Big game

[u/Zealousideal_Mango70]

This applies to more than season 8. so many contestants go into this planning to get big game but(with the exception of Roland) I don't think most of them had the forethought to build a smoker and/or food cache FIRST. This is like one of my major pet peeves about these contestants.  Tell me it's not just me?

[u/canadianbeaver]

I think I saw a stat that something like 4% of contestants get big game. And the whole experience is a game of prioritization. Why expend a ton of energy building something with such a low likelihood of using it? Way better to wait until you have a large game and know you’ll need it, than to expend a ton of calories on something you don’t use.

[u/Yogicabump → u/canadianbeaver]

Also, it might be stressy and exhausting building those in a rush... but you know you have calories guaranteed already.

[u/JamesonThe1]

It's just you. Most contestants go into this hoping on getting big game and planning on not getting big game.

[u/stealingjoy]

If you don't yet have sufficient food for even a day or two it's stupid to expend calories into food preservation tools. You put that time and effort into getting sufficient food first. 

And let's not forget the majority of winners have not had a big game kill. 

[u/olddummy22]

Roland had a plan but he didn’t build his bear box until he needed it

[u/Powerism]

A food cache is a big calorie expenditure if you don’t end up using it. I do like the idea of a smoker, especially for fish and smaller game, but many contestants don’t catch enough to warrant smoking anything.

[u/OuateDaPhoque]

You probably just don't see them because most don't get big game.

[u/PoopyPantsJr]

Why waste your calories on a food cache or smoker when you may never need it?

[u/ah-tzib-of-alaska]

food first i totally think you’re wrong, i’m surprised how much more they do before food. Minimal shelter, no comfort, water, now food, each success in food is the driver of everything else

[u/GalaxyGoul]

I totally agree with you. I’m always yelling at the screen, smoke those fish!!!!

[u/Targa_X]

You're not gonna want to spend the calories to build a smoker or food cache on the off chance that you'll bag a big game animal.

[u/JamesonThe1]

Wonder if the noise from building a food cache would have scared off any of the big game that were killed on the show. This last season for instance, what would have happened if the contestant was building the cache when the moose was in the area?

[u/steeve1005]

Bien il on dans l’idée de prendre un gros gibier mais il oublie le reste comme les
Fruits , champignons etc pour les minéraux

[u/steeve1005]

La viande donne de la protéine mais
Pas le reste qu’il a besoin la