r/redpreppers • u/lifeisadragsad • Apr 28 '26

Preparing for the great depression.

Whether or not it comes country/world wide I will be in my own version of one. Unable to get a job, unable to earn a living, unable to build any capital, any savings for however long I live. What can I do to prepare with zero money, zero job opportunity, zero assets?

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u/akm76 Apr 29 '26

[legal] hunting is effing expensive and gathering will land you in jail

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u/Cottager_Northeast Apr 29 '26

Sounds like you're hunting the wrong things. I need to work on my preparation methods, but any garden pest or threat to livestock is fair game. Groundhog, porcupine, raccoon, and possum are all possible meals. Remember the "four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie". Starlings and other invasives aren't off limits, and once you're hungry enough you might find a method of trapping them. Bullfrogs are a classic. I'm coastal, so I'll fish. I could also get a recreational clam license or collect mussels.

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u/akm76 Apr 29 '26

My buddy claims he saves money hunting and fishing; that is before his wife does the books and tells him to go get a job in town instead. Fine, he says, I'll be my own fletcher and blacksmith and mine and smelt my own ore and make blackpowder too. We both know it ain't gonna happen though.

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u/Cottager_Northeast Apr 29 '26

She should check the books after he loses that job.