As an Eagle Scout and a Marine (ask yourself 3 months from now the same question) Do I want to leave?

at 17 years old I was left out for 3 days alone with nothing but a knive/water and a few survival items. It was raining, it was cold, and no food. I hated it.

I read a survival handbook some time ago (wish I could recall the title and author, but I can't). One of the things that stood out was mention of the fact that so called "mountain men" who lived alone off of the land had notoriously short life spans. Mid 30's on average.

This was attributed to the fact that they essentially wore themselves out trying to provide for all aspects of the sustenance of their life single-handedly. Their diets were also too limited in choice to provide for long-term good health.

I think the advice of a previous poster who suggested trying it out for sequentially longer periods of time is probably good if you are adamant about going ahead with this. A like-minded partner might also be an asset

Even if you do not succeed over a long period of time, there is no way that you will fail to learn something of yourself, of nature, of your capabilities, or a host of other things that will benefit you in ways you couldn't even begin to imagine.

You deserve some credit for recognizing at the age of 17 that this world is badly messed up and over complicated. Most youths your age seem to be buying into materialistic lifestyles and chasing the other carrots dangled in their faces to lure them into a shallow existence.

Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.

Make sure you wrap your body in orange.It will be easier for your family to have something to bury.Did you ever hunt?trap?fish?Those animals are smart during hunting season.Do you know how to set a snare for beaver under the ice??You must know you look for the air bubbles??Do you know all the wild mushrooms and plants?

Your first mistake is leaving in March with snow still in the woods.A lot of black flies during spring.Find a girl, enjoy life with someone .Dying alone is that how you want it to end???

Hold yer horses there man.

Believe me I've often "fantasized" about doing the same. Sounds cool to just take off, disappear into the forest and take care of yourself for eternity, just like the cavemen did.

What you're suggesting is WAY harder than you think. I've trained, read, camped alot, hunted alot, even been on few "unexpectedly extended" camping/hunting trips due to unforeseen circumstances. Once you run out of supplies it starts getting REAL hard.

Do yourself a favor and bring a tent along, firemaking tools, a day or two's worth of food/water. Don't expect to just take off with a multi-tool, some para-cord and a rifle and start building your life out in the woods. Try it out the hard way but have the stuff to make it easier available. Hunt, trap, forage, save your supplies until you have to use them, see how it works out. Take a 3-day trip, come home, gather your thoughts, decide what you did wrong. Take another trip for 5 or 7 days and repeat.

If you really want to REMOVE yourself from society I'd say you're better off just getting yourself some remote property to live on. Something a half-day's walk to civilization so you can go into town to get supplies in the morning and get back the same day. Build yourself a semi-permanent dwelling, garden, hunt/trap all you can, use these yourself or sell for supplies in a nearby town.

I know you may feel like society is completely in the gutter but you can't remove yourself entirely. You have to interact with people or you'll go completely nuts out there by yourself. There's still plenty of good folks out there and many of them can be found in smaller remote communities.

id like to do the same but this be difficult with low experience.
still would be nonetheless