Thread: Bush Hunting - tips on identifying stalkable areas

Hey team,

I was wondering if anyone has any good strategies on identifying bush that is open enough to stalk efficiently - from the computer at home (Topo maps, satellite imagery etc).

Just had an awesome weekend in the Ruahines, marked down a few spots to check out prior to going by looking at the topography and finding areas that weren't too steep or looked to have some wider flatter areas.



We ended up bush bashing along the path in red on the picture. While it was great fun and there was some sign - it was often nearly waist high thick bush that made moving through it quietly mostly impossible haha. Ended up dropping into the creek after a couple kms and walking off to find some slips.

Anyway - just wondering if anyone has a better method short of just going to check the spot out for identifying good stalkable bush !

Thanks in advance, also if this has been already covered please just point me in the direction of that thread.

Chur