Ultimate bushcraft sin!!!!

[xylaria]

Hanging bits of kit on the outside of a rucksack when there's really no need is my pet hate

As you can see the lad on the right has left his hands free to carry the beer and box of westons organic cider, where as the lad on left would have to do two trips to the car to carry the beer. By which time the first lad would of set up camp in the better spot and opened a can by the time the second lad had even got his hammock up.

 

[dwardo]

Wow. I've chopped down loads of trees. Dead, diseased, to open the canopy so undergrowth can flourish, to remove weed trees so that more useful species can grow.

A sin is not to understand arboriculture - the biggest sin is not to plant trees and develop the land.

I swear gov, no tree was harmed in the making of any of my bows.
To be honest its a nice sentiment that "trees should not be cut down" and its probably the best starting point for people with no prior experience of woodland management or general informed interest.
There are some lovely trees that I have drooled over for bow making but alas they would be missed both ecologically and aesthetically.

My killer is litter and destruction. If you leave a load of garbage, fire scars, general thoughtless destruction of flora and fauna I just dont get the thinking that its "someone else's" job to do this for you? Bewildering.

 

[British Red]

Mmm perhaps dwardo - I do understand what you are saying, but I think its important to understand that in Britain almost all trees are crops, they were planted to be harvested, they have been managed to a size for a purpose. There is almost no primal woodland left.

I guess if we modified to "wanton destruction of trees for no purpose" I would agree

Its surprising what you can do for wildlife and trees in even a little pocket hanky like mine. If we love trees - lets get out and plant some!

 

[Harvestman]

I think we all agree on here really. Wood is clearly a resource that we use, and sometimes there are good reasons to take a tree down. But most people would agree that cutting down a healthy tree for no purpose is just wasteful destruction of the type that we all object to, just like litter and uncontrolled fires.

I'm warden of a site that has had 36,100 trees planted, but we also have to take trees down now and then. That is why they are managed woodlands.

 

[dwardo]

Mmm perhaps dwardo - I do understand what you are saying, but I think its important to understand that in Britain almost all trees are crops, they were planted to be harvested, they have been managed to a size for a purpose. There is almost no primal woodland left.

I guess if we modified to "wanton destruction of trees for no purpose" I would agree

Its surprising what you can do for wildlife and trees in even a little pocket hanky like mine. If we love trees - lets get out and plant some!

A good friend who owns the woodland I am fortunate to play in once told me to think of Tree`s as an single organism rather than individuals.
Some thinning if the herd has to take place to balance things up especially given the lack of natural predators not to mention our hazy idea of what a woodland should look like. By this I mean completely inaccessible for humans woodland rather than managed woodland.

Still when choosing a tree to fell for bows its still an agonising long process of guilt, sustainability, desire, suitability. I will often visit the same tree regularly over several years before deciding to cut.

Dont suppose you know anything about germinating yew seeds do you?

 

[British Red]

I've not tried it Dwardo - but I can if you would like me to? I've propogated Ash, Hazel and Oak (all of which are too easy for words tbh). My friend has a self seeding yew and I am growing on a few "volunteers". I can with great ease gather some seed and give it a pop next fruiting time if you like?

 

[dwardo]

Please that would be great. Loads of places I could officially plant yew not to mention gorilla gardening
Apparently one of my local yew trees in Eastham village Wirral might be one of the oldest around so if I could harvest the odd seed there are plenty of places I know of that yew would be happy.

 

[superc0ntra]

Lust - We've all seen the farmer's daughters.
Gluttony - Downing your mate's beer if he offers you a sip.
Greed - The beer is mine I say, mine! My precious.
Sloth - Not doing your part in getting firewood.
Wrath - Burn you ****** embers, burn!
Envy - Of the guys who can get a fire started in the middle of a blizzard with just two sticks.
Pride - Thinking you know it all just because you hang out in this forum.

 

[British Red]

Please that would be great. Loads of places I could officially plant yew not to mention gorilla gardening
Apparently one of my local yew trees in Eastham village Wirral might be one of the oldest around so if I could harvest the odd seed there are plenty of places I know of that yew would be happy.

No biggy - be fun to try anyway. Shoot me a PM in the Autumn to remind me? I want to try hornbeam too

On the upside my new Wild Service tree has leaf buds opening!

 

[mountainm]

No biggy - be fun to try anyway. Shoot me a PM in the Autumn to remind me? I want to try hornbeam too

On the upside my new Wild Service tree has leaf buds opening!

Get some medlars too, start a forgotten fruit garden.

 

[Bumbler]

Hanging bits of kit on the outside of a rucksack when there's really no need is my pet hate

I think you and me are going to have a problem should we ever bump into each other...lol

http://youtu.be/F6LawdNRjnw?t=28m47s

 

[British Red]

Get some medlars too, start a forgotten fruit garden.

That sounds fun - if I ever see a cheap one I will Already got gages (green and golden) - sweetest fruit around I think

 

[mountainm]

That sounds fun - if I ever see a cheap one I will Already got gages (green and golden) - sweetest fruit around I think

Thread hijack, but you'd also need quince.

 

[rik_uk3]

Your kit, carry it in a way that you are comfortable with.

 

[Bumbler]

I say that everyone should be allowed to hike their own hike

 

[santaman2000]

Mmm perhaps dwardo - I do understand what you are saying, but I think its important to understand that in Britain almost all trees are crops, they were planted to be harvested, they have been managed to a size for a purpose. There is almost no primal woodland left.

I guess if we modified to "wanton destruction of trees for no purpose" I would agree

Its surprising what you can do for wildlife and trees in even a little pocket hanky like mine. If we love trees - lets get out and plant some!

My land (73 acres total but only about 30 or 35 acres in forest, the rest in pasture and a couple of ponds) has been logged at least 4 times in my lifetime (56 years; the last time was a little over 20 years ago) and the forrester is advising me it's overdue to be logged again. Mind you we've NEVER allowed it to be clear cut. Always taking only trees over a 14 inch diameter at the stump and even so, leaving most of the trees over 100 years old.

 

[dwardo]

No biggy - be fun to try anyway. Shoot me a PM in the Autumn to remind me? I want to try hornbeam too

On the upside my new Wild Service tree has leaf buds opening!

Very kind and will do. My pear is starting to bud but the apple that has all the sun is still lagging.
Will set a calendar reminder for my self.

Thanks.

 

[Macaroon]

Well now; Having digested many of the posts in this thread over the weekend and realised that I have been a sinner, I rose early on this fine Monday morning and decided to make amends for the error of my ways. I removed the waterbottle carrier from my Maxp kodiak and crammed it's contents into the inside of the pack, disrupting my carefully planned and packed system...............I then proceeded to do the same with the attatched Karrimor sf half-pocket fixed to the front - off it came and all it's contents re-distributed causing serious grief again to my organised pack............fed the dog, got flask & snap on board, and went for a 10 mile bimble along the lip of the lower wye valley on the Welsh side. This was a long planned walk in order to "mop up" the few sticks and bits of timber I hadn't yet cut as the sap is rising and it's last knockings for me to be cutting for this year.

The walk itself was very pleasant, but my system of easy-to-reach saw, knives and all the sundries this pack gives easy access to ( without taking it off - see many Kodiak reviews ) is now completely useless, I might just as well have had it all in a carrier bag; months of trial and error and fettling to get as close as I've ever been to the perfect system out the window..............

But it's all ok - I don't mind at all - my consciense has been scalded by the thought that I may have been offending the many posters who see "strapped-on" gear as an abomination, but I'm free of that now - I'm back on the path of righteousness and hopefully back in the fold, and the mayhem and inconvenience to me is nothing compared to the offence I may have been causing this long while by my wanton and selfish behaviour.

I hope I might, in the run of time, be forgiven...................Mea Culpa..........................atb mac

 

[British Red]

So long as you didn't sing!

 

[Harvestman]

...or use a caravan.