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Old 10-12-2015, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by super_hunt54
That right there is why I always advocate now for ANYONE hunting alone to invest in an emergency communications unit of some sort. Be it an emergency beacon or sat phone. Either works in places where there's no cell reception. Sat phones USED to be insanely expensive but you can get emergency use plans now for very little cost. Those emergency beacons use the same sat phone tech and are very cheap as well. BOTH have GPS location setups that emergency personnel can turn on and pin your location to within 10 feet.
AMEN! $100/year for one of those SPOT gizmos is cheap survival insurance! I never leave home without it.
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