Gps
11-25-2011 | 01:04 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Rapid City, South Dakota
I recommend one with a electronic compass, color screen, and an ability to install topo maps. Those features make for an enjoyable unit. The models i use are old, but work very very well. Newer models you might examine are the Dakota 20, and the 62s.
11-25-2011 | 02:47 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Rapid City, South Dakota
Sitting around the house this afternoon watching boring football, led me to the computer to consider where to hunt tomorrow. This made me realize there is another feature that i truly enjoy associated with my gps. Included with one of my units was software that allows me to upload way points, and tracks to my computer. After the upload, i can view on the much much larger computer monitor where i walked and such that day.
The yellow track was made by the gps whilst riding around in the truck. The blue and red tracks made whilst the gps was in my pocket. Note how the far left track veers away from the steep slope down to the creek. Sometimes these track have helped me hunt the same spot from opposite sides of the mountain. The contour lines on the gps sometimes help me navigate a easier to walk path back to the truck.
Another feature of the maps installed in my gps is the different colors that identify property ownership. This feature has turned out to be nearly as helpful as contour lines. The blue short section is state land. The green sections are National Grasslands. This particular screen shot contains information from 3 different years of hunting.
Way point 96 is where i was laying when i shot a deer sleeping at way point 6. I drug it to way point 99, before i gave up and walked to the truck and got the sled. The truck was parked about where the red X is.
Way point 100 is where i was standing when i shot a grazing deer at way point 101. That year i had a cart to take the deer to the truck.
The track i made last year. The truck was parked at the other end of the state land. One can see i tresspassed. I was positive i was on State Land when i made them track. It wasn't until i intalled this new map with the ownership of the land on it, that i discovered i had inadvertently wandered over onto private property. There was no fence line. This mistake will never happen again, since i now have this map in my gps.
The yellow track was made by the gps whilst riding around in the truck. The blue and red tracks made whilst the gps was in my pocket. Note how the far left track veers away from the steep slope down to the creek. Sometimes these track have helped me hunt the same spot from opposite sides of the mountain. The contour lines on the gps sometimes help me navigate a easier to walk path back to the truck.
Another feature of the maps installed in my gps is the different colors that identify property ownership. This feature has turned out to be nearly as helpful as contour lines. The blue short section is state land. The green sections are National Grasslands. This particular screen shot contains information from 3 different years of hunting.
Way point 96 is where i was laying when i shot a deer sleeping at way point 6. I drug it to way point 99, before i gave up and walked to the truck and got the sled. The truck was parked about where the red X is.
Way point 100 is where i was standing when i shot a grazing deer at way point 101. That year i had a cart to take the deer to the truck.
The track i made last year. The truck was parked at the other end of the state land. One can see i tresspassed. I was positive i was on State Land when i made them track. It wasn't until i intalled this new map with the ownership of the land on it, that i discovered i had inadvertently wandered over onto private property. There was no fence line. This mistake will never happen again, since i now have this map in my gps.
