{"id":29546,"date":"2018-01-09T09:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29546"},"modified":"2018-01-09T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:08:36","slug":"4-food-sources-you-can-find-in-the-dead-of-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=29546","title":{"rendered":"4 Food Sources You Can Find in the Dead of Winter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\">4 Food Sources You Can Find in the Dead of Winter<span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45020\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/winter-food.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/winter-food.jpg 500w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/winter-food-300x207.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><\/center>ReadyNutrition Readers, this article is a down-and-dirty guide to finding food for yourself during the wintertime.\u00a0 Most people view winter as a cold, bleak, and lifeless period of the year.\u00a0 In actuality, it is just a state of dormancy: everything is not really dead, just slowed down and slumbering as a part of the natural cycle and order of things.\u00a0 During the wintertime, it\u2019s not that there isn\u2019t any food: there is not as much of it available, yet it is still there if you know how to look for it.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wild Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Firstly, let\u2019s cover wild game.\u00a0 Most <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/the-beginning-guide-to-hunting_09122016\/\">hunting<\/a> seasons are over with, so the info we\u2019re covering here has to do with a survival situation and a \u201cgrid-down, collapse\u201d scenario.\u00a0 Keeping that in mind, there is quite a good deal of animals that do not hibernate.\u00a0 Deer, elk, rabbits\/hares, the migratory birds (ducks and geese), wild boar\/pig.\u00a0 I\u2019m not advising eating the wild cats: the bobcat, lynx, or mountain lion, as they have a host of different parasites and not much yield on the meat.\u00a0 Stick with your herbivores, unless you have no other way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Migratory Birds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Migratory birds (believe it or not) still hold a high number that do not leave and migrate with the rest.\u00a0 Besides shooting them with a shotgun or rifle, there are other methods to get them if you have no firearm\u2026not nice or socially-acceptable, but we\u2019re going to list them: <a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/six-primitive-traps-for-catching-food-in-the-woods_17082013\/\">snares<\/a>, nets, and the fishhook method.\u00a0 This one involves taking a fishhook and tying it off with nylon line and covering the hook with a ball of bread.\u00a0 I think you can get the picture, and as I mentioned, it\u2019s not the preferred method but it works.\u00a0 You or them: you\u2019ll have to weigh it for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 Food Sources You Can Find in the Dead of Winter\u00a0 ReadyNutrition Readers, this article is a down-and-dirty guide to finding food for yourself during the wintertime.\u00a0 Most people view winter as a cold, bleak, and lifeless period of the year.\u00a0 In actuality, it is just a state of dormancy: everything is not really dead, 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