Comments on: Tracking v Bushcraft http://www.woodlife.co.uk/2007/09/19/tracking-v-bushcraft/ Wildlife, Tracking and Bushcraft Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.woodlife.co.uk/2007/09/19/tracking-v-bushcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Anonymous Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.woodlife.co.uk/2007/09/19/tracking-v-bushcraft/#comment-202 Hi Mr P great blog as usual, I have been away on some well earned R&R but is was good to get back and catch up. I found your interpretation of Bushcraft V Tracking v.intresting and just had to reply! I think these 2 philosophies are the same! If you go back to our bushcraft roots our ancestors were hunter-gatherers, they would have a base camp, hunt the local area maybe spend the odd night away then come back with the next weeks supply of meat, hoping the women folk had done some gathering! when the herds moved on or they started having blank days they would up sticks and move. On the days away all they would carry is their weapons and a means to light fire, everything else they needed was in their heads which weighed nothing! all the add on's, pots pans fuel etc etc came later as we developed. So my friend don't be to hard on yourself with the amount of kit you have, this will be refined each time you go out and you will soon know what is really needed and what is just nice to have! to cheer you up I have aquired over the years 5 stoves and yet the quickest to boil a pint of water is the kelly kettle 3-4min depending on the wind!If you would like to chat further please feel free to contact me at c.newton@poole.gov.uk<br/>Regards<br/>Sailor Hi Mr P great blog as usual, I have been away on some well earned R&R but is was good to get back and catch up. I found your interpretation of Bushcraft V Tracking v.intresting and just had to reply! I think these 2 philosophies are the same! If you go back to our bushcraft roots our ancestors were hunter-gatherers, they would have a base camp, hunt the local area maybe spend the odd night away then come back with the next weeks supply of meat, hoping the women folk had done some gathering! when the herds moved on or they started having blank days they would up sticks and move. On the days away all they would carry is their weapons and a means to light fire, everything else they needed was in their heads which weighed nothing! all the add on’s, pots pans fuel etc etc came later as we developed. So my friend don’t be to hard on yourself with the amount of kit you have, this will be refined each time you go out and you will soon know what is really needed and what is just nice to have! to cheer you up I have aquired over the years 5 stoves and yet the quickest to boil a pint of water is the kelly kettle 3-4min depending on the wind!If you would like to chat further please feel free to contact me at c.newton@poole.gov.uk
Regards
Sailor

]]> By: billy http://www.woodlife.co.uk/2007/09/19/tracking-v-bushcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-201 billy Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.woodlife.co.uk/2007/09/19/tracking-v-bushcraft/#comment-201 "After all, modern tracking is descended from the most ancient of skills – hunting; and hunters tend to go light."<br/><br/>Of course they do, and their women carried everything else.<br/>For lightweight hunting/tracking you should surely study Nessmuk rather than Kephart, and if you carry a tarp you have no need to 'consruct' a shelter beyond stringing the tarp. “After all, modern tracking is descended from the most ancient of skills – hunting; and hunters tend to go light.”

Of course they do, and their women carried everything else.
For lightweight hunting/tracking you should surely study Nessmuk rather than Kephart, and if you carry a tarp you have no need to ‘consruct’ a shelter beyond stringing the tarp.

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