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

Talking about rivers,couple of weeks ago i was down a local river watching the sun set.Went further down to a side river crossing.Bugger some of the river crossing concrete ladder slappes were washed out,8 mtrs of track at least.There was a concret slap drop off down into fast water n shingle and a vertical climb of 500mm out of fast water on to concret remaining slaps.Furhter down stream 10 mtrs there was a big hole,enough to drown truck in me in.I thort will i cross or not.If i cross n get stuck,im buggered and create all sorts of danger to me n truck.No cell phone reception.Il be buggered for the night.No i just turn around and go home,i can go hunting another night.
But i drove pass the pylon crossing,il have a look out in the main river which was flowing at about 45cu/secs.It normally flows at about 10 cu/sec but the lake was spilling further up into the river.I got out to main stream,600mm deep and about 100mtrs wide,could see the bottom and a nice area to cross,but the departure of river wasnt good.Hmm iv crossed this river safley for the last 40yrs,but not at high flow,dark at 7pm if the current grabbs me to much and im already driving at about 45degrees down stream with the fast current.The risk is to high to have a major accident and no help around for 40ks and its dark and freezing out there.I spent about 15 minuts looking at this river,na im turning around and going home,deer can wait another day.Was home at 9pm having a coffee,i was a bit pisssed off about the rivers,but i made the safe decision.
Deer can wait.