch a net out downstream from a beaver pond. Cut off the tail, throw away the beaver (unless you need the hide or fur), and hang the tail over your campfire (cut end up) at a height that will provide fairly even heat without scorching the tail. When it starts to flake and peel, it should be done. won't taste great and the texture might be off-putting (though not unpalatable) but it's PACKED with calories, protein, and vitamins.

"throw away the beaver" wasteful 
"without scorching the tail" what if they like it scorched 
"won't taste great and the texture might be off-putting"
"but it's PACKED "

[Richter]

This thread = Now about Bush Meat Innuendo.

[Cain]

Traps are definitely more economical.  If you're going to be in an area for a while, I would suggest them as well.

But, well, its nice to have a bow sometimes.  Gives you something to do on the long winter nights as civilization burns to the ground.

Oh, and this comment from the blog that Iptuous linked to is very pertinent, I believe:

Things will get worse, pretty bad for some ( specially those that have a hard time finding a job again) And the crappy situation will likely last for years. This is hard to avoid or to speed up the healing process.

But USA is still USA, the economy wont be utterly destroyed like it happened here ( we only have a mock of what a real economy should be, every serious non gov fund economist says so)
It's going to get tougher, specially regarding everyday security.
Not zombies or gang of biker looters, but everyday stuff.

"Billy got mugged" "The guy that lives across the street got attacked"
"The girl that lives next door was robbed last night" "The Smith's got robbed at their home, they tied them up and picked the house clean" And yes, people will get killed more often to.

You guys have race related problems and internal conflicts. Expect that to escalate some.

I know it already happens in USA but my point is it will happen much more as things follow their post-crash natural course.

You'll hear these things a LOT.

It wont be on the news ( news will show just part, and foucs on other things so as not to spread panic) , it will be happening to you and the people around you, it's going to be what you talk about when you pick the kids from school, and the teacher will chip in with HER robbery ( this actually happened to me, the teacher had been carjacked at gunpoint in front of the school at 7 AM, in spite of the private school's hired security)

So crime and insecurity will be something you live with, and the big "other" thing you'll have to worry about besides the economy, your job, and making enough money.

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2009/02/reply-debts-and-devaluated-currency.html

[East Coast Hustle]

yeah, FerFAL seems to have his head on pretty straight about this sort of stuff.

[the last yatto]

crossbows are funner, plus long pigs tend to avoid the traps

[Richter]

Traps, used a lot over a wide area, can provide a more steady stream of small / medium game, and work on their own.  If you want to hunt larger game during the rounds checking your snares, deadfalls, and pits, then you're on the right track.  Grab edible plants, roots, mushrooms, and berries while you're at it.

Yatto:  Long pig can be easily caught / shot while they're poaching a squirrel out of your snare.

We are Omnivores.  We can (and SHOULD) mix and match how we gather food when we can't cultivate.