reply to post by Rocketman7
My survival tips....um right.
1. A thinking person is a living person. Keep thinking, keep moving, keep hidden when you can.
2. If your life doesn't depend on it, don't use it unless you have a refill source. Case in point, shooting .22 shells for days at the hope of
hitting a squirrel. Find yourself a nice and stationary rattlesnake, and kill it with a stick, or a bullet if you're scurred.
3. Those that are willing to step outside their comfort zone, are often called "survivors". You want to be one of these people not scared of
eating grass hoppers if you have to.
4. Dig in for the night. Humans have the poorest night vision of maybe anything on the planet, so hide at night and move in the day. Anyone with
night vision equipment will see you as easy pickins.
5. Things in any household that will serve as kindling for a fire: Men's cologne and women's perfume, Vaseline, some liquor, shoe polish, candle
wax, nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, and most petroleum based lubricants. Use these to saturate cotton, paper towels, napkins, chunks of cotton
fabric, wool, anything cloth for the most part.
6. Keep a shotgun on you at all times, because it's the most common ammo in America. Everyone and their mother has an old 12 gauge for some reason
or another. Any abandoned house could be an ammo depot waiting for you. Busting into restricted government areas to get your 5.56mm ammo may sound
cool, but the first rule of the military is that you leave nothing for anyone if you have to abandon a post. They'll just destroy it or take it with
them. Any sporting store worth it's salt probably has more shotgun shells than 5.56 ammo.
7. If you're lost, follow water. It will not lead you in circles, and it will bring you to some sort of civilization in time. Usually a mile or
two.
8. Easy way into a car is called a brick. Older models are simple to hot wire. Find an old c-10 if you can, so easy a 16 year old could do it.