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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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With the economy down the toilet and costs going up
How many of you are considering hunting your own food to save on costs
Im weighing up weather i should get ferrets again to make sure should it get worse as it will im prepped
Theres plenty food in them fields
Serious question for once |
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"With the economy down the toilet and costs going up
How many of you are considering hunting your own food to save on costs
Im weighing up weather i should get ferrets again to make sure should it get worse as it will im prepped
Theres plenty food in them fields
Serious question for once"
So that's where I find the economy  was always wondering what goes down there  |
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"With the economy down the toilet and costs going up
How many of you are considering hunting your own food to save on costs
Im weighing up weather i should get ferrets again to make sure should it get worse as it will im prepped
Theres plenty food in them fields
Serious question for once"
Not much wild life in London...you're still not allowed to eat people right? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"With the economy down the toilet and costs going up
How many of you are considering hunting your own food to save on costs
Im weighing up weather i should get ferrets again to make sure should it get worse as it will im prepped
Theres plenty food in them fields
Serious question for once
Not much wild life in London...you're still not allowed to eat people right?"
i dont think they mind hobos but cook em thru some have worms in there tubes  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"well if your thinking of catching rabbits they have been decimated by virus.. i live inthe countryside and see very few"
seen plenty where i live theres always a bloody bunny virus about
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"How much are ferrets? And is there as much meat on them as a chicken to make a curry for 4? "
if you smelled em im not sure you would consider eating em  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"With the economy down the toilet and costs going up
How many of you are considering hunting your own food to save on costs
Im weighing up weather i should get ferrets again to make sure should it get worse as it will im prepped
Theres plenty food in them fields
Serious question for once
Not much wild life in London...you're still not allowed to eat people right?"
Just the ones you don't like |
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Ive never seen doughnuts in the wild. I think to be truly sustainable you need loads of land, you will get bored of just wild meat pretty quickly. You could have backyard chickens to eat to save you the hunt. I prefer blackberry foraging as opposed to hunting being a mostly vege. I would get bored of blackberries pretty quickly too. I would love to be the romantic idyll of a cottage garden peasant though, I reckon I would do quite well. |
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available. |
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"How much are ferrets? And is there as much meat on them as a chicken to make a curry for 4? if you smelled em im not sure you would consider eating em "
As a general rule, I don’t go around smelling ferrets. |
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"I grew my own veg for a while, until I realised just how much hard work it was and just how little I liked most of it.
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to grow enough to be entirely self sufficient in vegetables all year is very hard work. The number of insects and animals who want to share in your hard work is staggering too |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
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"Got two air rifles so if things get too bad will find out what pigeon and squirrel tastes like. Also def going to start a vegetable patch in the garden "
Woodpigeon is nice, though not much on one other than the breasts.... BBQ or stew with shallots and peas. Pigeon paté is good too.
Squirrels are quite tasty, I put a skewer through and bbq them, sweet chilli sauce goes well with them, or a peanut satay sauce.
You'll definitely have pigeons on your vegetables, make sure your air rifle is zeroed in well, go for the head....dont waste meat!! |
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By *imbo59seMan
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"I grew my own veg for a while, until I realised just how much hard work it was and just how little I liked most of it.
to grow enough to be entirely self sufficient in vegetables all year is very hard work. The number of insects and animals who want to share in your hard work is staggering too "
God yes, mice and voles feasted on my beetroots this year. Carrots hammered by Carrot Root flies. |
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"Got two air rifles so if things get too bad will find out what pigeon and squirrel tastes like. Also def going to start a vegetable patch in the garden
Woodpigeon is nice, though not much on one other than the breasts.... BBQ or stew with shallots and peas. Pigeon paté is good too.
Squirrels are quite tasty, I put a skewer through and bbq them, sweet chilli sauce goes well with them, or a peanut satay sauce.
You'll definitely have pigeons on your vegetables, make sure your air rifle is zeroed in well, go for the head....dont waste meat!! "
Also watch out for the shot when you're eating it, many a broken tooth results from that. |
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"I grew my own veg for a while, until I realised just how much hard work it was and just how little I liked most of it.
to grow enough to be entirely self sufficient in vegetables all year is very hard work. The number of insects and animals who want to share in your hard work is staggering too
God yes, mice and voles feasted on my beetroots this year. Carrots hammered by Carrot Root flies. "
We were lucky in that the foxes kept the slugs at bay this year but our runner beans were decimated by black fly |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
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"Got two air rifles so if things get too bad will find out what pigeon and squirrel tastes like. Also def going to start a vegetable patch in the garden
Woodpigeon is nice, though not much on one other than the breasts.... BBQ or stew with shallots and peas. Pigeon paté is good too.
Squirrels are quite tasty, I put a skewer through and bbq them, sweet chilli sauce goes well with them, or a peanut satay sauce.
You'll definitely have pigeons on your vegetables, make sure your air rifle is zeroed in well, go for the head....dont waste meat!!
Also watch out for the shot when you're eating it, many a broken tooth results from that."
That's why you go for the head....dont eat that bit (and, if you miss, no wounded bird/animal to hunt down to despatch!) |
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"Got two air rifles so if things get too bad will find out what pigeon and squirrel tastes like. Also def going to start a vegetable patch in the garden
Woodpigeon is nice, though not much on one other than the breasts.... BBQ or stew with shallots and peas. Pigeon paté is good too.
Squirrels are quite tasty, I put a skewer through and bbq them, sweet chilli sauce goes well with them, or a peanut satay sauce.
You'll definitely have pigeons on your vegetables, make sure your air rifle is zeroed in well, go for the head....dont waste meat!!
Also watch out for the shot when you're eating it, many a broken tooth results from that.
That's why you go for the head....dont eat that bit (and, if you miss, no wounded bird/animal to hunt down to despatch!) "
Fair point. I don't shoot which is probably just as well |
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available."
Rabbit meat is not very nutritious anyway. Better to go veggie. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available.
Rabbit meat is not very nutritious anyway. Better to go veggie."
i dont eat veg my mum couldnt make me il damn sure not make myself |
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available.
Rabbit meat is not very nutritious anyway. Better to go veggie.i dont eat veg my mum couldnt make me il damn sure not make myself "
You won't survive very long eating just rabbit |
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available.
Rabbit meat is not very nutritious anyway. Better to go veggie.i dont eat veg my mum couldnt make me il damn sure not make myself
You won't survive very long eating just rabbit "
Unless he eats a rabbit that just ate a salad. Second hand veg |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I'm not sure if it's worth getting ferrets or not. My dad always kept rabbits at home but that probably works out more expensive than wild ones because you need to feed them however if you have a buck and a couple of does you would be able to supply the whole neighborhood within months. The same goes for half a dozen hens and one rooster. I suppose it depends on space and time available.
Rabbit meat is not very nutritious anyway. Better to go veggie.i dont eat veg my mum couldnt make me il damn sure not make myself
You won't survive very long eating just rabbit "
there are other things out there altho i think il need more than ferrets to bring em down bambi meat is very tasty |
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