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The vast majority of the posts I read here are geared towards bugging out in the wilderness which made me think about where people will go if sh** hits the fan;
My reasoning is that humans are scavengers and we only hunt because we have tools/knowledge and as such why run away to the mountains when you could bug out in a city?
Lets assume that a some sort of catastrophic disaster strikes:
10-20% are dead from the first wave
50-60% will flee somewhere else (to the "wild" or relatives somewhere else).
And the rest will stick around waiting for FEMA to "save" them.
SO with that in mind if you have the right knowledge and resourcefulness why on earth would you risk starvation and/or the freezing cold by going somewhere uninhabited?
I have met many "survivalists" with the silly notion that merely owning a firearm and stockpiling ammo will save them- how many of those people actually hunt?
It takes time and skill to take out game so you could not guarantee with any certainty that you will have food for the night/week/month , plus you will be competing with others for wild game and as such while I have hunting & wilderness as an option it is not the first thing I will do when things go crazy.
My current plan is as follows;
1) Assess situation and get info on threat (don't run for the hills at the sound of the first gunshot).
2) Bug in while deciding on urban bugging out or rural bugging out (Based on assessment of threat).
3) If urban (I will only cover urban bugging out because I assume most people here know all about rural bugging out) I will base my strategy around scavenging and moving from place to place throughout the city, obviously I will not bug in the local supermarket because thats where everyone else will go but rather using alternative locations and picking/taking what I need as I go along:
As a fan of urban exploration I am comfortable with going underneath subway stations and "breaking" into deserted factories/power plants etc. which will provide you with shelter- taking into account the amount of stuff people leave behind in a crisis food should not be a problem. with the right frame of mind you can find heat, shelter, safety and food with what is around you so maybe its time for people to add a dremel hand tool to there bug out bags?
(obviously I will not take/break into places unless its a real potentially live or die situation)
In my opinion with the popularity of shows like Man vs wild and Survivorman everyone has it in there heads that they can simple waltz into the wilderness with a bottle of water and a knife and survive so they will no doubt try it when the sh** hits the fan, so for me it makes sense to be where people wont expect you to go.
Am I just naive or does my little theory make sense?
(I wrote this in a hurry so please ignore typo's ect.- at some point I will re-write this with a structured guide + Pics of my current bug out bag so you can get a better idea).
My reasoning is that humans are scavengers and we only hunt because we have tools/knowledge and as such why run away to the mountains when you could bug out in a city?
Lets assume that a some sort of catastrophic disaster strikes:
10-20% are dead from the first wave
50-60% will flee somewhere else (to the "wild" or relatives somewhere else).
And the rest will stick around waiting for FEMA to "save" them.
SO with that in mind if you have the right knowledge and resourcefulness why on earth would you risk starvation and/or the freezing cold by going somewhere uninhabited?
I have met many "survivalists" with the silly notion that merely owning a firearm and stockpiling ammo will save them- how many of those people actually hunt?
It takes time and skill to take out game so you could not guarantee with any certainty that you will have food for the night/week/month , plus you will be competing with others for wild game and as such while I have hunting & wilderness as an option it is not the first thing I will do when things go crazy.
My current plan is as follows;
1) Assess situation and get info on threat (don't run for the hills at the sound of the first gunshot).
2) Bug in while deciding on urban bugging out or rural bugging out (Based on assessment of threat).
3) If urban (I will only cover urban bugging out because I assume most people here know all about rural bugging out) I will base my strategy around scavenging and moving from place to place throughout the city, obviously I will not bug in the local supermarket because thats where everyone else will go but rather using alternative locations and picking/taking what I need as I go along:
As a fan of urban exploration I am comfortable with going underneath subway stations and "breaking" into deserted factories/power plants etc. which will provide you with shelter- taking into account the amount of stuff people leave behind in a crisis food should not be a problem. with the right frame of mind you can find heat, shelter, safety and food with what is around you so maybe its time for people to add a dremel hand tool to there bug out bags?
(obviously I will not take/break into places unless its a real potentially live or die situation)
In my opinion with the popularity of shows like Man vs wild and Survivorman everyone has it in there heads that they can simple waltz into the wilderness with a bottle of water and a knife and survive so they will no doubt try it when the sh** hits the fan, so for me it makes sense to be where people wont expect you to go.
Am I just naive or does my little theory make sense?
(I wrote this in a hurry so please ignore typo's ect.- at some point I will re-write this with a structured guide + Pics of my current bug out bag so you can get a better idea).
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