Survival Methods?

So lets just say that your kidnapped, unconscious, and thrown in the jungles of Africa. When you wake up, there are 3 things lying next to you. A map, a combat knife, and a note.

The note says that you will find an abandon military camp with a emergency radio station on your map.

To get there from where you're at, will probably take 3 weeks and 3 days. No cellphones, no burger king, no nothing. By the way, it says" Alright you know the deal, now get your ass moving. Ooops, almost forgot. You have 48 hours head start before we find you and skull fuck your corpse but don't worry! Ill be gentle while doing it".

Hungry, Surrounded by man-eating animals, Hunted, And probably crapping yourself, my last thing is this.

What would you do in your predicament? And if you're not already eaten in the next 2 minutes. What is your survival tactics?

(No suicides)

Just fucking get there, bitch.

Edit: Ok, alright, I'll take this in a bit more serious manner, just for you.

First of all, try to find food around you, anything will do really, berries or maybe if you're lucky a wild animal that is edible. After you've atleast eaten a bit, try to find water if possible, if not try to march towards your destination, if lucky you can find water and possibly more food on the way. Try to sleep in bushes, not out in the open, so the guys won't find you if they do pass you.

Edit2: Oh, also, try not to panic. It won't help you at all and might alert animals to your position.

Spoken like a true never-been-outdoors-person.

:^)

If you're talking about me then I'm just going on from a logical stand point, how this would work out in reality I have no idea really.

Somehow fashion dirt into rocket boosters, strap them on my shoes, and then rocket to the moon.

Srs answer: I have very limited surviving experience (took a class and watch a lot of shows about it)... I wouldn't say I'd make it, but I know the basics of survival (how to make fire with sticks and a shoe lace, how to tell is water is clean enough to drink or not, etc.).

This pales to ranger training.

If your in a armed force then this should be another day in training but for those without experience in the wild. Its a(n) impossible mission.

I'd tame a mount and ride it there. If I'm lucky, I'll get an elephant or something.

In all seriousness, I'd likely just give up and hope I die painlessly. I'd still walk in some random direction, but I wouldn't try to get anywhere.

Talking about OP. What you said is not bad. Of course, it requires a basic knowledge of flora and fauna i.e. making sure what's edible and what's poisonous. Knowing how to navigate is key. Assuming the map is accurate and you're able to get your bearings, this scenario is about eight times easier.

Between the men, starvation, potential illness/disease, and dehydration- wild animals are mighty low on the list of threats.

Actually i have experience in the outdoors thank you and if i didn't, what does that have to do with the thread?

Your wording and overall tone. The phrase "man-eating animal" is a marker of one whose knowledge of wildlife stems largely from film and fiction.

"And if you're not already eaten in the last 2 minutes"

Really?

You sound like you're fourteen and believe anything with fangs is gonna try to make a meal of you on sight.


You're selling the scenario as instant death. It's not.

This is CTFG material.

OT: First off, I would be sure to check that my Jimmies remain unrustled.

After I'd gather what food source I can, fashion myself a small sort of hut that I can drag around and head to the nearest river. After that I would travel along the river bed by day and head near the entrance of the forest by night. Rinse and repeat cycle until I find a nearby village where I can tan myself so I would appear as a local.

After living the life of a local I would say goodbye to modern civilization and spend the rest of my life as a native enjoying the hunt.

Remove everything except my boxers and learn to swing from vines with a pack of gorillas.

In reality, I'd probably find something to use as a weapon, big wooden stick. If there are rivers then I have both a source of food and water. To hide from whatever might be after me, camouflage. You know leaves, war paint, and rubbing myself with dead animal carcasses.

If i were selling it as instant death then i would of added booby traps to it. And if you wanted me to get that technical, then i could of just said carnivorous animals. So please, just because i used "man-eating" instead of "carnivorous" does not mean that am not an outdoors man. Now, since i presume that you are a outdoors man from what you're saying. Tell me, how would you go about doing this?

I'd eat the note for nourishment and eat the map to gain it's knowledge and become a human map.

1. Find water. This keeps a person alive, can throw off trackers, and would be a point of reference on the accompanying map.

2. Failing that, find any other point of reference. (I'm assuming the map isn't so courteous as to provide a nice, convenient "Your Ass Is Here").

3. Grab a walking stick. As a deterrent for wild animals, keeping some distance is better than the blade. It actually does kinda help whilst trekking through rough terrain, also.

4. Get moving. Shelter and food can be found along the way. Sticking around to forage is a waste of time in these circumstances (a destination and someone on your tail).


General tips:

-If you've no clue, try a bit of everything in very small bits. Most poisonous things aren't lethal in such dosage. Trial and error your food. (Really shouldn't need to, though- tonnes of fruit in jungles).

-Forget meat on this mission. Trapping and fishing take precious time. And a fire makes you easier to find. Even a smoldering pit for slow-cooking is one more giveaway for whoever it is that's chasing you.

-If the foliage allows for it, a rudimentary bow and some arrows don't take too long to make and could come in handy. Purely optional.

-Given the situation, sun and stars are pretty much the only way to navigate. I hope everyone knows how to do this.

-For sleeping. Catnap it. A persons' ability to do so varies from one individual to the next, but I'm fairly certain that the unique combination of being hunted + exhaustion will do the job quite nicely.

-As for where to sleep, that depends on what you can find. Any cove, nook, or cranny will do. Just make sure it's empty before you claim your bunk. A simple lean-to can be made with sticks and leaves. Destroy and scatter when you leave.

-Unless there's a drought on, you can get ample water simply from the dew off plants and trees. It'll be the cleanest water you can find by far.


Overall, your priorities are: Water. Keep moving. Food. Shelter. Exactly in that order.


In that situation, anyways. Never had to run away from people before. Wouldn't think too hard about it. After all, if they gave you the map and put you there in the first place- there's a strong chance that they're already two steps ahead of you. But you might as well try to reach to wherever that map points to- having a clear goal is one of the strongest assets one can have in otherwise bleak circumstances.

Excellent tactic!

I would suggest a booby trap with the combat knife if you feel the presence of your pursuers.

I think a falling death trap or a trip wire knife might do the trick. Can be used to kill animals to.

Kill or be killed.

My best go to tactic is to go rambo on every living creature I see with my combat knife.

Pits take a very long time to make. Snares are a lot quicker. Even then, you'd have to be quite sure of your assailants path.

There's also tensioning a branch to smack guys in the face, but it's kinda wasted if you don't get the treat of seeing the schmuck get walloped.

If the map is accurate, traveling there first would be key but if it's a bit far away, I would settle down after a couple of hours in the morning. Would give me some time to fix something in the afternoon. A knife, wood branches and materials such as durable strings(if you're not in your birthday suit, cut some extra cloth) with the right woodcraft knowledge at hand would be solid. Build yourself a make-shift shelter(ditch-hole or tarp) near a plausible running water source(better off small than near large rivers.) A campfire may be essential to be warm and keep away from predators and insects, not sure how it would work in a rainforest but definitely in a opening not near trees. If it rains, bummer.

"-For sleeping. Catnap it. A persons' ability to do so varies from one individual to the next, but I'm fairly certain that the unique combination of being hunted + exhaustion will do the job quite nicely."

20 minute intervals between two hours is decent, uberman sleep schedule

"-If the foliage allows for it, a rudimentary bow and some arrows don't take too long to make and could come in handy. Purely optional."

Making a bow and arrows to come with it sounds easy on paper but they're a skill someone has to practice over the years. Moreover, bows aren't durable forever, makeshift ones will require replacing after a certain amount of time. Arrowheads are also a bitch.

"-Unless there's a drought on, you can get ample water simply from the dew off plants and trees. It'll be the cleanest water you can find by far."

If you find ripe fruits, you hit the ultimate jackpot for nutrition and moisture in one unit.

"Grab a walking stick. As a deterrent for wild animals, keeping some distance is better than the blade. It actually does kinda help whilst trekking through rough terrain, also."

Definitely a stick that's large enough to reach your upper chest. Great for hiking, going down a slope is a pain to the feet so every bit counts. They're also good to check the depth of a river or hole. Monkeys use it to check for water depth; monkey see, monkey do.