Bushcraft the W&SS new age religeon?

[Mannlicher]

Hey man, Carcano or Schoenauer?

Mannlicher-Schoenauer, of course.

 

[Don Rearic]

My Dad had a Greek 6.5 X 54mm MS. My mother sold it after he died, for basically nothing. Sweet little rifle.

 

[Joezilla]

G'day Joe


The use of the term "Bushcraft" here in Australia pre-dates even Richard Harry Graves

I really don't think we'll ever find out who was the first to use the phrase.



Kind regards
Mick

hence the "more or less". It definitely became a bit more widespread with his phenomenal books. I wonder if back in the day we ever called it woodcraft

 

[SouthernCross]

G'day Joe

.... I wonder if back in the day we ever called it woodcraft

I have no doubt that in countries where the outdoors are referred to as the woods, then the term woodcraft was probably used.

Here in Australia, the outdoors are referred to as the bush, hence the term bushcraft.

IMO, woodcraft and bushcraft are the same thing :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick

 

[midnight flyer]

hence the "more or less". It definitely became a bit more widespread with his phenomenal books. I wonder if back in the day we ever called it woodcraft

Hmmmm..... probably. I know I heard it a lot in the 60's (and that was what we called the whole business), but I was in the BSoA. But to go wayyyyy back in time for an answer your question:

http://www.amazon.com/Book-Camp-Lore-Woodcraft-American-Handy/dp/1567923526

I believe these books were written around the turn of the century as instruction to the BSoA movement. To find out about the author and see his credentials:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Carter_Beard

It traces back the term over 100 years. In reading some of the articles, they also describe formation of the formally named "Woodcraft" Club movement away from The Boy Scouts of America (who saw woodcraft as a set of skills). The Woodcraft Club was started by Seton to get away from the "military aspects"

I would doubt that Seton or Beard were the first ones to use that terminology. An interesting question though. There is a lot more info on the subject, too.

Robert

 

[Bushman5]

"Woodcraft may be defined as the art of getting along well in the wilderness by utilizing nature's storehouse. When we say that Daniel Boone, for example, was a good woodsman, we mean that he could confidently enter an unmapped wilderness, with no outfit but what was carried by his horse, his canoe, or on Ins own back, and with the intention of a protracted stay"


Kephart

 

[stieg]

and whisky

Never forget the whisky!

 

[AJ]

I consider myself an "Outdoorsman" in the Townsend Whelen/Bradford Angier tradition (from their On Your Own in the Wilderness). This means, to me, having all of the skills & knowledge to be able to survive and thrive in any situation out-of-doors. This, for me is not an EOTWAWKI sort of survival situation, but an enjoying of the outdoors in all conditions and situations.

I am Native American (Anishinaabe) and so for me this is a spiritual thing.

AJ