Hi Sue,

Originally Posted By: Susan
If you are in a widespread survival situation, so are all the fish and game wardens. So are all the animal rights activists. Where do you think this issue fits in with widespread looting for food and water? Do you think it will be 'business as usual' for these officials?


I think the response from Government Natural Resources agencies and Animal Activists will depend on the scale and length of the emergency situation.

In a true, long term survival situation I think the due diligence defence of "I was afraid I (or my family) was going to starve to death" should allow for the reasonable, non-commercial harvest of fish and wildlife.

This brings up another question concerning the harvesting of fish and wildlife in mock survival situations or in training videos. We all know that the most efficient way to harvest fish and wildlife is by means illegal for most sportsmen (e.g. traps, snares, denning, netting, spearing, etc), that is why these means are used by commercial anglers and trappers (its a controlled business not for sport).

What is your opinion on the unlawful harvest of fish and wildlife in practice type survival situations?

Mike