Im all for education of our natural world, but I do agree that bushcraft has become a little too popular for the wrong reasons. I feel that many people partake in bushcraft as its all too often confused with something its not (survival and escape and invasion, etc). Some of these people IMO give true bushcraft a bad name as they run riot in our green spaces, cutting trees, having fires and littering everywhere! Its the same with fishing. You get your small groups of ignorant people who dont really care what they do and how many traces they leave behind. I often find signs when Im out, such as birch trees with knife marks on them where someone without a clue has tried to make a birch bark containers, and basically left the tree to die.
I find shelters that are in nature reserves, nothing wrong with that if you do no harm and take them down afterwards. But people forget that these attract other people and can even kill animals if they collapse.
Fire sites are another thing I often find. Bushcraft has been commercialized a little too much, and the nearest thing I can compare it to would be (modern) carp fishing. Im all for bushcraft expanding, but for the right reasons and it needs to be set apart from the likes of Bear whats-his-face who just promotes shock factor survival which is NOT the same thing.
Just my 2ps worth on the subject. Good post by the way.
Kris
I find shelters that are in nature reserves, nothing wrong with that if you do no harm and take them down afterwards. But people forget that these attract other people and can even kill animals if they collapse.
Fire sites are another thing I often find. Bushcraft has been commercialized a little too much, and the nearest thing I can compare it to would be (modern) carp fishing. Im all for bushcraft expanding, but for the right reasons and it needs to be set apart from the likes of Bear whats-his-face who just promotes shock factor survival which is NOT the same thing.
Just my 2ps worth on the subject. Good post by the way.
Kris