Am I the only one that has huge trouble finding survivors basics?

[miscology (DayZ) 18]

I like to hang out in the wilderness or northern areas, solo, therefore need a hunting knife, matches and hatchet before setting out. Last night I had such trouble finding meat that I easily died at the next zombie encounter. It was a 4 day character and I hadn't been able to find what I needed in any supermarket or apartment I visited.

I can always find 2 out of 3 in one city, but rarely all three.

Last night I finally found some matches, but ran for hours and couldn't find a single animal to gut. I finally found one and it despawned as I approached it. :(

Is it just me or is wildlife really rare.. in the wild?

[NickM (DayZ) 57]

I find that some servers are lame for both loot and animals.

Try a different server?

[resin_ 97]

Can never find em when you need em, same thing happened to me last night around Elektro.

[taco241 393]

Ya not sure what's with some servers.On one server I was on, I found mostly czech backpacks...they were everywhere, and mostly empty cans otherwise. Switch servers when all you can find is poo.