Hunting to Eat

[crashdive123]

Group dynamics would probably resolve the issue.


Long pig.

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

Henry Ford once said, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Of course, both of you may have been hanging around the wrong crowd.

CS, I find it hard to believe that you think you can harvest more food or as much food alone and a group can. Isn't that similar to saying you can move more dirt, build a shed faster, dig a ditch deeper, by yourself that if a group were involved?

Never said I could harvest as much or more than a group only that I fealt I could provide enough for my family of three without a group or a net. Oh and if I see someone in my woods, hollaring "get the net" well then......Just sayin' might be some consideration where you guys go a nettin'.

[pocomoonskyeyes]

I agree with you, crash, but I didn't mean someone who was unable to, I meant someone who "chose" not to do the work. (As in, just plain lazy.)

That would be simple really - Don't contribute , don't expect any of the "fruits of the labor". A day or two without food or shelter would "Motivate" them.

[2dumb2kwit]

Never said I could harvest as much or more than a group only that I fealt I could provide enough for my family of three without a group or a net. Oh and if I see someone in my woods, hollaring "get the net" well then......Just sayin' might be some consideration where you guys go a nettin'.

You know...I've been told, that game starts tasting like whatever it's been eating. Rick eats a lot of twinkies. Just sayin'.

[Rick]

@CS - Got you. If all else fails, there's horse roasts.

@2D - Would you please stop calling me lazy?! Just because I choose not to work.....

[your_comforting_company]

That brings up a good point.
What if you're in a small group, and one of the members won't pull their weight? don't let them have any of the stuff the rest of the group worked for
Do you kill them? No. when you kill people they call it murder, unless it's someone important, then it's asassination. murder is bad.
Do you make them leave the group? if they still won't help, yes. they gotta go.
If they won't work hard in the group, do you think they will survive without the group.let's hope not. I'm getting hungry and they won't wander far on their own...

at least thats my answers...

[COWBOYSURVIVAL]

Rick, Got me huh! well I'll tell you what "Buddy" (understand me and Rick are pickin') You and three more just like ya, come on down and I'll let you guys head out with your nets and clubs. Me I'll take a silent but deadly stand at sundown.......I get one bullet for each of you so 4 bullets and I know I have to feed my family.....simple math.....The bullets are for the critters not you guys!

[2dumb2kwit]

@2D - Would you please stop calling me lazy?! Just because I choose not to work.....

Ohhhh, come on now Rick. I wasn't calling you lazy. *I was calling you flavored.*

[Rick]

@CS - I'm certainly glad you cleared up who the bullets were for. I was beginning to think we might need to trap you with the net when you walk at the door.

@2D - Well, okay then.

[lucznik]

I don't think we can consider it an accident that humans around the world and throughout history have tended to congregate together into villages, tribes, communities, nations, or whatever. Man does not generally do well alone.

I know there are lots of cool stories about Mountain Men and their travels/adventures into the old American West that are adventurous and exciting. Trust me, their existence was almost universally meager and uncomfortable and all but the very best (luckiest) tended to die very early.

I think, if I really was going to be in a true, extended bug-out scenario, I would want (at the very least) to congregate together with my extended family group and perhaps a few well-chosen others - make up a "tribe," if you will.. There are lots of skills to be had among that group of people that would be very nice to have available.

[Stony]

well, it did not take long to turn this thread into a name-calling and cussing exercise.

while surveying forest tracts i see more small game than large,
therefore a small game rig (.22 handgun or 410 shotgun) would do the trick.
maybe aided by a good ,mid-sized, dog.
when hunting in a group, the girls and i split up, one taking a stand and two walking.
this way we seen 11 deer yesterday morning (one hour).

here you go, my take on things.
now the usual suspects can start rantin and rafing again.

[Rick]

That would be me. Let's see, should I pick on Cowboy or 2Dumb? Someone pick for me.

[nell67]

That would be me. Let's see, should I pick on Cowboy or 2Dumb? Someone pick for me.

I vote stony,maybe we should start a poll and see what everyone else thinks??

[oly]

Working together as a group is the efficient and also the lazy why.
I know what your saying 2D, the lazy ones should be shunned from the village to feed the animals for the next hunt.

[Beo]

Village Hunting is done here in the U.S. only we call it a "Drive" where hunters scour the woods in a line and jump deer. I have never done this, never need too or wanted to, I do fine solo hunting for me and the family. But, in an extreme situation I might try it if I knew and trusted the others carrying the firearms. Won't go hunting with a group of people that would spray the woods when the game jumps up to run... just me but I'm kinda not into being shot at by fellow hunters.
Beo,

[crashdive123]

.. just me but I'm kinda not into being shot at by fellow hunters.
Beo,

Now that you're arse has healed up, I'm sure there is a joke in that statement somewhere.

[Beo]

LOL... yeah, I seem to attract injuries... my arse is fine now though thanks for asking.

[trax]

There's something that's been alluded to here a couple of times that I think is the most important deciding factor. Competence. The people who traditionally hunted for food in groups knew that the other hunters in the group had the same training and each person knew their job plus they come from a society that valued the group's wellbeing over the individual's for the most part. Those things are going to make a world of difference.

I don't mind hunting with someone else if I'm confident in their core competencies. Just most people I'm not. The larger a group of hunters becomes the greater the odds of chasing away your intended prey by making too much ruckus in the bush too, though.

[BENESSE]

I don't mind hunting with someone else if I'm confident in their core competencies. Just most people I'm not. The larger a group of hunters becomes the greater the odds of chasing away your intended prey by making too much ruckus in the bush too, though.

Not to mention you might get shot in the face.

[chiggersngrits]

I think the most beneficial aspect of the group would be if one was to become sick or injured. You would have someone to help care for you, increasing your chances to recover. The group would also cover your duties until you were able to resume them.