Cable snare and a deer? 

Just be my luck to wind up with one pissed off moose!   

dd

I have spellcheck here. Puts a rad line under things. Doesnt' help much. Your you're their there right. Here hear! Brain check could be helpful but we get it.

I've only seen one rabbit on trips but have seen squirrels up there constantly. They are small and probably dark meat too but probably taste good burnt.

I expect you could find and whack grouse with a stick but if you really really wanted to eat red meat, I'd recommend a little bottle of anise oil. As a kid, I'd use two drops on a piece of bread for trapping rabbits and squirrels and so I think it would be a fantastic bait for a deadfall trap. They love that stuff. Plus, I think it would be easier to notch out some figure fours or whatever than bother with snares.

I believe did see one show where Bear Grylls snared a skunk. It didn't die from being snared either. I believe he even ate it. At least that's what was inferred.

I have seen all the rabbitS that I have seen in the BWCA at night on the late autumn trips...all snowshoe hares. I never have seen them in summer to many people; maybe that is just a different style of getting the message to me. Dang, I wonder if THEY had enough tomato juice to wash off the snare wire? I wonder if slunk tastes like chicken? Squirrel, rabbit, and grouse sort of do in their own ways. How about a folding wrist rocket, or rubber tubing/rubber strapping in the kit...lord

Thakns! I like that!  (sincerely)

starwatcher

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I mentioned the neck type snare as alternative to leg snare IF you were going to use a fishing line/ cord instead of a wire snare.
Q critter could chew thru a para-cord/fish line, if it could reach it.

I like the anise oil idea, combined with a neck snare. You could use a heavy dead branch rigged with a " trigger" stick, dead-fall style instead of a springy branch if that wasn't available.

I agree with Mad Mat, you can go along time without food. If you can stay warm and hydrated, that will keep you alive for a long time, especially if your staying in one spot. Having a 24/7 fire and some green boughs for signal smoke will help as well.

The majority of the world gets it's protein from insects. Kick over any rock/log and you'll find something to eat. Just hold your nose and swallow whole without chewing Lack of protein will make you mentally disoriented, more than lack of carbs.

If nothing else, rigging snares/keeping the fire going, will keep your mind from wandering into the " negative" zone. Once you lose hope, your a goner