If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you pick as the best location to practise bushcraft.
Best location for Bushcraft
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A nice big bit of untouched British woodland if it still exists, Norway in the winter and I agree with John gotta be yellowstone because - who doesnt want to get blown up by the worlds biggest natural bomb? 
http://www.rightblueeye.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/YellowstoneMorningGlory.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heinrich_Berann_NPS_Yellowstone.jpg - awesome!
http://www.rightblueeye.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/YellowstoneMorningGlory.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Heinrich_Berann_NPS_Yellowstone.jpg - awesome!
I wish I had seen this before I post on "bushcraft" or lets pretend - so where is this old woodland which can be used by passing bushcrafters to be found then?
Stephen
Stephen
The Great Northwoods of northern NH and Maine, USA has a wide variety of climate (+100 degrees F to - 40 degrees F) throughout the year, mountainous (Mt. Washington is known for the worst weather in the world) and a vast array of species to learn about, eat, etc.
Of course, this is where I grew up.
Of course, this is where I grew up.
My local haunt will do me. Its a small wood about 4 square Km but its steeped in history. There is an abundance of wild life which has to be seen to be believed. An old highway run`s through it and is reputed to have its own ghost of a highway man and a maiden. When I was walking through the wood today I saw in the space of 4 hours, 4 deer, 1 badger, 1 fox, 1 squirrel and believe it or not 1 massive owl with a wing span in excess of 3 foot and dark brown (not sure what type, any ideas?) which was one hell of a surprise for the family and myself. The wood looks as if it was managed at one time and they gave up and let the wildlife take over. There is a great diversity of tree types, fungi and even a small lake. This wood is not well known and near impossible to find on the net. If I knew how to put some pics here I would.
siberia, seems to have quite a few plus points, never been, i like hard and snowy places. and as for people per sq/km its this hermits dreamland
ps ive added a picture to my profile how do i get to show with my posts
ps ive added a picture to my profile how do i get to show with my posts
If some one said you can go live any where, it would have to be Labrador in Canada. The lakes, the forests and the hills.
The mossies, the blackflies and wolverines might make me think again though.
The mossies, the blackflies and wolverines might make me think again though.
BOD
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Funnily enough watching RM in the British Isles (Wild Food and Country Tracks) and reading many fellow members posts has made me want to come and practice bushcraft where you guys are.
I want to see exotic plants like meadowsweet and burdock. Chicken of the woods and tinder fungus fascinate me. A debris shelter sounds like fun - it would only result in sharing your bed with a centipede to gather leaf litter over here.
And I'd like to try out those fat bowdrill spindles you guys use. Why do you need them so big - are you showing off or does size really matter?
I want to see exotic plants like meadowsweet and burdock. Chicken of the woods and tinder fungus fascinate me. A debris shelter sounds like fun - it would only result in sharing your bed with a centipede to gather leaf litter over here.
And I'd like to try out those fat bowdrill spindles you guys use. Why do you need them so big - are you showing off or does size really matter?
BOD if you ever get yourself to Scotland, come and visit, we'll take you wet and muddy and beautiful anytime Lochs, hills, leafy forests, river valleys, burns and crannogs
I moan about that all the time, I just cannot see why they feel the need to use something like a brushshaft I make fire using one so often throughout the year, and mine's no thicker than a finger, and the bow is less than 50cms long too.
cheers,
Toddy
Lochs, hills, leafy forests, river valleys, burns and crannogs I moan about that all the time, I just cannot see why they feel the need to use something like a brushshaft
I make fire using one so often throughout the year, and mine's no thicker than a finger, and the bow is less than 50cms long too.cheers,
Toddy
I can only really say 'wherever im standing' but not sitting in front of this computer, so il say 'wherever im standing when im of good health and free spirit'
my personal take on bushcraft, is skills and knowledge that enable me to live a more rewarding, interesting, exciting lifestyle. Perhaps on the fringe of society, but i still rely on it. I need money, not much but enough, which normally requires work. i need food, which requires shops. i need the sea to fish, and i need a vast number of quiet little corners to camp all but undetectedly. So the environment ive always lived in, provides all of that.
were i to go to the wilderness of siberia or alaska, id drown in the romance of the place but ultimately probably meet a similar fate as that 'Into the wild' kid who starved in a bus
my personal take on bushcraft, is skills and knowledge that enable me to live a more rewarding, interesting, exciting lifestyle. Perhaps on the fringe of society, but i still rely on it. I need money, not much but enough, which normally requires work. i need food, which requires shops. i need the sea to fish, and i need a vast number of quiet little corners to camp all but undetectedly. So the environment ive always lived in, provides all of that.
were i to go to the wilderness of siberia or alaska, id drown in the romance of the place but ultimately probably meet a similar fate as that 'Into the wild' kid who starved in a bus
in my opinion the best and most beautiful country of the world, a far-away-place uppy_dog commonly known as "AUSTRALIA"!!!
"disappointed by the monkeys, god created man. then he renounced to further experiments." mark twain
uppy_dog commonly known as "AUSTRALIA"!!!"disappointed by the monkeys, god created man. then he renounced to further experiments." mark twain
