Living off the Land

WEEK ZERO TASK 2 Task: Identify suitable training facilities for live-fire training, land navigation training, ruck marches, and field training exercises. Conditions: As able, given resources on local area. Standards: Locate and gather information on the following types of training areas. Indoor/outdoor shooting range with a minimum lane length of 25m for purposes of basic marksmanship training and weapons zeroing Outdoor shooting range with a minimum range of 50m for purposes of live-fire exercises and weapons qualification Large area suitable for land navigation training, wilderness camping and field training exercises Trail or road with a minimum length of 6 miles for the purpose of conducting ruck marches Gather and record information about hours of operation, road access and route planning, terrain conditions, expected civilian usage, land ownership, fees and permits etc.

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Mule deer forage

Elk feeding habits

In the winter, this does change a bit. Animals will move down to lower elevations, and they'll frequent south facing slopes. South facing slopes are warmer and usually collect less snow over the winter. Occasionally, they will even bed on these slopes, especially if they aren't steep and have stands it timber or brush on them. Some roads get really bad and aren't even passable, which opens up more space for them to roam. You can take advantage of this, using snow shoes or ATVs/snowmobiles if you have them. Sleds are an absolute godsend for game retrieval over snowy ground, regardless. I like to drill holes in the little lip at the top of the sled and hook bungee cords across the top. This keeps them snug as a bug. Some rubber runners on the bottom also help guide the sled quite well.