what does bushcraft mean to you?

[dennydrewcook]

The subject we all love means something different to all of us, a recent conversation lead me to ask what does bushcraft mar to you?
For me bushcraft is aiming to have the ability to live in the wild with minimal aid, but also something you do when out and about (hiking for example)
so what's it mean to you guys?


denny 😊

 

[vestlenning]

Making things yourself and keeping it simple.

 

[sandbender]

When folks I meet or work for ask, I say something along the lines of what that Ray Mears chap on telly gets up to.

Myself, I have long since given up trying to define it, there is so much that the term can refer to.

 

[John Fenna]

The undefinable ... the reason I want to be out there....

 

[sunndog]

Is a woodlore worth the money



(And i'v not been on here very long)

 

[Tom Gold]

For me its a skill set which makes the outdoors a more comfortable place to be without causing it any damage.

 

[Rich D]

A chance to be a kid as an adult.

 

[British Red]

A hobby that involves messing about in the woods.

 

[Macaroon]

To me it means I can go play "cowboys & injuns", as we used to call it, and stay out as long as I want whilst pretending that the world is as I wish it to be rather than as it is; a return to a certain innocence of being.

 

[Yorkshirewanderer]

A chance to be a kid as an adult.

+1 To that

 

[DurhamBushcrafter]

Being able to go out into the woods and countryside, do something i have done for years but now instead of being odd.....its considered 'cool'

 

[Mesquite]

A hobby that involves messing about in the woods.

I'd go with Hugh's definition though I'd probably say relaxing instead of messing about

 

[rik_uk3]

The subject we all love means something different to all of us, a recent conversation lead me to ask what does bushcraft mar to you?
For me bushcraft is aiming to have the ability to live in the wild with minimal aid, but also something you do when out and about (hiking for example)
so what's it mean to you guys?


denny 😊

Bushcraft is as good an excuse as any to get out camping

 

[Quixoticgeek]

The only answer I can give: Mu

J

 

[HillBill]

Practical working knowledge of nature and the natural environment.

 

[Ogri the trog]

It goes way beyond just "the outdoors" - to me, it encompasses all of life and living.

Living with joined-up thinking!

Ogri the trog

 

[falcon]

Trying to master the skills and knowledge required for backwoods living

 

[Tommyd345]

It's a new way of looking at things for me. It used to be 'that's a stick' now it's 'I know I can use that stick for making a bow drill' and 'ooo the young leaves are out, let's have a snack'
Plus a great excuse to buy Shiney knives and bits of equipment!

 

[dewi]

Working in the environment you find yourself in to ensure you have the basics, and if there is enough daylight left, maybe craft a luxury that will make tomorrow easier or more comfortable.

Unless you mean the television version of bushcraft which is fast forward the hardwork, show the successes and ignore the failures, then sit and carve the perfect spoon in just under 3 minutes.

 

[reddave]

bushcraft? a significant step in the direction of living WITH nature rather than our endless battle to conquer it.
That's not to say 'lovey-dovey' nature, as it has many ways of despatching us, but in a way we give back as much, or more, than we take.