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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by scrolllock » 12 Aug 2014, 10:47 am

Beechy wrote:Thats very forgiving conditions. I would say I could retire out there and die of old age. But I am a survivalist ;)


Well I live in Melbourne so if it ever happens that's what my situation will be. Keeping things to what would actually happen for me if it did.

I'm not going to get lost in the Arctic am I :lol:
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Herdsman » 12 Aug 2014, 10:51 am

petemacsydney wrote:unless there is a nice Thai restaurant around the corner


I reckon you might be all right.

The Thai are an industrious people. If anyone can keep a restaurant going after the zombie apocalypse it's them :lol:
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by FuzzyM » 12 Aug 2014, 11:07 am

In terms of my local bush I have been doing some research, as the bush tucker that I could get without firearms/snaring skills around here is pretty sparse.

There is plenty of water, I have been lead to believe the rhizomes of bracken fern are starchy and edible, so probably an uncomfortable couple of months.

If I have my hunting pack and rifle, then could be a fair bit longer.

In saying all that Victoria is pretty small, so I imagine I could walk to civilisation fairly easy.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by 1sikxt » 12 Aug 2014, 11:53 am

Just to throw a spanner in the works what firearm would use pick I think I'd have to choose between 12g or 22
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by tom604 » 12 Aug 2014, 8:37 pm

okay ill play,,,a 22 because the ammo is light and you can carry a fair bit , emergency blanket, first aid kit, life straw,water purifiers, knife,sharpener, torch, , dried food packs(7?), 50 mtrs of para cord,hooks, line,thin hoochi tarp,backpack with bladder,cooking kit,petroleum jelly and sparky stick plus a small axe if i can carry it,,,,i would like a gps with spare batteries as well
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by wrenchman » 12 Aug 2014, 9:04 pm

I'm fat and I have bad knees. I would die.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by bigfellascott » 12 Aug 2014, 9:21 pm

You sound in as good a shape as me Wrenchman :lol: :lol:

I think I'd save all the pain and suffering and just shoot myself :D
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by wrenchman » 13 Aug 2014, 5:58 am

yea it is good thing for me that both my boys like to hunt and fish they help alot
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Blackened » 13 Aug 2014, 9:43 am

1sikxt wrote:Just to throw a spanner in the works what firearm would use pick I think I'd have to choose between 12g or 22


Choose?

Take them both :D
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by jennageit » 13 Aug 2014, 10:26 am

with a gun, if it turns out that i can actually shoot well enough to hit my target that is, a knife and something to light a fire with, i'd last just long enough to think up a really creative way of hurting the person who dropped me into that situation!
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Oldbloke » 13 Aug 2014, 8:57 pm

The fat ones last the longest. Just sit back and relax, no need to hunt. Wait for the skinny ones to die of starvation first then the fat ones get to eat them too. :twisted:
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by cooker » 14 Aug 2014, 10:31 am

Yeah but if we all had to bug out into the wild because of zombies you'll be the slowest :P

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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Beechy » 14 Aug 2014, 1:11 pm

What gun to use? If it were just straight up bush survival - a 22 magnum. If I had to bug-out for an extended period of time due to social/economic/environmental disaster - I would use my bow/crossbow to hunt, and my remmy .308 or 223 (that can chamber NATO 7.62 or 5.56 rounds) for defence.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Josh Smith » 16 Aug 2014, 9:11 am

Here? Quite a while. I'm not a survivalist but I did grow up camping, and one hobby has been experimental archaeology since back before I knew there was a name for it. Used to hunt with atlatl and spear when and where it was legal.

Australia? No idea. Probably not long. I have no idea how to find water there or how to identify plants that are good to eat.

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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by botfour » 16 Aug 2014, 7:36 pm

Beechy wrote:I would use my bow/crossbow to hunt


How many times can you re-use an arrow when hunting?

It must break after a few impacts with game, trees, the rest...
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by headspace » 16 Aug 2014, 10:25 pm

ll I'd need is a box of matches. Toss a match in the dry grass and wait for the bush fire brigade to turn up. Problem solved.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by MeccaOz » 17 Aug 2014, 10:13 am

Until the interweb stops ... then Im cactus !
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by hootshoot » 18 Aug 2014, 1:09 pm

Josh Smith wrote:Australia? No idea. Probably not long.


Just until the drop bears get you :D
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Gregg » 18 Aug 2014, 1:10 pm

MeccaOz wrote:Until the interweb stops ... then Im cactus !


It's a near death experience on the occasions the power goes out at my place.

I remember when I was a kid and the power went out it didn't seem to change much, you just did some work or read a book by torchlight or candle.

Not everyone has a fit and goes stir crazy when there is no TV for 15 minutes.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Oldbloke » 18 Aug 2014, 8:06 pm

cooker wrote:Yeah but if we all had to bug out into the wild because of zombies you'll be the slowest :P

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:lol: pay that one.

But on a more serious note.

If I had nothing but could find water, and the weather was kind, a few weeks. No water, your rat s**t.

With a few basics say, a knife, matches, & a .22 with a box of 50, double that, again assuming water and kind weather.

Most hunters would last a few weeks I think. You don't need to eat much. Might do some of us good.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by Baronvonrort » 18 Aug 2014, 10:46 pm

No hot showers, no warm bed, I think I would make it a priority to GTFO and head for some comfort.

They have not found the Malaysian plane so maybe Tom Hanks Castaway was plausible if you could survive the landing.
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Re: How long do you reckon you'd last in the wild?

Post by artimu » 19 Aug 2014, 11:27 am

Oldbloke wrote:Not long, no beer :lol:


Ditto.

Until the beer ran out.
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