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In reply to the discussion: Many people in this country hunt to live [View all]Puha Ekapi
(594 posts)...have no idea what it takes to live off the land, do you? Try actually living off rabbit meat. You'll starve because it lacks adequate fat. You need high quality protein with plenty of fat, and that means big game. Have any idea what it would take to trap a 1000# elk? A rifle is the most humane, efficient way to do that.
Grow a garden adequate to live on? It's a real challenge here. My home is at 5000 ft. elevation in the Uintah Mountains. The growing season is very short, and it gets too cold for even cold hardy crops such as cabbages and kale to survive the winter. Raising chickens and rabbits? Very expensive to heat them over the winter. Ours is a poor community, like virtually every other reservation community in the country.
You folks haven't been around much, have you?