When going camping or hiking in the woods do you take a weapon with you for protection or for getting game for food?
And if you take a weapon is it a gun like a 22 rife or bow and arrows, or just a knife, or a sling-shot?
What do you do to ensure survival in the wilderness when you may need to protect yourself from a wild animal or another human out to do harm?
Many folks never give the thought of self protection another thought. They just head for the hills and let whatever happens come what may and most of the time no trouble crossing their path. So do we grow careless in thinking no man or beast, will never cause us harm, or do we think about it, but brush those thoughts away as foolishness?
We think of trail injuries like cuts and scrapes, sprained ankles or broken bones, but forget about the angry buck in rut or a mama bear with cubs, or a coiled rattlesnake laying next to a log we are about to step over. So if we think ourselves to be fearless and untouchable, does that keep us safe or are we fooling ourselves?
I have been thinking on the terms of learning proper snaring of rabbits and carrying a 22 for small game. A friend has told me about a gun with exchangeable barrels that is a 22, plus a shotgun. He says the 22 part would work for rabbits and the shotgun part would be good for game birds, and both would be good for self-protection. And by learning the art of snares it would save my ammunition.
So in the long run learning the art of snaring small game is a plus for catching rabbits and squirrels, and with catching smaller game you don't have to worry about spoiled meat. But the matter of self-protection still looms.
If you had to choose the ideal weapon, whether it be for survival or self-protection, which weapon would you choose and why?
And if you take a weapon is it a gun like a 22 rife or bow and arrows, or just a knife, or a sling-shot?
What do you do to ensure survival in the wilderness when you may need to protect yourself from a wild animal or another human out to do harm?
Many folks never give the thought of self protection another thought. They just head for the hills and let whatever happens come what may and most of the time no trouble crossing their path. So do we grow careless in thinking no man or beast, will never cause us harm, or do we think about it, but brush those thoughts away as foolishness?
We think of trail injuries like cuts and scrapes, sprained ankles or broken bones, but forget about the angry buck in rut or a mama bear with cubs, or a coiled rattlesnake laying next to a log we are about to step over. So if we think ourselves to be fearless and untouchable, does that keep us safe or are we fooling ourselves?
I have been thinking on the terms of learning proper snaring of rabbits and carrying a 22 for small game. A friend has told me about a gun with exchangeable barrels that is a 22, plus a shotgun. He says the 22 part would work for rabbits and the shotgun part would be good for game birds, and both would be good for self-protection. And by learning the art of snares it would save my ammunition.
So in the long run learning the art of snaring small game is a plus for catching rabbits and squirrels, and with catching smaller game you don't have to worry about spoiled meat. But the matter of self-protection still looms.
If you had to choose the ideal weapon, whether it be for survival or self-protection, which weapon would you choose and why?
