A couple questions on dog tracking units?

[RustyOlRanger4x4]

Ok so ive finally decided that im tired of losing dogs and spending days searching for them or hoping someone else will find them and not steal them so im looking into getting a tracking system. Is there any benefit or difference between frequencies? Say for instance is 221 better then 216 in some way? And on the collars lets say I pick 219.xxx do the last 3 digits need to be way different then each other? Im wondering if I picked something like 219.123, 219.124, and 219.125 would they interfear with each other and maybe throw off my tracker or something since the numbers are so close? And finally does anyone have a reccomendation on a good tracker that gets good range and wont break the bank? Alot of them ive looked at will run hundreds of dogs and all and thats nuts to me! Mine will never run any more then 5-6 dogs max. Thanks!

[fima333]

A few years ago I had the opportunity to watch three awesome dogs for a couple weeks during the summer. The house I got to stay at was pressed up against a canyon and the dogs would love to run back and forth between the back yard and the front yard chasing rabbits and enjoy to cooler night time air. On one night in particular, the dogs persisted in their barking a little longer than usual. Curious to see what was happening I walked outside to check up on the dogs.

Boxer

Like I mentioned, the family I was dog sitting for had three dogs, a Boxer, a Bichon, and a Yorkie. The Boxer was obviously the biggest of the bunch and she was the first one that I saw, here large frame and light fur was easily spotted in the dark evening air. The next one that I saw was the Bichon. His white coat made him easily seen despite his small stature. However, the smallest of the dogs, the Yorkie, was nowhere to be seen. I felt my heart sink into the bottom of my stomach as I turned around and ran back into the house – something had happened to the Yorkie.
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[Huntaholic30804]

If you want the best tracker, ante up and get you a garmin astro with the dc 30 collars. these trackers are cadillacs. You dont have to mess with the beep and your collars bleeding over on each other. It shows you where your dogs exact location is and where he has been. They are great.

[JW]

Astro - well worth the money

JW

[bryant1]

Quicktrack for deer dogs. I think the garmin system is neat, but clearly not made for deer dogs. I hear from a friend that his uncle bought one and it has a 1-2 mile range in thick cover. It's definitely not a system for use with deer dogs.

PM me if you want an explaination on the tracking numbers, as this thread is old and you probably have it figured out by now anyway.

[johnnyheskett@yahoo.com]

get a astro 220 it is the only one to use

[cedarhill kennels]

the garmin system is great for coon houds but i wouldnt put one on a deer hound,i tested a garmin this past summer and for long range deer hounds it sucks.not to mention the charge on the collar only lasts 36 hours.......... thats not long enough for a deer hound thats left the county,not to mention it will have allready lost connection with the collar anyway.

my suggestion is magnum tellemetry box that tracks 224 frequency,no static or bleed over or quick track 6000 it wont track in the 224 range but its a great box or if you need to go cheap the yeasue box is good with a booster

[wihunter1388]

marshall is coming out with a gps unit sometime next year and i heard its alot better than garmin but i have a quick track 6000 and rebuilt collars by mike rivers and it works good i dont over lap the numbers i have 4 of them 216.766 217.104 217.198 217.827 and i thought i might have a problem with 104 and 198 and actually i dont and it reaches 4 miles in my cedar swamps

[redneckmike87]

i have a three dog wildlife system that worked great for my coonhounds get a wicks outdoor works catalog and check them all out

[cedarhill kennels]

Originally Posted by redneckmike87

i have a three dog wildlife system that worked great for my coonhounds get a wicks outdoor works catalog and check them all out

ummm dude wick has been shut down for over a year now