The Top 4 Reasons Why You?re Not Going to Survive Bugging Out to the Woods

[crudos]

http://ready4itall.org/the-top-4-reasons-why-youre-not-going-to-survive-bugging-out-to-the-woods/

Very good rational discussion on bugging out to the great wilderness. The four main points being...

1. Whose land do you think you?re going to bug out to?

2. There are VERY few people who have the skills to survive in the wild

3. It seems like EVERYONE is planning heading to the hills when SHTF. What makes you so special?

4. You?re not giving animals nearly enough credit ?and humans are greedy.

[Alex1992]

Not to mention bugs, snakes, storms, unforgiving weather, and also disease. Very good post but I think this subject needs to heavily addressed so that way people aren't set up for disaster 

[Well-Prepared Witch]

This was a great essay!  I especially liked this quote:

Now, I know what some people are thinking ??but what about SHTF??.when the SHTF hits?when the looters come?when the pandemic hits?when the mutant biker gangs take over?..blah blah blah?

STOP.

You?re arguing a situation that has a 0.00000000000000000000000001% chance of ever actually happening.

Thank you for sharing this essay!

[hjmoosejaw]

I guess I'll go where the situation dictates, but I'm pretty comfortable in the woods. More comfortable than I am in civilization. I spend a good percentage of my free time in the woods. Pretty much always have.
 

[Well-Prepared Witch]

I think you're the exception, not the rule on that one HJ.  A lot of people - especially those who just sit around and talk about prepping - do not have that kind of real-world experience.  I certainly would suck at living in the woods.  I like my indoor plumbing, thank you very much.   So the, say, 10 or 15% of people who actually hunt and have experience living in the woods may have an advantage in bugging out, but the rest of us not so much!

[hjmoosejaw]

I imagine if the time comes, we might all get a taste of different types of areas to make it in. Might need to relocate here or there.

[crudos]

The people who can survive and thrive in the woods would not be the problem, nor would you want them as enemies.