Northern Ghosts
( @em3 and @vcelier)
We choose Option 1
We have:
a rifle with 6 rounds of ammunition, a knife, a flashlight, 2 backup food supplies(that we will eat today), a note (to give to a lucky stranger), a Plant Field Guide and water purification tablets. We have to eat at the end of day 8.

Hmmmmm....not gonna eat a snake I didnt kill..
And bait for what? That is too ambiguous, so we aren't sticking around to see what might showup....
And while Option 1 says...Try to RUN away.... We are comfortable just moseying on out of here. No fresh food, so we'll be popping the top to a can of food each.....munch, munch, num, num.....

You won't see us coming. So be friendly, and you'll see us briefly...as we move on ahead.