This is an odd time to be living for survivalists and preppers. All we hear from the media is how important lean meats are, that we need to stock up on bison and other low fat- high protein meats because it is better for us and, in the long run, we will be grateful for the things they do for our body and mind – etc.
Eating healthy lean meats is great but the truth is, when a chaos situation eventually happens, we will probably need fattier rations!
Times will already be lean as far as getting the sustenance we need so any extra fat we can get in our food will be a good thing!
And, of course, anyone who lives by their wits and hunts in the woods or wilderness can probably already tell you what are and are not the best animals to bag for dinner.
After the break, go over to the next page and read up on three animals that could do more harm than good if eaten when bugging-out!
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When I was a kid I used to be able to pull in a bucket full of panfish with just a couple pieces of bread.
This article is so dumb if you dont know that you cant only eat small game then your probably not going to make it anyways
How about stop being click bait and just put the info out there
Common sense stuff. Yes, you need a variety of foods. Yes, you need both quality and quantity for the long term.
You mean eat them exclusively. Very missleading headline.
I really hate how you chop up the articles. I’ve gotten to where I just scroll the first page to the ‘after the break’ part without reading it.
4000 calories a day? Try 1500 – it’s all you need.
It’s rabbit squirrel and panfish they claim calories are not enough
It’s rabbit squirrel and panfish they claim calories are not enough stupid click bait
Bullshit
But live on all three and you thrive
It’s not the animal as much as the method of preparation. They all contain fat in they’re blood, marrow and edible internal organs, so stewing all of that with a few fatty bugs thrown in and you’ll be fine.
Thanks, I hate sites like this.
Very nearly clickbait, with all those ads and the number of breaks….but rather silly, too. In a high caloric demand situation, you would hopefully be gathering at the same time that you are hunting. And also, to avoid rabbit starvation, the offal – kidneys, liver, brains, MUST be eaten as well. Those organs are high in saturated fat, the kind your brain and organs need to function. Same with squirrels. Fish is still a good protein source, and there are quite a few high carb plants around the water to flesh out your caloric need. As well as other water critters that would be available occasionally: crayfish, muscles, in running water, and larger turtles in ponds. Anyone stupid is going to die, anyway, so why feed into the stupidity? Wouldnt it be better to truly educate others to forage?
In a survival situation, you would need much more simply to maintain any kind of healthy body weight. Farmers in areas without central heat use 3k-5k a day, partially to just keep warm as they work. And to gather enough food to survive if you didnt have stored calories would tremendously increase your calorie need…you see, you would have to consider not merely eating today, but putting up so that you could eat in weather you wouldnt be able to forage or hunt in.
Talking about “survival” – hard labor in German prison camps they received 1500. Sometimes as low as 500 by the end of the war.
Tabitha Ray
Catfish are full of fatty muscle and wild boar are plentyful in 44 states (wild boar population est. to be 4-6 million)
I was just about to comment this.
Better than nothing at all….
Lol, I find this article some what useless, I don’t know what kind of “survival” situation you can expect 4000 calories from, the point of “surviving” is to train and adapt to a new way of life without the things you had before, so that means you don’t eat 3 meals a day.
Exactly, the whole part of “survival” is to adjust to not having simple comforts anymore, so you eat what you can find.
Hahahaha. ….BS..!!!
Black bear. http://www.unshackled.org
This just doesn’t make sense to me
Lol don’t eat stuff cause it won’t be enough anyway?
Polar bear liver?? Komodo Dragon bogies, leopard’s fanny batter, it’s a long list…
Vegans live with no meat. The article kind of answers it’s own problem, which is to eat a variety of foods. If you raise rabbits off-grid, eat fish, and squirrels along with veggies etc I think you would be just fine and healthy. If your survival kit is a single fish hook then you may be in trouble.
A bit over dramatic on the headline.
Sustenance is sustenance in a crisis.
Headline also misleading as I thought article was going to reveal animal / fish foods that were poisonous or toxic , not just calorically low.
You dont need 4000 calories a day unless youre running a mararhon
Have variety in your diet. Summed up the article in 5 words
It’s mussels not muscles
Rabbit starvation only occurs if a) the rabbits themselves are emaciated and b) you fail to make use of the skin and organs.
With the other two, the fact that you probably can’t live just on squirrels and panfish isn’t actually a reason that eating them would “cause more harm than good”. That’s grossly misrepresenting the issue.
This is the absolute most stupid post I have ever seen from someone who is obviously not one who is an outdoor sportsman. Those are the most abundant readily available source of protein to obtain. I eat them all the time. Best to eat!
I’ve eaten all three for over 60 years now and feel pretty good. No, I don’t try to survive on them, but damn they are good.
I’ve eaten many of these fish!
They might be as beneficial, but they definitely don’t do any harm eating them.
Who only eats the same thing for every meal?
Who only eats the same thing for every meal?
Don’t be a grammer n**i
Bullshit….
Those Indians Ate That$#%&!@*And There Still Around Wtf Are You Talking Bout Willis???
Misleading. These are fine to eat and provide calories and protein along with your preps. Jeez
Misleading. These are fine to eat and provide calories and protein along with your preps. Jeez
A rubber band on the hook .
Bazooka bubble gum on the hook and I’ve caught$#%&!@*loads of pan fish.
The whole point about this type of survival that you are failing to grasp is having enough calories to be able to survive and thrive in a stressful environment.
Sure you can survive on 1500 calories, but how are you gonna feel? How worn down will you be, how will that affect your performance or survivability?
We as a society live in a far more sedimentary lifestyle than our colonial or frontier counterparts. That lifestyle REQUIRES 3-5K calories per day just to do the normal day to day things necessary in that kind of environment.
Can you survive on less, Sure, but shouldn’t you plan to attempt to keep up your energy, because you sure as hell are not going to be sitting down putting your feet up and relaxing…
You think you’re just going to be sitting on your$#%&!@*stuffing your face in a survival lifestyle?
I do not recommend eating the brains of any rodents.
The more you know the less you cary. I recommend learning to trap with snares ext. Expend less energy then hunting and you forage along the way. Often a one stop shop for example. Where you find berries there’s usually rodents like rabbits and squirrel. They are easy to snare for a nice meal.
The more you know the less you cary. I recommend learning to trap with snares ext. Expend less energy then hunting and you forage along the way. Often a one stop shop for example. Where you find berries there’s usually rodents like rabbits and squirrel. They are easy to snare for a nice meal. Fish traps work really well so does a small net in flowing water.