Favourite bushcraft quotes

[2trapper]

No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.

Baden Powell (just one of his wise quotes)

 

[santaman2000]

That dog won't hunt.

 

[Aaron Rushton]

"i ate one of those once"

 

[dave53]

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[Smith28]

Necessity is the mother of invention. My favourite.

 

[outdoorpaddy]

"we belong to nature, not it to us" - Grey Owl

"When we employ bushcraft skills it may seem like we are consuming natural resources, but the more we learn about the trees, the plants, the animals around us, the more we respect them, the more we cherish them, the more we nurture and take care of them. That is the underlying principle of bushcraft." My favourite quote, from Mr. Mears

Great thread
paddy

 

[Prawnster]

One of my favourites:

Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred miles on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.


Former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau


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[Bushwhacker]

When in the jungle don't go sticking your fingers in any place you wouldn't stick your willy.

 

[dave53]

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[The Big Lebowski]

From a foraging friend.

You guys are very trusting... even I've never eaten one of those before.

Quoted after eating a new mushroom.

 

[forestwalker]

People are often reluctant to make what they can buy for themselves...
-- Jeff Wagner

 

[John Fenna]

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Anyone got a FAK handy?"
Several folk I know who were starting out in knife and axe skills on their own.....

 

[Elines]

Another uncredited one: "If you drop a knife, don't try to catch it."

Remionds of some good advice re DIY:

'When working up a ladder, never step backwards to admire your work'

 

[Prawnster]

All mushrooms are edible, but some only once.


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[forestwalker]

I suppose I should also include my signature line in this thread...

Man of Tanith (on the subject of meets)

My wife struggled to understand why I'd want to meet men off the internet in the woods

just tell her that she is unable to fullfill all your manly needs...

 

[Native Nathan]

Sh!t happens that's life....
It's how we deal with the Sh!t that happened that defines us

Me to my mate when he managed to snap his knife last year while wild camping in the highland last year:You_Rock_

 

[Retired Member southey]

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EH?, dave53?

 

[ex-member Raikey]

EH?, dave53?

i think he means Signature,...

dont be pedantic David , it doesnt suit you,...oh hang on,..yes it does,...

 

[Retired Member southey]

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[ex-member Raikey]

another one of my faves is

"do you mind if i burn this plastic while your bacon is cookinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaagghhhhhhhhhh stop hitting me!!!"