Bushcraft questionnaire

[JEEP]

What is bushcraft to you - i one short sentence?

Why do you practice bushcraft?

How long have you been practicing bushcraft?

How is bushcraft implemented in other aspects of your life?

Which are your three most prefered bushcraft skills?

Which three bushcraft skils are on top of your "to learn" list?

The three bushcraft "celebrities" you admire most?

Top three countries your would like to visit on a bushcraft related trip/trek?

Your three favourite bushcraft related books?

Your three favourite bushcraft related films/tv programs?

Your three favourite tools?

Your three favourite pieces of gear (aside from tools)?

Top three pieces of gear/tools you would like to own?

Your three favourite wild edibles/drinkables?

Your three favourite camp foods/recepies?

[JEEP]

What is bushcraft to you - i one short sentence?
Learning the classic outdoor skills of my Scandinavian ancestors

Why do you practice bushcraft?
In order to be able to emerge myself into The Nature without relying on cumbersome and fragile equipment

How long have you been practicing bushcraft?
In some form; all my life. But, I have not been aware of the term bushcraft for more than a few years.

How is bushcraft implemented in other aspects of your life?
Being a medieval re-enactor, scout leader, amateur nature photographer and clerk at an outdoor store, bushcraft - and the knowledge and skills that come with it- is a big part in all major aspects of my life

Which are your three most prefered bushcraft skills?
1. Firelighting, with a Swedish firesteel or flint and steel
2. Gathering and cooking wild food
3. Basic knife work. I am not a great handicrafter, but I enjoy doing classic campcraft (with respect for the principles of LNT!)

Which three bushcraft skills are on top of your "to learn" list?
1. Hunting (I am planning to obtain a hunting license, starting january 2012)
2. Fire by friction (firebow)
3. Obtaining proper knowledge about (edible) fungi

The three bushcraft personalities you admire most?
1. Mors Kochanski
2. Cpt. Lars Fält
3. Samuel Hearne

Top three countries your would like to visit on a bushcraft related trip/trek?
1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Great Britain (because most of your guys are there)

Your three favourite bushcraft related books?
1. Mors Kochanski: Bushcraft
2. Ray Mears: Essential Bushcraft
3. Annette McGivney: Leave No Trace

Your three favourite bushcraft related films/tv programs?
1. Ray Mears: Bushcraft Survival Series Two; Sweden
2. Les Stroud: Survivorman (especially season one)
3. Ray Mears Northern Wilderness (whole series)

Your three favourite tools?
1. Eräpuu 202 puukko
2. Strömeng 8" leuku
3. Victorinox Huntsman

Your three favourite pieces of bushcraft related gear/clothing?
1. Oak handle LMF Army FireSteel
2. Optimus Svea 123R w. vintage (1950s) aluminium cookware
3. Stetson AVA Waxed Cotton hat

Top three pieces of bushcraft related gear/tools you would like to own?
1. Rod Garcia Skookum Bush Tool
2. Wilderness Solutions 2G firepiston
3. Bison Zipped Bush Shirt

Your three favourite wild edibles/drinkables?
1. Elk/moose
2. Wild chestnuts
3. Pheasants

Your three favourite camp foods/recepies?
1. Elk in ale
2. The good ol' bacon, sauages and eggs
3. Chilli cooked over a whole day on open fire

[RobbC]

What is bushcraft to you - i one short sentence?
The art of being able to emerse yourself completely in to the natural world around you :)
Why do you practice bushcraft?
To relieve myself of the complicated way of modern life :)
How long have you been practicing bushcraft?
About 2 years properly
How is bushcraft implemented in other aspects of your life?
I find it gives me a different view of life, and allows me to aproach things in different ways, dunno how to explain it tbh :)
[B]Which are your three most prefered bushcraft skills?
Fire lighting - via my traditional steels and ferro rods
Carving (altho i am still an amatuer) and general camp craft
Shelter building
Which three bushcraft skils are on top of your "to learn" list?
Fire by friction ( i have made my own set and have got a lot of smoke but not quite got fire)
Snow shelter construction
Wild food
The three bushcraft "celebrities" you admire most?
Ray Mears
Lars Falt
John Rae
Top three countries your would like to visit on a bushcraft related trip/trek?
Canada
Sweden
Belaruss
Your three favourite bushcraft related books?
Ray Mears essential bushcraft
Ray Mears Northern Wilderness
Bernard S. Mason woodsmanship (couldnt think of anything else :p
Your three favourite bushcraft related films/tv programs?
Ray Mears northern wilderness
Ray Mears bushcraft
Ray Mears bushcraft - birch bark canoe
Your three favourite tools?
Gransfors Bruks Small Forest Axe
Mora Clipper
Mora 164 Spoon knife
Your three favourite pieces of gear (aside from tools)?
Tiso microfleece
Snugpak travel pak extreme sleeping bag
Zebra billy can
Top three pieces of gear/tools you would like to own?
Scandanavian combo Puukko set
Canoe
Lighter tarp
Your three favourite wild edibles/drinkables?
Birch sap
Pig nuts
Brambles
Your three favourite camp foods/recepies?
Bannock
Damper
Roasted Hazel Nuts

[bigzee]

Good god! - the last time I had this many questions thrown at me I was in a subway sandwich bar!!

[Whistle]

What is bushcraft to you - i one short sentence?
Getting Outdoors and being comfortable there.
Why do you practice bushcraft?
In order to spend longer outdoors in more comfort and be closer to nature and appretiate it more.
How long have you been practicing bushcraft?
Since I was 7 or 8 years old going birdwatching with my dad
How is bushcraft implemented in other aspects of your life?
All my favourite hobbies now seem to revolve around the outdoors , nature and lately a renewed interest in photography encompassing everything!
Which are your three most prefered bushcraft skills?
Rough camping / Shelters
Leaving no trace
Nature study / appreciation
Which three bushcraft skils are on top of your "to learn" list?
Plant / fungi identification
Tracking
Better map-reading skills and navigation
The three bushcraft "celebrities" you admire most?
Ray Mears
Gary Waidson
Every one who shares thier experiences on Bushcraft Forums like NBC to the fantastic You Tube movies / reviews ...Its all brilliant !!!
Top three countries your would like to visit on a bushcraft related trip/trek?
Canada / Alaska
Finland
Sweden
Your three favourite bushcraft related books?
sorry I find the Internet easier to access and generally faster !!! ... Yeah I know , not in the field though !!!
Your three favourite bushcraft related films/tv programs?
Wow , there is sooo much out there !!! cant go wrong with Ray Mears though
Your three favourite tools?
Leatherman Wave or Swiss Army Champ
Large Army style Webtex Fire steel
I love it but rarely take it out with me (often hard to prove the need !) my Arthur Wright Bushcraft knife.
Your three favourite pieces of gear (aside from tools)?
Canon 7D
Sigma 10-20 1:4-5.6 DC HSM
Sigma 150-500 1:5-6.3 DG OS APO HSM with 2X teleconverter
Top three pieces of gear/tools you would like to own?
This is assuming a major lottery win right ???
Latest Canon EOS 1DX
Sigma 200-500 f2.8 EX DG with 2X teleconverter
Superlightweight Massive Tripod to take it ... and someone else to carry it all !!! LOL !!!
Your three favourite wild edibles/drinkables?
Very wary of wild foods ... so only really tried fresh caught barbequed mackerel , shrimp and wild berries , once found a Mulberry tree... Yeah TREE !!! in the grounds of an abandoned country house ... now they were niiice !!!
Your three favourite camp foods/recepies?
own frozen Chilli n'chips (corn tortilla chips) or with rice
love cholesterol feast , sausage bacon eggs etc
Simple Ploughmans ... Nice granary roll , crumbly white cheese ( don't mind Caerphilly , Cheshire , Leistershire or any fresh locally produced ) but got to be served with Crisp Green Apples
Hmmmmmmmmmmm !!!!

Cheers Whistle Oooops !!! that didn't seem to go right , but you get the idea !!!