Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
A former Army helo guy I work with was telling me about the skinning rabbits and eating bugs/worms and I honestly he thought he was exaggerating a bit. But when in the video the instructor dumps open a sack of bunnies, I guess the guy was being pretty honest with me!
I haven't yet been hungry enough to eat bugs.
The rabbit was the piece de resistance while on USAF world survival. The other stuff we had was pemmican and food bars from k-rats along with tea made from lichens on the trees. Average weight loss over the time in the woods was easily 10lbs. I went through world in January on the way to Vietnam. Very interesting POW scenarios.
Next, the 'snake school' in the Phillipines. More yucky stuff that was protein and learning how to get water. The big thing is water. You can go quite some time without food but water.. start getting dehydrated and your efficiency goes down quickly.
Water survival at Homestead. Fun times.. wish I knew then how good sushi is.
The one I wish I had done was desert survival.
The one thing you learn is you CAN survive in almost any environment but it is mostly a matter of being prepared and will.