Thanks men...I usevto be a point man in the military...before i was converted.. Had a habit of ...well i was living the wild road..so they would put their biggest goof off as the point man..that way if he tripped over a bomb..no big lost. The point man had to read a compass very well and every 100 meters tie a knot into a string...so if my disagnated object was 1500 meters I'd have 15 knots in a string.the string was tied to a belt loop. Of course before you took off you measured your steps..back then 112 steps for me was 100 meters..

I use that same concept now for hunting Goggle Earth..Google Earth has a measuring tool...i put it on path..This yearbfor instance i chose an area I'd never been or seen before...It measured exactly 2 miles from a certain road...so i watched my odometer and right at 2 miles i parked my truck...the walk was 3/4 of a mile...i walked 1500 steps...found a tree and in one hour a doe walked across from me...Nice rubs everywhere...Oh..to remember my steps..every 100 steps i snap off about a 4inch twig and save it...when i have 15 twigs i know I have gone 3/4 mile..plus the counting gets my mind off the snakes and other scary sounds.