Wilderness Bug Out - December Reality Check

This is part of the national forest near my home, and about 2 hours from Washington DC. Coming here as an escape from anything could only be considered a very short term kind of thing.

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[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.

[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.

[elkhound25]

p.s.keep up the good work !!

[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.

[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.

[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..

[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.