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<blockquote data-quote="RickN" data-source="post: 3574553" data-attributes="member: 8854"><p>That is one of my mental exercises since I had a dream about it years ago. In today's world you would have to have the groundwork already laid and have as many different methods of survival that you can. A family or loner will be easy meat for the desperate or gangs. You need a strong enough group to defend yourselves. Hunting or farming alone will not keep you fed unless you have enough land and enough people to defend your herds and crops. Livestock thieves are plentiful even today.</p><p></p><p>You are going to need a mix of skills and the bodies to do all the task needed. Bartering with others outside the group will help if you can produce enough, or have skills to trade. Again as long as you can defend it.</p><p></p><p>To make it work in a real SHTF scenario you will need farmers, ranchers, medical, teachers, mechanics, carpenters, an electrician, welder and plumber would be nice too. You need to be able to process your meat, can your veggies, store your grain, heal your wounds and illnesses, teach your kids how to carry on and build or repair your home. All this is more than one person can do unless you intend to live like a mountain man and I say good luck with that.</p><p></p><p>If there ever is a SHTF time, wildlife will be decimated, right up until the time people are. Then the animals will start to recover. Many of them by feeding on the bodies of the dead people. And yes if it ever does happen, burning or burying the dead will become an important part of survival too especially your closest neighbors. </p><p></p><p>Since I know my dream of winning the lotto and my mental exercise will never come true, I figure if SHTF we will bunker down and defend what we have and pray we make it thru the first waves or riots, killing and looting. If I am still on O2 we are pretty much stuck here up until the power is gone them I become a statistic. Hopefully the wife can make it to the daughters house if she is still alive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RickN, post: 3574553, member: 8854"] That is one of my mental exercises since I had a dream about it years ago. In today's world you would have to have the groundwork already laid and have as many different methods of survival that you can. A family or loner will be easy meat for the desperate or gangs. You need a strong enough group to defend yourselves. Hunting or farming alone will not keep you fed unless you have enough land and enough people to defend your herds and crops. Livestock thieves are plentiful even today. You are going to need a mix of skills and the bodies to do all the task needed. Bartering with others outside the group will help if you can produce enough, or have skills to trade. Again as long as you can defend it. To make it work in a real SHTF scenario you will need farmers, ranchers, medical, teachers, mechanics, carpenters, an electrician, welder and plumber would be nice too. You need to be able to process your meat, can your veggies, store your grain, heal your wounds and illnesses, teach your kids how to carry on and build or repair your home. All this is more than one person can do unless you intend to live like a mountain man and I say good luck with that. If there ever is a SHTF time, wildlife will be decimated, right up until the time people are. Then the animals will start to recover. Many of them by feeding on the bodies of the dead people. And yes if it ever does happen, burning or burying the dead will become an important part of survival too especially your closest neighbors. Since I know my dream of winning the lotto and my mental exercise will never come true, I figure if SHTF we will bunker down and defend what we have and pray we make it thru the first waves or riots, killing and looting. If I am still on O2 we are pretty much stuck here up until the power is gone them I become a statistic. Hopefully the wife can make it to the daughters house if she is still alive. [/QUOTE]
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