I have to agree with Phuttan post reply# 34. All survival methods should be employed, hunting, gathering trapping, fishing, farming/animal husbandry and storing/preserving. Hunting should be for both migratory game when in season, and large and small game local game while trying to conserve a large portion of local game for the future. Wild Rabbits do not have much fat but not true with tame rabbits. A young 7-8 week old rabbit where most are harvested are still growing and haven't much fat stores older tame rabbits will build up some butter fat. Nutria, and Musk rats after proper removal of musk glands and fat are better eating than wild rabbit. I don't particularly like the carnivores like raccoon, possum, mink or otter, nasty greasy musky critters. Small and large Birds can be excellent seasoning meat with rice. Turtles are another abundant critter that can be pretty good as a stew or over rice. Jugging rivers in the spring, cooning oysters, gigging flounder in the summer...Dang I wish I was a teenager again!
Anyway I have goose decoys, duck decoys, dove decoys, a bass boat, a small shrimp boat, a small frog/catfish jugging boat, a pirouge, shot guns, deer decoys, 3 wheelers, Crab traps, Crab nets, crawfish nets, cast nets, Nutria leg traps, snares, hoop nets, 50 catfish jug lines, 4 dozen yo yo's tight lines, and most importantly is the knowledge to make most and repair all. Also 3 freezers full of Fish/Shrimp, Game and storebought meats. I bought my first car trapping over a winter and shrimping over a summer. Clearly local population will dictate how long over consumption will take to deplete animal poplations. In coastal south Louisiana it may take decades.
