Food in survival game shouldn`t be that easy. Hunting is in it`s proper way to be balanced till gold version of 7dtd. But not as a vending machine in some form.
What I meant was just randomly placed thing called a trap, and if an animal goes through it.. we know, if not, we move on and look for food and hunt.
Not something that replaces hunting, just a small part of it.
Also, meat at some point is pretty common, so not exactly an exclusive idea from my brain cell at the moment, so lets move on