Wilderness Bug Out - December Reality Check

[elkhound25]

p.s.keep up the good work !!

[elkhound25]

thats what a garden full of turnips is for...keeping ya belly full.plus the root cellar filled with taters,carrots and onions.them woods is for produceing wildgame to go with said produce.

[therealvirginiawind]

@elkhound25 Yes on the garden full of turnips, if you're already established, but to think of just heading to the woods when things get bad is not going to end well.

[elkhound25]

@therealvirginiawind i agree...also knowing the season of certain harvests will help in the longrun.just view it as a resource...clearcut will be good browse for deer and grouse and berry bushes should invade soon too.fall time you could harvest acorns and other nuts.can you imagine what it use to be like in our area back in the day when 1 in 4 trees was a american chestnut? what a harvest they must have had..both humans and critters.its so important to know how your local area works.

[jsholt123]

i live down Tennessee way and by the looks of it i believe more and more i bless with the mountains and forest i live around. that just painted a nasty pulp wooded picture of a worse case getting worse when ya get there. and defending our homes should always be first option however once that option is removed, where would you go? i have my back up location, and a back up for that also both are based away from cities which means woods but i've grown up here and know how to live not just survive

[EastTennesseePrepper]

Heh, bugging out to the woods is harder than most people realize. Takes time to learn the woods, edible tree bark, plants etc. You are not going to learn enough by just watching videos..and God forbid you get hurt...two months later I'm still hobbled.

[Woodsygirl62]

@EastTennesseePrepper And even when a person knows plants..if you go out in the winter, forgetaboutit! You may and likely will, be supplementing you diet with bark and roots. cuz the leaves,berries, and flower tops, are gone . However being a granny lady, i can say I could pack teas and possibly tinctures in a BOB, but not for an extended time. Isn't feasible.(even the Indians ran out) We need to stand and defend our homes and our nation. That's the right thing to do..

[Helioforge]

Over a hundred years ago, everyone stockpiled enough food for the winter! That's what pantries are for : ) If a source of food becomes unreliable, it is wise to build other sources. Driving to a random spot to survive in winter is more than silly!

[therealvirginiawind]

@Helioforge It's also more than silly for folks in the city to think they will drive out into the country and find fish and game they can harvest for food, empty homes they can move right into and have as their own, or welcoming locals that will give from their stores. This whole thing will get ugly in a hurry if we don't come up with a solution.

[Woodsygirl62]

I live east of Phnx, we have "desert dwellers", if their coping with no natural resources(game,plant edibles,water) is any indication, I think they would join the hordes coming out of the cities. Better to prep the home and be prepared to hunker down and defend it. I was raised in Mi, same thing, the animal population can't support the hordes. Stay @ home and tough it out. that's why we prepare, to live in a known enivronment. thanks for sharing. Have a safe and Happy New Year.

[therealvirginiawind]

@Woodsygirl62 I hope staying at home is a viable solution, but if it gets bad enough there will be no place that is safe. At least at home I can have things set up as best I can.

[Woodsygirl62]

@therealvirginiawind Amen. I'd rather be behind my walls and defend them, and eat, than behind a tree and freezing. Right now, this is where I am, and not likely to change anytime soon. all we can do, is do the best we can.

[TheSonofthunder7]

You can be in your own home, with 7 years supply of food, enough ammo to equip, the chicom army, and everything else you think you need, and if an army of 30 punks come and attack you to take your stuff, and they kill you, you have lost. It don't matter if your at home or in a forrest, if its your number being pulled, hey guess what, its bye bye. so really, what does matter, when it comes to survival? do you die at home, or die being surrounded by nature. Either way, your still worm food.

[TheSonofthunder7]

You know, I'm not trying to be a butthole or anything, but what ever happened to the frontier spirit, americans used to have? You know people used to get by on allot less than what we even have, I guess, television, air conditioning, gas furnaces and walmart has made us all soft. Look survival is mostly about being prepared, truthfully, it is, You have to be Physically, Spiritually and mentally prepared to survive. If not your not going to survive, simple as that, no matter the location.

[therealvirginiawind]

@TheSonofthunder7 I think there is a big difference between now and the frontier times in that there are far more folks to be competing for the same natural resources. Some might think they can leave civilization and head for the wild lands where fish and game are abundant. That just isn't realistic.

[TheSonofthunder7]

@therealvirginiawind I myself live in Iowa. we have very little actual land with trees on it in the area I live. But the wild animal population here is quite fine. I will admit in your area they will be coming there in droves thinking they can survive, and most of them will inevitably Fail, and end up feeding the vultures, but a Country-boy like me who already lives in a rural area has more of a chance to survive, because I already know my surroundings, I know what to expect.

[butcherbls]

Yep, living "off the land" in certain situations isnt as easy as some may think. It sounds like a simple gadget and book readin smarts for some but it really isnt. Not for the long term anyways. At our age the best thing to do is make our home our castles and if all else fails, well, who knows. I have so many thoughts and opinions on this but the character restraintes on yuotube wont allow me to stand on my soap box.

[therealvirginiawind]

@butcherbls My home is more like a birds nest on the edge of a cliff, and certainly not very castle like at all, but it sure beats trying to live in the wilds.

[armywifeprepper]

We actually just did a practice trip up into an area near there (i think) to see what it would be like to bugout in the winter in the mountains of Virginia. I wouldn't do it in an emergency unless it was my last shot at survival because once our food ran out and we had to try and feed ourselves off the land competing with a bunch of other people we'd likely starve up there. Great video thank you!

[therealvirginiawind]

@armywifeprepper Zoom in on a map until you can see Columbia Furnace, then look just west and a bit north and you'll see a little upward jag in the boundary line. There's a road that follows that jag and it wraps around Devil's Hole. Where I was at was just down the mountain. It's a nice area to visit if you're just camping, but very intimidating to consider trying to live there without support lines. I live just a bit south of there by the way.