Outdoor survival in the UK?

Is it possible to survive living as a hunter/gatherer anywhere in modern Britain? This would mean surviving only on wild plants and animals (no poaching farm animals or stealing veg from peoples gardens!).

It would be possible to do so, if it were`nt for the fact that all land belongs to a someone who would take exception to you hunting on “their” land.

The feral animals [deer, rabbits etc.] in this country belong to no man/woman. The fish in rivers and lochs {sea and land locked} are pretty much the same. The main problem that you would have is catching and killing them.

Fishing from virtually every stretch of river bank is governed by licences that will allow you to fish. Most are patrolled by baillifs, who have a lot of legal power to support them.

Shooting or snaring feral animals is pretty much the same.

If I were to be living this kind of lifestyle, I would head for the north-west coast of Scotland. Where I would have access to sea-life.
With woodland behind me for shelter, firewood and fresh running water.

However, the w. coast can prove to be a wet climate. Further, inland is colder as is the east coast which does not have the advantages of the west.

Ignore the soldiers advice, there taining does not allow for them to act on impulse or initiative.

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