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They Will Smell Your Food From Miles Away…
SHTF Plan ^ | 10/23/13 | Tess Pennington

Posted on 10/23/2013 2:44:48 PM PDT by Kartographer

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To: Kartographer

Had someone rifling through my trash can two weeks ago.

Woke me up.

4:00AM.

Caught him red handed.

Well, red pawed...

400 - 600 pound bear.

If I needed the food, he would have been acceptable.

We were less than three feet apart (and a door, of course).

Easy shot at that range...


21 posted on 10/23/2013 3:15:39 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: gundog

Keep your eyes peeled downwind.

That is the dog’s job. I am backup on that one.


22 posted on 10/23/2013 3:16:21 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

Most dogs of my acquaintance point their noses into the wind. They’re great for facing away from the fire at night, though.


23 posted on 10/23/2013 3:17:53 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Pollster1

“offer to work”
And that is one of the best survival skills.


24 posted on 10/23/2013 3:17:56 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Kartographer

Boil socks?


25 posted on 10/23/2013 3:20:15 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: BBB333

Bears are great survival food, full of needed fat. Plus useful grease, and a fur coat.


26 posted on 10/23/2013 3:21:01 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: mountainlion

Yep, elite panic strikes again.


27 posted on 10/23/2013 3:21:05 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: gundog

They bark at things in the night at least twice a night now. Bears from downwind would be my greatest concern. Bears and mountain lions would take most of the prowlers at nigh.


28 posted on 10/23/2013 3:22:49 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: 1010RD

Boil socks?

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They’re more palatable that way.


29 posted on 10/23/2013 3:23:09 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless Americad)
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To: Travis McGee

Bear grease is great for sealing containers. Crocks of meat used to be sealed with a layer of grease on top. There are too many tricks of survival to mention because there are more situations to consider.


30 posted on 10/23/2013 3:25:37 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

Well we are not going to be in suburbia so it won’t matter to us. Up in the mountains there will be so much smoke from everyone’s woodstoves nobody will know who’s cooking what. But in the burbs you might need to think about it.


31 posted on 10/23/2013 3:25:51 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

during the North Korean commie famine of the mid-90’s (not the one they are having now) millions perished. Escapee’s said the ones who suffered and died the most were those most loyal and trusting of the government to come and help them.


32 posted on 10/23/2013 3:26:03 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Alex Murphy

I’ve seen that grenade before, but can’t remember from where. What’s it from?


33 posted on 10/23/2013 3:27:55 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: Travis McGee

Reminds me of an old Homer & Jethro tune about a guy who got a new “coat made out of polar bear hide, still had the polar bear inside”.


34 posted on 10/23/2013 3:28:15 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

But in the burbs you might need to think about it.

Best reply so far. I suppose a still might be a smell that many might track down.


35 posted on 10/23/2013 3:28:20 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Kartographer

In a real SHTF situation, people will be eating what they have in the fridge and pantry for several days. But, one has to think about the ones who don’t have three days of water/food and most likely those are the ones who are more prone to violence faster than other folks.

After two days of not caring about food smells, I will go into the “no smell” period which means I use my canned heat and Sterno stoves upstairs in an extra bathroom dressing area with no windows. Space under the door will be stuffed with a towel. The door to that bathroom will never be left open. I can do that for more than a year.

I can drink water downstairs but not eat food downstairs unless it doesn’t smell, like maybe a granola bar.

The article says exactly what I thought should be done and that’s using canned heat and Sterno stoves. And, as said in the article, I won’t be going outside in front of my house. I can go outside under a roofed deck immediately outside my back door because there are high brick walls no one can see over, especially if I’m under the roof of that deck.

Don’t be up front with your preps to anyone when the SHTF. It is not bragging time about what you have.


36 posted on 10/23/2013 3:34:39 PM PDT by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

“The “city” is the last place I would be.”

It’s according to your definition of “city” and according to where you are in that undefined city.


37 posted on 10/23/2013 3:37:14 PM PDT by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

If it happens in the winter, we can eat from our freezer for quite awhile, we keep it out in the garage. Would save the canned goods for later.


38 posted on 10/23/2013 3:41:15 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Let's make Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments a reality!)
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To: pax_et_bonum
Don't forget the classic "filet of sole."


39 posted on 10/23/2013 3:56:40 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Kartographer

But, you can always add the smell of burning zombies to counter the good food smell.
Remember, the good food smell can also be used as a bobby trap diversion.


40 posted on 10/23/2013 4:01:59 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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