What is your fall back plan?

[Front Room Woodlander]

What is your fall back plan when you are out in the woods / fields and the game will not give it self up for dinner?
Usually I carry a 45 litre cool box of goodies (family of six hungry mouths) but what are the alternatives?

 

[JonathanD]

.... but what are the alternatives?

The wild game is my fall back plan if the lid somehow jams on my coolbox. You have it all backwards.

 

[Large Sack]

phew...on first read I thought that said
'Usually I carry a .45....'

Cheers
Sack

 

[Front Room Woodlander]

usually no bigger than a 12 bore

 

[Retired Member southey]

family of six hungry mouths

Your alternative is staring you in the face!

 

[iamasmith]

Mine are pretty young yet but I'm longing, yes longing for the day that I give them Rabbit on a stick and they turn round and say 'but daddy I don't like it'... it will really make my day to say 'see a fridge?? get eating'

 

[Bushwhacker]

It won't kill you to go hungry for a day............. or you could just go to McDonalds.

 

[Nonsuch]

Walk back to the car and drive to Sainsburys

NS

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Ha ha ,....did this thread actually recieve a serious reply yet??

i take about 90% of the food i eat into the woods,... i never PLAN on bagging some game to eat,....might pick some leaves, berries, nuts etc,..

the land i,m able to use is swamped with old partridges, and woodies,

the partridges are ferral in a fashion as the shoot syndicate in the next wood dis-banded 4 years ago so there 4th generation and pretty wild now, but i still dont think i'd take one if faced with a clean shot.

the woodies are a different matter ;-)

if you can call it "back up" i have a dry bag in my pack which never needs much maintenance and contains oats, flour, rice, spices,peperamis, dried onion and all the brew ingredients, etc,...all the base ingredients that can be made into something.

 

[lannyman8]

main meal 24hrs rats. just keep them in my bergan if im out for more than a day...... if its just the day see what i get when im out or go hungry...lol..

 

[wanderingblade]

If you have a back up plan then there is no incentive to be an effective hunter.

Faliure should not be an option!
Survival of the fittest!!
Just be sure the booze doesn't run out!!!

 

[Miyagi]

The wild game is my fall back plan if the lid somehow jams on my coolbox. You have it all backwards.

Hahahahaa!!!

Just be sure the booze doesn't run out!!!

That's the motto of Andybysea's "Down the Cliff Gang"!

Priority for an overnighter for me is;

a) Water - 5L - brew, cooking, washing, to wash down the Anadin (see e), to kill the drouth (caused by b)...
b) Vodka - 1L - drinking...
c) Cola - 2L - to colour the vodka...
d) Dog - he's scared of his own shadow but he does catch and bring back rabbits.
e) Anadin Extra...

 

[Front Room Woodlander]

Excellent suggestions.
I did try the vodka once and I'm clearly not cut out for strong liquer. I'll stick with a cup of tea or coco. We did have some success with ducks and a catapult. The Hushpower .410 has earned its keep too.
However, the Dutch Oven filled with whatever from Sainsburys is the most reliable source of food.
That said I will be paying more attention to dry stores approach mentioned above.

 

[pete79]

I never bank on getting anything, even though I generally like to take my 12guage along for the hike. If I'm packing stuff on my back then I'll take dried stuff for the duration of the trip (and an extra 2 days worth), and maybe some mars bars for in case the blood sugar drops and I contract wobbly legged mad cow disease. If I'm vehicle based, I'll take fresh stuff. I generally take dried things like rice, and pasta meals.....something that will go well with any small game I blast on the way if my luck's in.