Just wondering how many of each? is bush craft a male dominated hobby, solo camping,knife making,etc. or is it of equal interest to both sexes?
I'd say it was more male orientated.
Most females who go out into the woods to camp etc would be accompanied by a bloke. I doubt that most women would solo in the woods.
Saying that though, bushcraft isn't just about camping in the woods, and i reckon women will hold sway in many of the crafts.
women do play a major roll in native groups, tanning skins, clothes making, cooking, gathering roots,berries, and other things, i was wondering what percentage do bush craft as a hobby/pass time.
There is the thing. What do you define as 'Bushcraft' its a term I've really only ever heard on this site.
And occasionally when I try to explain what I do to people they'll say "so what, a bit like Ray Mears then?" and I find it easier to say well that kind of thing I suppose
I don't class going camping as 'bushcraft' its camping people have been doing it ever since there were people. And I have camped on my own since I was about 7.
I've played with penknives since I was 8 and spend my childhood and teeneage years in the woods learning about the plants and animals that live there. I can skin a rabbit, navigate without GPS, I've made various gadgets over the years with a knife and few sticks, I can do cordage, I chop my own firewood and have camped in places that were very remote by brittish standards.
I know plenty women who don't need a bloke to go camping with, or that do crafts, or that know lots about the wildlife in their areas. Is any of it bushcraft, probably not, but then what is...
There is the thing. What do you define as 'Bushcraft' its a term I've really only ever heard on this site.
And occasionally when I try to explain what I do to people they'll say "so what, a bit like Ray Mears then?" and I find it easier to say well that kind of thing I suppose
I don't class going camping as 'bushcraft' its camping people have been doing it ever since there were people. And I have camped on my own since I was about 7.
I've played with penknives since I was 8 and spend my childhood and teeneage years in the woods learning about the plants and animals that live there. I can skin a rabbit, navigate without GPS, I've made various gadgets over the years with a knife and few sticks, I can do cordage, I chop my own firewood and have camped in places that were very remote by brittish standards.
I know plenty women who don't need a bloke to go camping with, or that do crafts, or that know lots about the wildlife in their areas. Is any of it bushcraft, probably not, but then what is...
My misses will never come out on a 'bushcraft' camp with me. However she likes camping in a tent so long as she can stand up in it, and that there is a toilet block near by.
'Not my cuppa tea' she says
I think bushcraft is a set of skills you learn, then take with you to a camp, any camp.