Originally Posted by duckdogf32

I'm from the Northeast and I have 2 Garmin etrex legends. They work great when they want. Any heavy cover or really bad weather they lose the satelite signal often and you look like the statue of liberty in the woods. The newer Hcx models are supposed to have a much better antenna and work better with heavy cover. The original works well when moving quickly through the woods on atv but at a walking/hunting pace it would lose reception if under trees for too long. I would recommend it if you already have a basic idea of where you are going or hunt open areas. it is a good reference guide because it is very accurate. You can buy them cheap(under $100) if you froogle.com search it. If you hunt thick large areas look at the hcx.