What's your main outdoor activity?

[KAE1]

I really love the diversity of the bushcraft community. Just wondering when you're out in the countryside whats your main activity?

 

[taylor27]

i voted for fishing but i do go camping a lot but i could only vote for one

 

[KAE1]

Its the first 'post a poll' Ive done so not sure I got it right.

 

[Matt Weir]

Camping for me

 

[falcon]

Might be worth seeing if you can change to poll so people can vote for an option which says various or more than one catagory...

 

[mace242]

I voted hiking - I do more of that. Hiking is how I get to where I camp and whilst I hike I watch wildlife / nature.

 

[Scots_Charles_River]

Climbing is missing......

Nick

 

[KAE1]

I think you're right. I really hate being pigeon holed. Up until recently I would have classed myself as a fieldsportsman but my interests also included birdwatching, canoeing, wild flower enthusiast etc etc.

But I guess what I am asking is the top interest i.e. you have a weekend off work and can choose one of the following.......

 

[big_daddy_merc]

i main do hiking, but i do fish and camping, and can't wait until i start canoeing, i just have to build one or find a very very cheap one ( ie free at the min )

 

[Matt Weir]

I think you're right. I really hate being pigeon holed. Up until recently I would have classed myself as a fieldsportsman but my interests also included birdwatching, canoeing, wild flower enthusiast etc etc.

This is true. Camping is quite an umberella term that encompasses many other activities. Polls whilst seeming simple open all sorts of sub-questions

Ah well - here's to the perfect poll

 

[andyn]

well i go camping...then do the rest of those things while im there. lol

 

[Too Much Kit To Carry]

I'm into all of the options except Kayaking/Canoeing - never tried either.

Most important to me is my hobbies are all about learning all the time.

Phil.

 

[JonnyP]

I too have done all the things on the list, but these days I tend to lean over the scaffolding, bird watching......

 

[Jodie]

Can we have an option for armchair bushcrafters? Sort of an honourable
mention for those of us who are a bit timid* and enjoy walking outside and
admiring the interesting bits and bobs of nature and support BCUK but
don't actually do anything particularly bushcrafty - yet?

*I am going on a Plantlore course soon so might be less scared of staying
outdoors rather than passing through it on my way home

I'd be the first to admit I'm a tad urban.

What I might do though is pinch a few lime leaves from the tree outside
a local train station and put them in my sandwiches tomorrow... that's
got to be worth a try (I really hope my tree IDing skills are up to it!!).

 

[Squidders]

climbing here as well as camping and wot no mention of drinking???

 

[Eric_Methven]

I was kind of expecting to see bushcrafting down as one of the options!

Eric

 

[Squidders]

you know... I still have no idea what bushcrafting is!

 

[Mike Ameling]

Should be all of the above.

But I seldom go out to just "watch" birds or nature. That just happens along the way.

Like stopping to watch a pair of eagles today while I was repositioning a footbridge over the creek, and working out a set of Stepping Stones to get across another section. (floods have a way of doing some "natural" repositioning of things in their path)

So it goes out here in the Hinterlands - where cell phones don't work!

Mike Ameling - the grumpy German blacksmith

 

[KAE1]

you know... I still have no idea what bushcrafting is!

I think this is the point, and the point of the poll. Until I stumbled across this site I didn't really fit in any one category; yes I enjoy a bit of fishing but couldn't take it too seriously, yes I enjoy shooting but some days I would rather watch than pull the trigger, I take the odd trip to my local RSPB reserve but I am no Bill Oddie.

Then I found this site. I half expected a load of John Craven types, you can look but dont touch........dont walk on the grass....isn't the grey squirrel a funny, cuddly little chap.
Instead I found people who really knew how the coutryside works. People who understand that you can love nature and kill animals.

So thanks so far to everyone whos contributed, its an interesting spread of activities. :You_Rock_

And regarding the drinking.....surely all canoe clubs end a paddle down the pub?

 

[Wayland]

The thing that gets me outdoors most often is my landscape photography.

Bushcraft for me is just how I live while I'm out there.

I must admit I enjoy the meet ups too...