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Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-05-2011 02:47 AM:

Bought my Garmin today....

3 DC30's with Dayglo collars, Tuff Skin antenna's, truck mount antenna, should be here friday can't wait to try it out.

Thank you Bruce Conkey for your help and service!

Posted by Jason Baldwin on 04-05-2011 02:50 AM:

I could not imagine hunting without mine. It changes everything

Posted by highledge on 04-05-2011 02:58 AM:

Good luck and happy hunting.

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Posted by Ricky L Hovis on 04-05-2011 02:59 AM:

best money you ever spent... congrats

Posted by intellectualist on 04-05-2011 03:46 AM:

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best money you ever spent... congrats

Evidently you have never bought a good performing mutual fund!

Posted by DRP on 04-05-2011 04:01 AM:

only thing i notice with people using a garmin (yes, i use one as well) is that they spend more time staring at the hand unit wondering 'where' the dog tracked the coon, rather than listening and paying attention to how it tracked it.
But it is a handy unit, and adds that much more piece of mind to turning my dog loose.

Posted by SamClark on 04-05-2011 06:41 AM:

I can listen and look, only adds to the enjoyment

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Posted by GorillaPound on 04-05-2011 06:25 PM:

make sure your collars are blinking 3times in a row and not twice.if their only blinking twice your collars need to be upgraded.

Posted by on 04-05-2011 07:51 PM:

They are brand new with the latest updates.

Posted by josh on 04-05-2011 07:53 PM:

"Im not falling for that new fad...sticking with my beep beep, hasnt failed me yet.."

From now on, You will now be with the rest of us laughing on the floor every time you see this...

Posted by jeremymills69 on 04-05-2011 10:41 PM:

I wouldn't be laughing a whole lot just saying

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Posted by intellectualist on 04-05-2011 11:23 PM:

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Originally posted by GorillaPound
make sure your collars are blinking 3times in a row and not twice.if their only blinking twice your collars need to be upgraded.

Not necessarily. If they blink three times, that means the update is installed. If it only blinks twice, that does not mean the update is not installed.
I will explain. Before the triple blink update, you had no way of knowing whether the collar had a 2D or 3D satellite lock. You can have a double blink and still have the update, it just means the collar has a poor gps fix and it is calculating position data by latitude and longitude. A triple blink means it is calculating latitude, longitude and elevation which is called a 3D (dimensional) fix. My collars double blink occasionally but usually when they are in the house. The receiver in the collar is good enough to where they should almost always have a 3D fix if outside, in the open.

Posted by GorillaPound on 04-06-2011 05:21 PM:

thanks for the info,and I ment updated instead of upgraded

Posted by intellectualist on 04-06-2011 06:56 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by GorillaPound
thanks for the info,and I ment updated instead of upgraded

No problem. I knew what you meant by upgraded.

Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-09-2011 10:05 PM:

Got them all ready to roll, maiden journey tonight. Not even gonna bring the old "beep, beep" for back-up!

Posted by intellectualist on 04-09-2011 10:23 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by dogfaceNH
Got them all ready to roll, maiden journey tonight. Not even gonna bring the old "beep, beep" for back-up!

I do not know if I would recommend that unless you have been playing with it around the house much. Not because the garmin has problems, just in case of cockpit error!
Enjoy, you will love it!

Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-09-2011 10:44 PM:

lol intellectualist...I'll bring the manual along just in case...living on the edge. wd

Posted by micooner on 04-10-2011 01:31 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by dogfaceNH
lol intellectualist...I'll bring the manual along just in case...living on the edge. wd

Thats a good idea. A couple of months ago one COLD and WINDY night I pushed a wrong button and spent the next 45 minutes sitting in the pickup reading the manual got it going and found the dog mile and half away treed. LOL

Posted by intellectualist on 04-10-2011 05:52 PM:

Tell us what you think from your hunt last night.

Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-11-2011 12:44 AM:

Worked great, never lost signal...

but the dogs never got treed past 237 yards...only freecasted once, then rig hunted the rest of the night...not really what I would call giving it a true test. wd

Posted by cbcoonskinner on 04-11-2011 12:51 AM:

I'm glad the Racoons doesn't have this modern technology! lol

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Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-15-2011 04:42 AM:

Got out to 978 yards tonight in VERY hilly, wooded, rocky terrain the Garmin never even blinked. Three dogs treed at 600+ yards and it worked perfect. Love this thing so far. wd

Posted by intellectualist on 04-15-2011 06:49 AM:

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Originally posted by dogfaceNH
Got out to 978 yards tonight in VERY hilly, wooded, rocky terrain the Garmin never even blinked. Three dogs treed at 600+ yards and it worked perfect. Love this thing so far. wd

Awesome!

Posted by infantry1 on 04-15-2011 12:42 PM:

garmin

Hey there are tons of free topo maps on the web just do a search for the area state your hunting and download to mapsource...some site let you build what ever you want for overlays...roads/land points/cemetaries...ect...the list goes on. Just make sure you get a card....blank. Don't spend 100s dollars...do the little work yourself..5 minutes...free

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Posted by dogfaceNH on 04-23-2011 05:18 PM:

Dogs got into a spot where we had to drive way around to get to them...had the dogs at almost 3 miles at one point from inside the truck with the extended antenna. Love that thing!

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