I've never actually hunted, but I would love to learn. Not just for SHTF scenarios, but just because I think it is important for us to be reminded of the fact that the meat we buy at the store is actually from a living being who has had their life taken for our nourishment - and there is no better way to be reminded of that except through hunting. It's so easy to pick up that pack of chicken, or some ribeye, and not think twice about where it came from.
Honestly, I'm feeling a little guilty just writing that, guess that's why traditionally men are the hunters and us girls do the gathering and processing, rather than killing - it so goes against our nature... LOL
Like @Finnian, I would be really interested in a deer processing piece this fall, I think it would be really unique and educational. :)
::puts on his tinfoil hat proudly::
What's coming will bring death to millions of people. They will not eat. They will not be warm. They will not be safe. The best case scenario is an economic collapse. Within it, starvation will be the worst enemy. It doesn't matter where you live either. As I tell everyone who'll listen, prepare for the day when your fiat buys nothing. That day is coming.
I want my friends and their loved ones to survive. Growing your own food, hunting for your food, and securing your home will be vital. Those things will drastically improve a person's chance of survival. That is why I am here. If I save even a single life, all the time spent here is worth it.
I know it will come to that, and I know it could be sooner than we would hope. It's quite sad that an economic collapse is the best case scenario, but there are several other worse threats looming, which could all potentially lead to eventual economic collapse as well as all kinds of literal hell.
Today something happened that I've been waiting to happen and saying would happen for years. The bond market crashed. Now they will be forced to raise interest rates and quickly. That will crash everything. This is going to be ugly. There's no easy way out of it.
Ugh, so many people have said this is the year! Here we go..
The processing, I could possibly do prior to the fall, since I do have over 70 LBS of meat from this year's hunt I will be turning into almost all Jerky.
I agree that there are a TON of people who don't actually understand that grocery store meat is from an animal.
That's lots of jerky! ;)