Bug out in progress

[gnihcraes]

Staying home.

If I must leave, Old school GMC K3500 hopefully could get me around some of the mess, if not off the road far enough other turds can't get to me and I stop. Protect myself the best I can.

[Tinelement]

With the age of my kiddos I'm bugging in.

But to answer your scenario, if traffic is log jamed, and I got the fam, Dirty Max is running ditches and fields.

Ain't skeered!

[ChunkyMonkey]

As said before, I ll be bugging in and take out as many zombies as I could so your slow ass can get to your BOL.

[brianut]

2 small kiddos for me so home is where I will be. I have no location to head to other than a friends family ranch in Trinidad.
His pops said load the gear and head down, e knows my mindset and is aware we'd be an asset to help protect what he has and help keep it functioning, problem is it would have to be really bad to leave what I have and by then of course it may be too late.

due to the amount of supplies I would be wanting to take I think I would rather take my chance with my supplies at home and if things did not blow over in a reasonable amount of time and start returning to normal, then it would be time to load up whats left and make the trek hoping that the secondary roads were still going and that maybe a lot of the have nots have already taken each other out lowering the threat.

biggest problem would be govt road block type scenarios that would be impassible, would need somebody on a scope to scan the distance and travel very wide of the main roads to hopefully skirt those hazards.

if in the traffic jamb the edges of the road would become the new road.
biggest concern would be what is causing the blockage.
If need be it is planned to be backpacks, a 3 wheel jogging stroller and a wagon. All the weopons gear and as much of everythig else.

the motorcycle is a good idea too but tough with little kids, maybe a ATV with trailer or a UTV 4 seater with a roof mounted SAW

[MED]

Ok here's the deal You co-ar board member have everything packed and you are on the road. BOL is area X 1/2 way there the 2 lane road you're on is jammed tighter than, well you figure it out. What's plan B. Do you hump it on foot say the 20ish miles over moderate to rough terrain, dealing with everyone else, not to mention the newly formed pack of predators? Is everyone in your party capable of walking that distance, are your shtf items too much to carry, along with all the other shit you now have to leave behind?
How bad did Plan A got to sh$%^t and can you pause long enough to go to Plan B, OR are you realistically screwed just like everyone else on that road?
Should you have had better back up plans, stayed home or moved to another area with like minded folks etc, etc.

This is exactly what I anticipate since I work downtown. My bugout location is my home. If there is an exodus from the metro area, I expect to abandon my commuter vehicle at some point (start point is 40 miles from home). I have the necessary survival items, season appropriate clothing & boots, an 870 with 25 slugs & 25 00, PT92 with 5 mags & 100rds, CCW pistol and food & water (+purification) for three days. I can certainly make the hike, but I am going up to 9000ft so it will take time especially as I avoid the “predators”. However, time is critical as long as my home rests undefended. As long as I am able to hunt and cut wood, I can live at my home without refreshing supplies for a long long time; I have all the basic necessities naturally to include water, shelter, timber, and game. After my initial supplies run out, I can keep going indefinitely depending on health.

[Sawin]

Has anyone considered the possibility that after a few weeks, live game that is presently available to hunt, is likely to be scarce if not entirely gone? There's a lot of folks out there with guns, and they'll be hunting game left and right. Those animals you see today, won't likely be there after a few weeks of broken supply chains and hungry populations. Imagine a hunting season without a quota and X times as many hunters....

[Wulf202]

PT92 with 5 mags & 100rds, CCW pistol

consider replacing the Taurus with something reliable

[MED]

consider replacing the Taurus with something reliable

Define reliable? …bias or test results?

I tested it with 1000 rounds (so far) of lead reloads without a malfunction and it feeds the hollow points without issue…extremely ammo type friendly. I personally like the platform and I am extremely familiar with it(over two decades of using them); the one I have has the accessory rail. I am growing my familiarity with the striker fire pistols, but I still don’t like them as much as the 92, Hi-Power, and 1911. I have several striker fire, DA, and SA semi-autos in my safe to choose from and this is the one I like to store in the trunk of my car (it works for me when needed, the rounds count is kept low, and I really don’t care what happens to it). If I tested it with problems, I would have trashed it.

Incidentally and although not exactly the same, of all the pistols I own or have owned, I only have one that has never malfunctioned in the 22 years I owned it, my 92F. Personally, I really like the trigger and safety on the Taurus much better.

Edit: My CCW is different...you had it quoted together with my survival pack pistol.

[Wulf202]

Taurus makes junk. their internals that should be machined are cast or worse plastic.

I gave a loaded pt145 to a secretary who snapped the trigger off. this was the first of 3 times that Taurus broke. and yes I've broken pt92 a raging bull and a tracker. also a Ruger blackhawk. p22 walther and a colt series 80. also seen the xd catastrophic failure.

I seem to be a pistol crash test dummy.

[dwalker460]

Has anyone considered the possibility that after a few weeks, live game that is presently available to hunt, is likely to be scarce if not entirely gone? There's a lot of folks out there with guns, and they'll be hunting game left and right. Those animals you see today, won't likely be there after a few weeks of broken supply chains and hungry populations. Imagine a hunting season without a quota and X times as many hunters....

Has occured to me, and I have the following thoughts-

A> A VERY large percentage of our population has not a clue about how animals are food, or how to make animals into food. I believe most of the sheeple will not resort to the hills and hunting, but instead stick to urban centers hoping for some form of caretaking. I do nothing to discourage this line of thinking.
B> Without King Sooper and Starbucks, the next impulse will be to buy or steal prepared foods- which is why it does not pay to advertise that you are a prepper or have any amount of stored foods- someone will remember.
C> While a lot of people own guns, not all of them know how to hunt and your kidding yourself if you think the animals wont fade into deep cover.