Preparedness and you - How prepared are you for a 30 day shutdown

[fishfood]

Yup, I always take the ling home that others don't want, love it. My favorite is whitefish, followed by catfish, then Simcoe candy-perch.

Only ever got one ling thru the ice it was ok I guess had to try it lol. Probably try a smaller one again the one I had was around 5 pound or so. Not many around the areas I fish.
Whitefish are everywhere now eating up those gobys . The whitties are my thing they are the only reason I have a sports license to keep 2 lol. The perch I only usually target first and last ice, if there is ice over Whitefish when it opens I'll be there hehe .

Parking might become an issue when the news hits that people are all out in groups. I see it now same thing with the boats in the spring . They might close the access points I can think of 3 or 4 spots that you probably won't be aloud to park at .

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[73hunter]

Actually I spend about 8 months a year as a citiot living at the cottage. I fish about 150 days a year. Hunt for deer every year for a week with a gun , and the rest of the time, bear and deer with a x-bow. Some may know , one of my sons is a licensed trapper. Because of hockey and curling commitments and the fact that the cottage is on an island we only go up 4 or 5 times during freeze up. When not able to go fishing up there, I fill in the need to fish by going to my local Lake Ontario tributaries, rivers and streams for anything. My house backs onto conservation lands that contain a trout filled creek. I go to Simcoe ice fishing 5-6 times a season. I feed the deer over my back fence with pumpkins and my kitchen compost. I have a game camera up and over the years have recognized many deer as they grow. And ...I have chickens.

All in good jest Fisher. Sounds like you spend more time outdoors than the rest of us get to - and I’m happy for you

I’m in Kawartha Lakes, where we can’t keep chickens in the rural subdivision but the IKEA Monkey lady (according to some) has quite the exotic animal herd - legally.

[fishermccann]

Because my property backs onto the conservation area, I cut the fence and put in a gate. I walk in the woods with my Golden Retriever, ‘Oakley ‘ almost daily if were home.

[fishfood]

You know - I like Jumbo perch over walleye any day of the week. Most under rated fish, that and poor mans lobster (Bourbot, Ling, slim fish). All the years I kicked a Ling back down the hole Walleye ice fishing..I regret after cooking one.

Many like the perch up on the top of their list I like the Whitefish the most , walleye then perch.

I was thinking about canning a Whitefish this season in the insta pot. See how it works out in January.

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[410001661]

I have 2 years of toilet paper, I will be a survivor past 18months

My plan........basement office, lots of coffee, scotch and catching up on my reading.

[canadaman30]

Speaking for myself, I have a small Honda 2000 and another old 1500 run by an Briggs n Statton. The 1500 I wouldn't even consider running long term. I don't plan to run the household on the Honda, I'm already set up at my cabin to not need electricity and at my home, I would just drain the plumbing to save the water system. (I am rural, running off a jet pump.) As for gas, I would only use the gen set to keep the freezer going for a few weeks, running intermittently. At any given time, I usually have 4-6 cans of gas (80-120 litres). If the grid was still down and no gas available when I was about half through my supply, I would begin emptying the freezer and preserving what I could.

I as well am far better prepared to live without power at my cabin. Enough rice and pasta for a long haul. Meat is in the woods..lol. Wood stove has 3 years of dry wood waiting to be burnt.
To be honest I think if the power went out for a year or better I'd probly die defending my place. I'd go down guns blazing at least.

[canadaman30]

My plan........basement office, lots of coffee, scotch and catching up on my reading.

If I'm forced to head to my cabin, it will be a hot coffee, but a cold seat in the outhouse..lol

[gbk]

I have 2 years of toilet paper, I will be a survivor past 18months

No worries canadaman30-Ontario has PLENTY of corn,corn cob used to be a "toilet paper" for 1000 of years.............for the picky and choosy-one cob,one use......for the down the earth people,multi use was a norm.
And NO -i am not making this up,actually it was a wide knowledge back home(not used much by "my time")but ONCE in my life,i actually had to use an outhouse somewhere,where on the nail hanging on a string was a "well"used cob.Waiting for further applications......NOT BY ME THOUGH!!!
Sorry for being gross-just could not miss this opportunity

Imagine the Green Peace slogan-refuse,reuse,recycle..............

[line052]

A question for the preppers. How much fuel do you keep on hand to run generators? The reason I ask is if we have a complete power outage for any length of time, once your out of fuel, then what is the plan.

I always have 200 litres on hand, and the geny is full (37 Litres), SHTF world ending..SOL and it is only intended to get me through power outages and maybe sparingly last long enough to eat food in freezer. But in that scenario I will switch to small (2K) geny to power just fridge and freeze to get maximum time.

I have solar and Trojan T105 batteries (solar batteries) to run critical items such as lights after SHTF, this system is not to power anything electrical unless absolutely vital, mostly lighting some rechargeable batteries, but for rechargeable batteries (AA, AAA, C, and D I have solar chargers for those as well.

[fishermccann]

So depending on a non-petroleum power source is the way to go? Who'd a thunk it. What are the people in Alberta going to do?