Many times I get asked to differentiate between Bushcraft and Survival. In many respects, they are very similar but this is how I define the two:
1. Survival is where you find yourself in an unplanned situation.
A survival situation is short term with an objective of being rescued or rescuing yourself through the use of knowledge, skills and tools.
2. Bushcraft is where you plan to live in a natural environment.
Bushcraft is long term with an objective of learning about your environment and where you use your skills, knowledge and tools to utilise resources to sustain you during that period.
Priorities for the Survivor and Bushcrafter will be very different. Learning Bushcraft will prepare you for Survival if the situation arises. Learning Survival will prepare you for Bushcraft if you make the decision to transition.
Bushcraft also entails the "re-learning" of the knowledge and skills of our ancestors and possibly more importantly, the passing of these on to the next generation.
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