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[–] Ulluses ago  (edited ago)

If you can't survive without your emergency kit then there's not much hope for you. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have one or two or that you shouldn't have a secure long term storage location that's trapped and powered.

I've found that knowing how to perform maintenance on tools is where most people fall down, I've gone hiking with people and they have damaged their gear before the first weekend because they were being heavy handed and didn't look after the kit. Knowing how to sharpen edges for different tasks, knowing how to fix cracks in wooden tools or get dents out of metal ones before either leads to a piece of scrap instead of a hatchet.

If you're finding less wildlife than you remember then just head further out, cities have expanded and that means the wilderness is further away. I went into the hills near me and they were near quiet compared to how they were growing up, but I drove up to the mountains near my brother's house and it was much more busy. Rabbits all over and even the odd badger within eyesight from his back garden. That said if people are expecting meat to be a staple food then they are going to be disappointed, even the most ardent fishers are going to find shortfalls unless they maintain reliable farm plots year on year.