I’m a huge Gary Paulsen fan, but we have to acknowledge, there simply aren’t realistic instances of this happening, and even in a scenario where it COULD, the M6 isn’t the best option to do it. How many true life stories can we actually drum up where someone went into the wilderness under prepared in the last quarter to half century - meaning they had no firearm, at all, and did not have satellite communication - and saved themselves by hunting local fauna? It just doesn’t happen. Someone went backcountry, didn’t bring any firearm, was injured such they can’t travel for self-recovery or communication for rescue, but they can stalk game, recover it, clean and cook it, prep shelter, and endure doing so for longer than they simply could have gone hungry, or longer than they could have gone by simply foraging…? My back country hiking kit carries a satellite communicator, pocket water purification options, emergency high calorie rations, mylar blanket and micro bivvy, and a defensive side arm all on my person, in case I would somehow be disconnected from my larger pack and supplies, which in itself does not include an M6. Tools for real tasks, solutions for real problems, not some romanticized theory of impossible circumstances.
