We, Team Turner ( @ironshield and @lturner ), being of hungry but cautious minds, choose Option 1

• We have 2 Knives
• We have 1 Firestarter
• We have 1 Flashlight
• We have 1 Plant Field Guide
• We need to eat by Day 6, Round 2

We spent some time this afternoon contemplating whether or not we could actually kill a cow with a knife. We think it's pretty likely we would fail and it's also likely one or both of us might get seriously injured or die in the attempt. We watched some strapping teenage boys expertly butcher a yearling sheep last fall and it took (we think) two of them to catch and hold the animal while the third actually delivered the knife stroke to quickly end it's life, after which there was a lot of movement by the animal. If the animal were as big as a cow, there's no way the two of us would be able to restrain it enough to even get close to it with the knife; and if we did, there's serious danger from that big an animal flailing around. We also do not think this is a safe place to stop out in the open considering the fate of the folks who tried going up on the ridge last round. If we were to kill the cow, it would require some time in the open clearing to actually get meat from it.

We are gambling that there will be another food opportunity as we continue downhill; and it's a gamble because the next round is zero hour for our food situation.