Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
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Arrived at first spot last night and had to hike back in about 2-300 yards before I could cut em loose and after I did I realized I left my Garmin on the dash. OH MY GOSH,,,What am I going to do now...go back to truck??? My legs were cramping as it was from high stepping some tall grass...Should I call a buddy???Ok just breath I told myself and lets figure this out...Ok, what did I do in the old days ??? Ok I remembered I did have a compass with me and dug it out...Dogs ended up treeing and I stumble bummed my way into em and got em and didn't even realize I was only about 50 yards from the road...haha...kinda pathetic

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Menominee, Nebraska
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I know what you mean. Back when walking out the wrong side of a cornfield was usual, or realizing after the fact that you could have driven within 20 yards of the tree, but couldn't tell because of wind. Leaving jackets or boxes behind because you couldn't find a dog or two. Garmin has changed the entire sport for sure.

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I haven't tried figuring out the Garmin and my husband has tried marking the Jeep but fails horribly. We were out about a month ago, and Ruby treed so he walked the hard way through the woods and I walked down the road and cut straight back in. When we were walking out, Ruby started snorting and pulling him so I told him I was going to the car and asked which way. He said to walk out an old skidder rd. Before Ruby quit treeing, I realized I wasn't going the right direction and decided to make a beeline to Ruby before he pulled her off. When I got to them, I told him I thought I was going the wrong direction. So we headed out again..the right direction 😀 and Ruby started again. Against my protest, he let her go again and she treed. By that time we were so turned around, we thought we might be spending the night there. Chuck was leading the way and after I knew I had been past the same mud hole 3 times, I let him know he was more lost than I was. So we started out again, I could hear truck traffic on the main rd and told him we could head that way (it would be the long way around, but we'd get out), but he didn't want to yet. Then I thought I'd call my friend on my cellphone and have her park at the car and blow the horn so we could figure out what direction we needed to go, but it was almost 11 and I knew she'd be in bed. So I went on to google maps satellite on my phone and we saw where we were and only had to go about 100 yds to get to the field we needed to get across to r car. He still hasn't had any luck with the Garmin, but I have 2 friends that said to call anytime we need them to find r car and blow the horn so we can figure out what direction we need to go. When I find it, I'm going to take my Bushnell Backtrack along.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Central Michigan
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That is sort of funny after my Saturday night last week. The dog had treed about 375 yards deep. I walked straight to her and straight back out while leaving my Garmin in its pouch. As I near the road a car goes by then backs up. They flip on a spot light and start yelling.

As I exited the woods, one young man says "oh, you are a coon hunter." I asked if I could help. He then tells me that his brother called him and is lost in a 4 mile square section. He shot a deer, and while tracking it got lost. Apparently, he found his brother because when I went over to see if things worked out they were gone.

Garmin or not, I always have a compass!

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I love this post. It shows I'm not the only one that can't find the truck without my garmin. I dont even know how to hunt without a garmin. It's sad we've became so dependent on them. My grandpas probably rolling in his grave knowing I'd get lost without electronics. Lol

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Registered: Jun 2012
Location: McRae Ar
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A lot of it depends on the territory you hunt. In the hills it’s pretty easy for me to know where I am. In these big bottoms everything looks the exact same. Walk in 800 yards and make a couple of circles shinning a tree and you better have something to tell what way to go. Compass, Garmin something.


I could always walk in and come out in the same place with a compass but I like the garmin to tell me where I crossed creeks, walk through thickets and let me know what my pups doing. Best of all when my lazy butt can drive closer.

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My hunt to a t tonight I was hunting my young dog by herself and she's just started treeing a little turn her out she gets 460 yds. and strikes takes track in about 400 more and trees I start to her get about halfway and realize I have lost my hand held when I missed my pocket and it went down my chaps have to backtrack takes me 15 minutes to find it start back and she quits walk her back in and she want go back goes on hunting I start back out and batteries go dead time I get back to truck for more she's got out of pocket and followed a truck out the road a mile later I pick her up and come home

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I usually do ok if my dog is treed a good ways out. I prepare and get everything I need and go. it's when they are just a little ways in and I think I can just walk in and out that I get into trouble. I take only the hand held light and no compass or gps and get turned around and then the light goes out. at that point all I can do is hope the dog has enough sense to lead me out.

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