What's your main outdoor activity?
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i like camping but mastering the art of the old ways does it for me ,when most people go camping it means all the luxurys but without the house try it without anything not even a knife
I ticked the 'hiking' box but I often find that camping is involved with it too, purely because I tend to go for multi-day tramps. Sadly, constraints laid down by work, SWMBO and those 'little jobs' that take forever mean that taking my elderly dogs for a walk in the woods is the more usual activity. It's not all bad ...
I voted Bird/nature watching,but that is not exactly what I do.I like to track down the animals,sneak to them as close as I can,make coffee,hunt mushrooms/bow woods/arrow shafts,make coffee,and collect feathers/birch bark/fatwood and make coffee and go home.If I don't stay overnight.But then I take more coffee.
I voted for shooting, as I try to get out a couple of times a week if I can. I mainly shoot rabbits, although any other pest species is on the list too if I'm asked. I like being outside, it's amazing what non shootable species you get to watch when you're trying to be quiet. The other week I led and watched a Roe buck through my scope for about half an hour. He was in great condition and the Deer don't bother the land owner, so I let him be. Sometimes I think the shooting is just an excuse to lie in a field for hours, if I didn't have my rifle people would think I was weird!
My vote went in the fishing box, although these days more and more time is spent just enjoying the surroundings and less on the fishing.
I really would like to take a good long hike in the woods, but with having a book about animaltracks from the library, I can't seem to walk at a good pace anymore. 
Just looking, discovering 
Just looking, discovering 
Jodie pointed out something that those of us who spend a lot of time in the bush tend to forget, and that is that in our urbanized world the forest can seem really intimidating. I had forgotten, but I once took my son-in-law into the Ozark mountains on the Mulberry River and I noticed that he seemed ill at ease all day. As it began to get dark and all the animals of the forest began to hoot, howl, chirp and move through the woods snapping twigs as they went, he got even more nervous. He never went back with me again. I think this is exactly the same as if a rural person was suddenly set down in the middle of New York or London in a bad neighborhood. Culture shock. Those who are new to the bush need to be introduced gently.
camping for me but want to get into the rest and i also do when i have the time alot of dingy sailing to
I voted for camping, but like others I find none of the selections on offer really fit. I've spent a lot of time canoe camping, fishing, walking, cycling, sailing and I'm currently gearing up to rig my sailing dinghy with a boom tent for dinghy cruising.
Essentially, whatever I do, it's an excuse to get out and enjoy the natural world.
Al
Essentially, whatever I do, it's an excuse to get out and enjoy the natural world.
Al
Walking my dogs, walking in hills, walking in forest, walking on beaches. A bit of camping here and there.
