Thread: Hello, and any tips to gain bush confidence?

Agree with the above. I see you're in Taranaki, start with goats if you haven't already. I like to know where I am all the time, so regularly get my map out out. Electronic GPS charts (or phone app) are a great confidence booster, but be prepared to get yourself out of shit if the electronics fail. A really simple strategy would be to travel say south of a track that runs more or less east to west, do you hunting thing and then you know if you head north you will hit the track at some point. I often use tracks as a starting point to get deeper in to the bush in good time, then start hunting. Did this on a trip to the CNI recently and there was heaps of deer, pig and goat sign within 200m of the track. Buy a PLB for added reassurance.