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Anyone in the West, who is not a brain dead lib-tard or lifelong urbanite, grew up prepared and learned it to their bones. That is why the Eastern Establishment hates us so much. I could hunt and shoot and fish by the time I was 6. By the time I was ten I could survive in the wilderness with little more than a knife - and the knife was just a convenience. A gun is nice to have, but a good knife is the woodsman's all purpose tool. With a knife you can start a fire, build a snare, make a spear, bow and arrows, or dig a hidey hole. There is no substitute for a GOOD knife in your survival gear. After that comes basic woodcraft and knowing what plants are edible and which ones aren't. When I think about it there are a lot of little things I was taught growing up as "just common wisdom" - that simply are not known any more by too many people. Hollow logs for shelter, dried moss for bedding, where to find the trout in a creek, all sorts of little things that add up to survival in the wild.
I wish I had learned those skills. I'm sure that lots of people do. My dad knows them, but he's damn near 80 and in no condition to go "survivaling" now.
I feel fortunate that my dad thought they were things every kid, including girls, should learn growing up. He grew up in the country, poor as Church Mice, and he learned to hunt and fish just as a way of survival - it beat having beans as the main course at every meal. His only complaint was that when he was a Marine in the South Pacific they lucked out and were able to split a fresh killed cow. He of course "Jerked" his portion to make it last. The other guys all pigged out eating it fresh and then when they had eaten it all kept hitting him up for some of his.