Have done some simple covid prep. More food than I'd get for hurricane season, but not excessive; gas cans filled for generator or RV (generator); etc. Mind starts going to other things -- what if it lasts longer? What if food runs low? Have mapped out forested areas within 1/
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2/ walking distance where I've seen turkey and boar. Pondering hunting crossbow - can't really walk through residential neighborhoods to forest with a rifle. Crossbow and a turkey would fit in backpack.
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3/ If go for boar, would probably have to drive RV to forest edge to load on rear cargo carrier. Crossbow will only piss boar off, I think. Anyone know if they have enough power?
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4/ Pondering dystopian beginning where we hunt locally with bow, but use the internet to get butchering advice from remote better-prepped friends.
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Replying to @JASutherlandBks
apparently turkey hunting is hard - turkeys are well camoflauged and very wary I don't know how this squares with "and they're dumb enough to walk across roads in big flocks" ; just repeating what I've been told Hunting boar...whew lads. I've shot pigs in the head w .40 >>>
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and missed the brain by 0.5" and had them run around screaming
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Yeah, I'd have to get really hungry to go after boar, and things bad enough that I thought I could risk using a rifle, I think.
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another thing to think about - if you go after boar, what happens when you bag on? now you've got 300-600 lbs of critter your household (dogs incl.) can eat - what? - 5 lbs/day ? 35 lbs in a week before it gets rank gotta freeze or salt a lot of that stock up on kosher salt
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or, hell, even road salt / 50 lb bags of salt pellets for home water softeners If you cut a pig carcass into quarters and packed into big blue rubbermaid tubs, with 50 lb of salt under & 50 more on top, it'd do OK
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salt is salt NaCl the water softener stuff is just in pellet form Might want to crush it to increase surface area
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