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

By all means have maps and instruments, both conventional and electronic.

But to become a better hunter and navigate using your inbuilt capabilities (that have served humankind since the dawn of time). The most basic of which are observation and memory. Look at the terrain, note in your head distinctive features (a peculiar tree, a wee slip etc) whenever you come to a juncture like where the spur you are climbing joins a ridge. Note which side of the trees have moss on them etc etc. Turn over a crown fern leaf or make some other non permanent mark.

All these things can be practised even walking in a park. If you can get a habit going it might not completely prevent you from getting "bushed" (and tgat happens to everyone from time to time) but it'll enormously increase your confidence and you'll bd a better hunter too!