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I was hunting last night I had two garmin collars on two of my hounds. Never ONCE did it loose signal or stop tracking my dog... Can someone PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE tell me what I'm doing wrong?????????????

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Did your dogs hunt out past a few yards??

Another possible problem is that you actually know how to use the Garmin unlike a lot of people who like to complain about them.

If these are not options you may need to call Garmin and tell them that your collar is working perfectly and it is stopping you from joining in with all the Garmin haters on here and they may let you trade one of your collars in for a broke one.

Hope this helps

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Better send it back
or mail it to me, i'll be sure to fix it for you!

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Originally posted by Virgil
Did your dogs hunt out past a few yards??

Another possible problem is that you actually know how to use the Garmin unlike a lot of people who like to complain about them.

If these are not options you may need to call Garmin and tell them that your collar is working perfectly and it is stopping you from joining in with all the Garmin haters on here and they may let you trade one of your collars in for a broke one.

Hope this helps

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Yes they were several hundred yards away. I'm just afraid I'm doing something wrong.......

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LOL!!!! YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM GOING ON HERE.. I WOULD DEF.. CALL GARMIN

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nice!!!!!!! i have that problem with mine.

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Well my Garmin is 7 months old and up until the other day I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread. Well.. it has blew up on me. Never had a single problem until the other night when it would not re-gain signal and would not pick up more then a couple hundred yards. I did all the updates, checked the connectors, re added the collars but all for nothing. Don't think for a minute they are solid. When they work right they are nothing short of amazing but when they fail you and youre dog they are a piece of crap.

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Mine doesn't start looseing the dogs till about 500 yds. They will pick them back up most the time till they get around 700 yds. out. Then you better go around the section to find them. I have a truck antenna but have never had to use it.
Makes a lot of differance if they are in the creek or on the bank and how deep the creek banks are.
I think the main thing about the garmin is that even when you loose them you know wear they were and which way they were going when you did. Makes it easy to find them if you need to.

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I've been hunting with mine for over a year now with no REAL problems.

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I've had mine since may of 08 with no major problems. Had a button on the handheld act up a little, had to push it a few times to get it to work sometimes. Garmin replaced the whole unit for free even though my warranty had ended. I've got 3 DC-30 collars and never had a bit of trouble out of either of them.

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THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE HAD OUT OF MY GARMIN IS THAT IT WORKS RIGHT ALL OF THE TIME. I DONT LOOSE SIGNAL I CANT COMPLAIN I HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH IT.

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Just wait til youre excited to go hunting and all the sudden it stops picking up signal. Or looses signal after 200 yards. Sure you can send it back and they will replace it if youre warranty isn't up but now youre screwed without a tracker for a few weeks.

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Originally posted by HOBO
I was hunting last night I had two garmin collars on two of my hounds. Never ONCE did it loose signal or stop tracking my dog... Can someone PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE tell me what I'm doing wrong?????????????

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beagles hunt far enough to need a garmin?

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Garmin, in my opinion is a perfect training tool, its amazing what you can learn. Pleasure hunting it is a pretty good tracking system. But if you are competition hunting you better have a radio system. its to easy for a dog to get out range and in trouble while its turned off, I learned the hard way.~~~~Jeff

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mines bad as yours HOBO. just cant get this thing to act up.

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Just wait til youre excited to go hunting and all the sudden it stops picking up signal. Or looses signal after 200 yards. Sure you can send it back and they will replace it if youre warranty isn't up but now youre screwed without a tracker for a few weeks.

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ALL YOU GUYS THAT HAVE GARMINS THAT WORK NEED TO GET YA A PAIR OF PLYERS OR BETTER YET A PIPE WRINCH AND MAKE SURE YOUR ANTANNA IS REAL GOOOOOOD AND TIGHT. AND ALSO IF YOU DROP IT OUT OF YOUR SHIRT POCKET IN A MUDD PUDDEL OR RIVER MORE THAN A HALF DOZEN TIMES GET UA A PIECE OF WIRE ER YA SOME DUCK TAPE AND SURCURE IT TO SOMETHING SMARTER THAN YOURSELF...... L.O.L.
MOST OF THESE GUYS HAVEING ALL THE TROUBLE WITH THERE GARMINS COULD TEAR UP A BALL BEARING.....

MINE WORKS JUST FINE....

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ALL YOU GUYS THAT HAVE GARMINS THAT WORK NEED TO GET YA A PAIR OF PLYERS OR BETTER YET A PIPE WRINCH AND MAKE SURE YOUR ANTANNA IS REAL GOOOOOOD AND TIGHT. AND ALSO IF YOU DROP IT OUT OF YOUR SHIRT POCKET IN A MUDD PUDDEL OR RIVER MORE THAN A HALF DOZEN TIMES GET UA A PIECE OF WIRE ER YA SOME DUCK TAPE AND SURCURE IT TO SOMETHING SMARTER THAN YOURSELF...... L.O.L.
MOST OF THESE GUYS HAVEING ALL THE TROUBLE WITH THERE GARMINS COULD TEAR UP A BALL BEARING.....

MINE WORKS JUST FINE....

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HAD MINE OVER A YEAR ONLY PROBLEMS I HAVE ARE OPERATOR ERROR. OTHER THAN I DROPPED IT IN WATER ALONG A LAKE ONE NIGHT WE FOUND IT THE NEXT DAY STILL ON. I DRIED IT OUT AND IT IS STILL GOING FINE. HAVE GOTTEN SIGNAL AT 3 MILES.

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the only problem i have with them is they won't ship mine to me. maybe because i didn't send any money to them.

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the only problem i have with them is they won't ship mine to me. maybe because i didn't send any money to them.

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I can help with this problem... Just send me $299.99 and I'll put an order in for you......

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