Are You Learning How To Grow Produce And Hunt For Food? As A Conservative, You Should Be. 

Do you feel self-sufficient? Can you grow, hunt and harvest your own food no matter where you are located? Have you ever thought about learning those skills for a New Year’s resolution?

The past two weeks I have spent in Africa on an unforgettable trip. I hunted for the first-time in the Kalahari Desert. It was a catalyzing trip that made me determined to learn those basic survival skills — for my personal and spiritual growth. It is crucial that conservatives know how to be truly autonomous.

What my cat taught me about nature and humanity

This idea came to me when my husband and i moved our family from New York City to Tennessee. My cat was an indoor cat who had grown up in New York City and other parts of the Northeast. Before moving south, she was an indoor cat.

She changed when she moved to Tennessee. She loved to go outside. Maybe it was the fresh air and rolling hills that changed her personality. She was terrified of all things at first, but she soon became fearless. She’d explore more and more each day, so much so it was a headache keeping track of her.

She was found dead on her back porch one night. We were irresponsible and forgot to verify that she was in the house before locking. It was a coyote that killed her that night, and it was absolutely devastating.

She was perhaps happy, even before she died. Perhaps because she was awakening her true nature and learning how to be an animal outside, it was possible she was really happy. She was still learning about the real world. 

Why Hunting and Self-Survival Are Essential

We can learn a lesson from this: We need to lean more into our humanity by moving away from the screens, fast food, and dependency on the government so that we can learn how to survive.

In the last few years, I have become obsessed about gardening to be able to grow my food. Next was chickens.

Recently, I began to believe that I wanted to learn to hunt. I was not a big fan of hunting until recently. I was astonished at the thought of someone killing a defenseless animal. I thought. “trophy hunting” It was terrible.

In hindsight, I  knew absolutely nothing about it at all.

It wasn’t until a conversation with the wonderful Donald Trump Jr. that I began to see it in a different light. He explained to my why hunters are the best animal conservationists.

Trump Jr. explained that large hunts in Africa are done to protect the villages and endangered animals from being eaten wild animals. They also help to stop poachers. These needs are the basis of an entire industry that provides employment for those living in these areas.

Those who lead the hunt are often paid handsome money to kill the beast and it serves a necessary purpose — these hunts aren’t done for the gruesome cruelty of just killing an animal.  These hunts produce meat that is then used to feed the villagers who were previously afraid.

My First Gemsbok Kill

Since then, I’ve wanted to go on one of these hunts. I finally did.

It was amazing. You can listen to a full description of it in today’s podcast.

My husband and I were led by a tracker on an exhilarating hunt that taught us more about survival than we could ever have imagined.

On the hunt for Gemsbok, I learned how in the wild — every single element around you is a predator.

Wind can be a predator — it picks up your scent and notifies an animal targeting you, or a creature you are trying to kill, that you’re nearby, thus either putting you in danger of either losing the kill or being killed.

The sun is your enemy — you have to complete your mission before it goes down and nightfall comes. Your terrain can hold you back — where I was literally. The bush was so thick, with so many thorns, that if you weren’t careful you would get caught in it. Other animals trying to survive themselves can view you as a threat — and try to kill you.

I still remember feeling alive that day, even though I was struggling to breathe. My husband, the tracker was with me for about an hour. We stopped and then sprinted again. It was funny to think about how little my morning treadmills prepared me for this.

However, I was also thinking of the cat. This is what it must have felt like to experience nature for the first-time. God didn’t make our bodies for treadmills, he gave us the ability to run so that we can provide food for our families and escape danger when needed.

Finally, after darting