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You use a GPS to find your way?

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Old 04-22-2009 | 04:05 PM
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I sure usemy GPSall the time, hunting, fishing, hiking, etc. (Garmin 76cx with US Topo & Bluechart)
I'll make one long track that has all roads, trails, edge of fields etc in the area I will be hunting to use as reference lines on the screen so I know where I’m at when in the field. With Google Map & your lap top you can make a full map of roads etc to use as reference lines so when hunting you know where you are in an area that you have never set foot on.
When scouting & hunting turkeys, when I find a likely spot I’ll make a blind & set a way point. Then I’ll make a track as I follow a deer trail out of the jungle. Then at O-dark:30 I can get in & set up.
Another trick I do to find birds is to project a point. When I hear birds gobbling I’ll get the angle of the gobbling & project a point at that angle about a ½ mile or so a way, then make a route from my spot to the projected point. Then as I work my way around to that area I have a line on the GPS that marks where birds were. Gets you in the ball park anyway. I also put these points in to Google Map & see/find the area I think their using. You can also find a good looking spot on Google Map & add a way point on your GPS then hike to that spot & see how it looks.

So any of you guy using your GPS on turkeys??????

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Old 04-23-2009 | 02:34 AM
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I have a Garmin for my truck.It's great..

For hunting I use trail tacks and I always carry a compass..My hunting spot is 25 square miles...I don't leave my house without my compass...I mostly use a compass for turkey hunting..I was a point man in the military..so I know how to shoot an asthmus.
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Old 04-23-2009 | 06:17 AM
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I have a Garmin for my truck.It's great..

For hunting I use trail tacks and I always carry a compass..My hunting spot is 25 square miles...I don't leave my house without my compass...I mostly use a compass for turkey hunting..I was a point man in the military..so I know how to shoot an asthmus.
Chuck, It's so much more than just finding your stand or getting back to the truck, it's a tool that'll help you be a better hunter. I have the Garmin venture and I loaded the topo maps program on it. When I come across something that looks good I mark it, then when I get home I can see the places that I marked on google earth. When you see the satellite image you get a much clearer understanding of how game is using the area. Where we hunt in Florida it's much more difficult to get a true feel of how the land is laid out. We don't have the luxury of open hardwood forest where we can see everything, but when you view it on the computer things really start to make sense.
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