r/Bushcraft

37K archived posts · Oct 2008 – Sep 2026

Bushcraft

r/Bushcraft

/r/Bushcraft defines Bushcraft as the usage and practice of skills, acquiring and developing knowledge and understanding, in order to survive and thrive in the natural environment. In this subreddit we discuss the development, and practise, of those skills and techniques, the use of appropriate tools, schools of thought and the historical context.

Created Oct 13, 2008

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Bushcraft

r/Bushcraft defines Bushcraft as the usage and practice of skills, acquiring and developing knowledge and understanding, in order to survive and thrive in the natural environment.
In this subreddit we discuss the development, and practise, of those skills and techniques, the use of appropriate tools, schools of thought and the historical context.

Some Rules

1.) Discussion is the priority in r/Bushcraft. Posts of links, videos, or pictures must be accompanied with a writeup, story, or question relating to the content. Tell your campfire story. Give us a writeup about your knife. That kind of thing. Posts without either OP text contribution in the form of top-level text comment or significant community involvement after 2 hours are subject to removal at moderator discretion.

2.) Be Nice; r/Bushcraft is a community of people with similar interests, and oftentimes different methods. Disagreement and discourse are acceptable and even encouraged. Disrespect will not be tolerated. Respect others views and be courteous at all times.

3.) All Buy / Sell / Trade posts must be made in r/BushcraftClassifieds; This will help keep the main sub for discussion, and guidelines are in place on the classifieds subreddit to protect buyers, sellers, and the moderation team.

4.) Medical advice/first aid discussion must include the poster/commenter's level of training in the relevant field, and/or link to evidence-based citation to support the advice.

5.) Location specific posts must have location [Tags] in the title. Posts that request region-specific information (Where should I camp? What are the rules about cutting firewood? What are these animal tracks? Etc.) must have the location bracketed in the title. Posts like these are difficult for the community to help with/answer without knowing the region in question. Example tags would be [NW USA] [UK] [NSW AU].

6.) Posts containing potentially controversial or sensitive content must be flagged as NSFW within 30 minutes. This includes, but is not limited to, posts which include pictures and/or video of hunts, freshly killed animals, and the processing of fresh kills. Cooking meat over a campfire wouldn't be included.

7. BOTS ARE NOT WELCOME. They're spammy and distract from conversation, which is the whole point of the subreddit. Occasionally, we'll find one that does something good and exceptions will be made, but please, REPORT all the bots you see and we'll make sure they never bother us again.

8.) NO RECENT REPOSTS. Fresh content is critical to the vitality of our community. Reposts do exactly the opposite. Use the search function to the best of your ability before sharing something you didn't create. Reposts within 90 days are absolutely prohibited.

More detailed versions of the rules can be found here

###Guidelines

[Self-promotion and SPAM in r/Bushcraft. The 9:1 policy.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bushcraft/comments/jxlval/selfpromotion_and_spam_in_rbushcraft_the_91_policy/)

Read up on Leave No Trace. It's a good thing to consider but by no means the hill we, as a subreddit, are going to die on.

Want to help participate? Submit your Bushcraft related material. Comment on others' contributions. Participate! Engage!

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