RE: GPS = Neccessary?????
I own one and rarely use it. The one time I tried to rely on it the batteries died and I didn't have extras. Mine flat out eats batteries.
I got it mainly for when I shoot a deer I can go find it, dress it and then walk back out to get someone to help me pick it up. With the GPS I could mark the spot then walk back to it with relative ease.
It also comes in handy when fishing on a boat.
I have been trying to sell mine for a year for 50 bucks at every garage sale me or my family has. No one seems to want it. I don't even know where it is at right now.
If I hunted larger areas I would probably use it more, but I don't hunt anything large enough to get lost in.
If I had to pick between my range finder and my GPS I would throw the GPS in the river.
Paul