So, I mentioned earlier that as a part of this blog we will be discussing fieldcraft which relates to practical riflery. But what exactly is fieldcraft?
Fieldcraft is decidedly different from bushcraft or survivalcraft, which you might initially think it is. Simply put, fieldcraft is a set of techniques involved in living, traveling, or making military or scientific observations in the field, particularly while remaining undetected.
Fieldcraft certainly shares skills with bushcraft and survivalcraft, but many of its skills are quite different, and it has a different end goal. Fieldcraft is useful to many outside of the military, as well, and while it is of little use to the competitive shooter or weekend plinker, to those of us spending time afield with a rifle it is of great importance. We will be exploring a good bit of field craft which is useful specifically to a rifleman, and dip somewhat in to other fieldcraft skills later, over the course of this blog, but I felt that a brief introduction to what fieldcraft is would be a useful way to start out with.
I hope you, my reader, are willing to stick around for more!
~ The Pennsylvania Rifleman
The Pennsylvania Rifleman 