| Don't go too far when the weather is not very clear. | | | | knows his gun as he should, he can use it to kill small |
| You might not find many fruits in the jungle during | | | | animals for food. |
| the deer hunting season. Animal meats are the best | | | | The first food animal which comes to mind is the |
| available foods for him. There are some meats you | | | | porcupine, the traditional meat for the lost person. |
| can eat when lost in the hunt. Read here for more | | | | These pesky rodents are comparatively easy to |
| tips on what kinds of foods you can find in the | | | | corner and kill, if they can be found, but like the |
| jungle. | | | | proverbial policeman, there is seldom one around |
| If the sun is not shining and there is the prospect of | | | | when wanted. On numerous mornings, I have had to |
| stormy weather, the temporary camp is the place to | | | | drive them from the warm bed of my evening fire |
| stay in order to avoid becoming more thoroughly lost. | | | | so that I could start my breakfast fire. They would |
| In this case food becomes a problem. It is not | | | | be reluctant to leave the warm ashes and would |
| absolutely necessary for a man to eat at this time, | | | | grumble as they ambled to the nearest tree, which |
| but it is desirable to give the digestive juices | | | | they would climb and then sit and tell me their |
| something upon which to work. A man can live a long | | | | thoughts in their own peculiar language. On other |
| time without food, but prolonged hunger weakens | | | | occasions I have looked for them without success, |
| not only the physical being but also the mental | | | | even in places where they have been feeding, and |
| reactions, so that, even if a man is able to travel, he | | | | have often hunted for days, looking for other game, |
| is often unable to think clearly enough to decide | | | | without spotting one of these animals. |
| which direction to take. For this and other reasons, | | | | They should be looked for in the hollows under |
| food is a very good thing to have and there is food | | | | stumps and rocks as well as in trees. Hemlock trees |
| to be had in almost any woods if we know where to | | | | seem to be a favorite with these animals, but other |
| look for it and what to look for. | | | | species should not be overlooked. They are often |
| Deer hunting time is a little late in the season for the | | | | seen on a high limb on some of the coldest days of |
| lost hunter to find very many of the woodland fruits | | | | winter. Cold doesn't seem to bother them, but they |
| and vegetables. The ground is usually frozen too hard | | | | are primarily a night feeder, so that they are more |
| to dig for the roots of land plants, and vegetation | | | | apt to be seen at dusk and dawn. |
| which identifies the edible species of aquatic plants is | | | | If the lost hunter should see one of these animals, he |
| gone. But if a man is near water and knows what to | | | | should kill, dress and cook it. In skinning a porky, split |
| look for, there are several plant roots which may be | | | | the skin from chin to tail on the belly side and work |
| used for food. Unless he knows these plants, it is | | | | from there to avoid the quills. I hang the animal by |
| better to leave them alone, for some of them | | | | the head and, reversing the usual skinning procedure, |
| require special treatment in order to prevent | | | | work from the head down to the tail. |
| digestive disturbances. Most of the acorns come | | | | So now you know what kinds of foods that you will |
| under this category. Meat is the hunter's food and | | | | find and how you can eat them. They are the only |
| meat is the easiest food to obtain in the woods. The | | | | options that could keep you away from going hunger |
| man has a gun. To be sure, it is a rifle of large caliber | | | | in the woods besides any food that you might have |
| and not intended for small game, but if the hunter | | | | from home. |