Camping Survival Foods / Snake & Lizard?

[mortensen]

Mojave Desert Camping-Hunting Survival Foods and other Good Stuff.

I find for myself, that everything I take camping-hunting with me would be considered for survival purposes. It's just the way it is for myself and will remain so. I eat good all week long when at home and going camping will give me the opportunity to shed a few pounds. I hunt and camp as a loner, my SUV is my base camp. From here I can put anything I need into my packboard and hike to another destination with enough food and water to last two or three nights out. One important item I will leave in my vehicle is my 12 gauge shotgun with buckshot, slugs and most importantly, 12 gauge flares. I will shoulder a handgun and carry either my .223 or .243 (depending on altitude and distance) for hunting coyote and bobcat. Also, I belt a good quality 5" fixed blade knife. Other items such as a military type compass and flashlight or lantern which are hand-cranks.

I've made the mistake of purchasing some survival foods off the internet at inflated prices which were not filling and tasted terrible. I prepare my own foods such as things I'm already famaliar with and like such as stove-top, rice-a-roni, oatmeat cereal, and 4 ounce tin of Spam (4oz Spam may not always be available). I take the contents out of the box and pour them into plastic bags for what I will require for two to three days out.

Ever gone camping and run out of food and worse yet, you've still got a few more days left to remain in the desert. During the second day your really getting hungry and you start dreaming how a big turkey dinner would taste about now. On the third day your starved. So much for that turkey dinner, it's now time to get real! Now you start thinking about that Mojave rattler you saw a few days ago or that Lizard sunning himself on the rocks and start thinking that this would make a pretty good meal. Believe me... if you are really hungry, you will eat the rattler and the lizard. You must take precautions with the rattler and especially the Mojave (green) rattler which is one of the most venomous snakes in North America. You must catch him in a out-stretcher position (not coiled), pin his head down with a probe and cut his head off. Just because you dismembered the head dosen't mean he is totally dead and cannot see! Don't reach down to pick up the head with your hand. He still has enough energy to lay one venomous bite on you if your hand pass's within inches of him.

Both snake and lizard have a real gammie flavor and especially the snake. The lizard meat will appear to be a little more tender and chew something like chicken. I usually salt both types of meat which is a natural tenderizer and cook it over the fire on a skewer. When they are fully roasted I will pour soy sauce on them and have my meal. Once you've had snake and lizard you won't think twice about eating it again under hungry or starving conditions. After all... remember the first time you had to kiss your mother-in-law! Whoops... lets not go there!

Bon Appetit!

Snake head, still alive.

Edited December 27, 2012 by mortensen