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WTF Is #12005983 04/29/17 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Bushcraft? I've been doing a little axe rehap in the past few weeks and doing a little online research. Damn near every time the term 'bushcraft' appears. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12005992 04/29/17 Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 12,153 Mississippi C Crow hunter Campfire Outfitter Crow hunter Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 12,153 Mississippi It's a fancy word city people use for living off the land. It's pretty much what everybody outside the big cities did until about 1950.

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006000 04/29/17 Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,849 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 25,849 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I always thought bushcraft was that which kept the point man alive on recon missions. People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006002 04/29/17 Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,033 Next to the dump that Del Shan... 12344mag Campfire Kahuna 12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,033 Next to the dump that Del Shan... I'm pretty sure it's a metrosexual phrase. Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006003 04/29/17 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 16,000 arizona R RoninPhx Campfire Ranger RoninPhx Campfire Ranger R Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 16,000 arizona I always heard it used to describe those skills you used to survive traverse uninhabited country, which in another way is what the word would be used for to describe how to traverse watts, compton, atlanta, baltimore. THE BIRTH PLACE OF GERONIMO

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006005 04/29/17 Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert Figured it was something about ladies who hadn't yet discovered razors. Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006010 04/29/17 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC byc Campfire 'Bwana byc Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC The Gods must be crazy!! Bushmen should be in charge!! Proud to be a true Sandlapper!! Go Nats!!!!

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006017 04/29/17 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 There is a line of books called Bushcraft re living the old way. Tanning, farming, putting up apples, making buckskin, clothing, primitive housing ... Last edited by jaguartx; 04/29/17. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006034 04/29/17 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by Steelhead Bushcraft? I've been doing a little axe rehap in the past few weeks and doing a little online research. Damn near every time the term 'bushcraft' appears. Don't get me started....... Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006049 04/29/17 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,591 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,591 Not In The City In my younger years, inspected many, many bushes. You might say I was an expert in bushcraft. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: WTF Is rockinbbar #12006054 04/29/17 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico E elkhunternm Campfire Oracle elkhunternm Campfire Oracle E Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 96,040 Southern New Mexico Originally Posted by rockinbbar In my younger years, inspected many, many bushes. You might say I was an expert in bushcraft. Beating around the bush. Life Member SCI Life Member DSC Member New Mexico Shooting Sports Association Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard Ken

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006055 04/29/17 Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,293 Bothell, Washington R Remington6MM Campfire Tracker Remington6MM Campfire Tracker R Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 4,293 Bothell, Washington Redhead or brunette? I'd rather die in a BAD gunfight than a GOOD nursing home.

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006064 04/29/17 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,879 Deer Park, Tx R Reloder28 Campfire Ranger Reloder28 Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 20,879 Deer Park, Tx Two German girls I follow on YouTube that are BushCrafters. One of them is an absolute expert with a slingshot. That one also served a term in the military. If you're interested I can send you a link. "I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country." Robert E. Lee

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006068 04/29/17 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 Is it like private? Who wouldnt be interested? Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: WTF Is Reloder28 #12006077 04/29/17 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by Reloder28 Two German girls I follow on YouTube that are BushCrafters. One of them is an absolute expert with a slingshot. That one also served a term in the military. If you're interested I can send you a link. Yeah, but can they carry 4 full Bier deckels in in each hand??? Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: WTF Is kaywoodie #12006087 04/29/17 Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 J jaguartx Campfire Oracle jaguartx Campfire Oracle J Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 95,645 KW, she would turn you into liverwurst. Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left. A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind. "The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan". I Dindo Nuffin

Re: WTF Is kaywoodie #12006111 04/29/17 Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho Originally Posted by kaywoodie Originally Posted by Steelhead Bushcraft? I've been doing a little axe rehap in the past few weeks and doing a little online research. Damn near every time the term 'bushcraft' appears. Don't get me started....... Me either.... IT's mostly hipsters that go camping in their back yards and like to say Kephart.

Re: WTF Is jaguartx #12006117 04/29/17 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by jaguartx KW, she would turn you into liverwurst. Ha! I'm already chopped liver!!! And yes! They do like their big azz knives!!! Last edited by kaywoodie; 04/29/17. Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: WTF Is kaywoodie #12006175 04/29/17 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 14,039 North of Bonners Ferry ID. deerstalker Campfire Outfitter deerstalker Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 14,039 North of Bonners Ferry ID. Originally Posted by kaywoodie Originally Posted by Reloder28 Two German girls I follow on YouTube that are BushCrafters. One of them is an absolute expert with a slingshot. That one also served a term in the military. If you're interested I can send you a link. Yeah, but can they carry 4 full Bier deckels in in each hand??? sheesh! they are German! the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: WTF Is Steelhead #12006181 04/29/17 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger 2legit2quit Campfire Ranger Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 20,683 cold & forbidden have heard the term used often over many years. I think folks like to find old words and give them new life every few generations. if you're good at bushcraft, you're the bees knees imo. I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.