Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Ansonville, NC
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After hunting for a couple of years, I finally got a tracking system--it's used, but is in great shape and I'm satisfied with it. Never lost a dog before, but am always nervous turning them out in new/unfamiliar territory. Anyway, last night I put the collars on the dogs, made sure everything was right, and turned 'em loose. Female struck and treed pretty fast, but the pup decided to find his own coon. Got to tree, saw the coon, petted her, and went back to truck. Got to truck, pulled out the tracker and tried to track the pup....nothing at all. I knew he hadn't left the country, but i wasn't picking him up anywhere.

The MAGNET was still in the COLLAR!!!!!!!

Found out the next morning the pup was treed about 350 yards from the female but he had lost his voice and I just couldn't hear him. At least I know he won't leave the tree, but next time I'll take the magnet out.

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Mercer PA
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I have done it also!!!

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: nwpa
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i have just bought a system. i was trying it out having my husband walk through the woods holding the collar. wanted to make sure i could actually read it before i put it on the dog. i was tracking fine and then lost everything. i went through all the channels, checked all my connections. i was going nuts. caught up with my husband and he was laughing. he had put the magnet back in the collar. he thought it was sooo funny too.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Indiana
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I have done it,and so has everyone thats not admitting to it.

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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: SOUTH CENTRAL IND. WHERE THE GOAT MTS ARE
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yup me to lost my dog for two days because of that and just when you think you wont do that again guess what you do it kinda sucks but its funny after you finally find your dog and in these hills they can get out of hearin and only be 1/2 mile away or less

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Registered: Oct 2003
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I think everybody who has ever bought a tracking system has done it at least once ! LOL

Getting them to admit to it is another thing !

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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: SOUTHEAST OHIO
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My first tracker came yesterday, guess I better heed your advise !! lol

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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: IL
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I never have forgot to take out the magnet, but I have forgot to put the entire collar on him a few times! Try finding that signal; with the collar in the top of the box and the magnet still intact!

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Richmond, Kentucky
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yup me to lost my dog for two days because of that and just when you think you wont do that again guess what you do it kinda sucks but its funny after you finally find your dog and in these hills they can get out of hearin and only be 1/2 mile away or less

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Indiana
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We are in Southern,IN. We got some big steep hills.We call 'em goat mountains as kind of a tongue in cheek thing.
Kind of the opposite of when people call you Jackass and really mean it.

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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Tennessee
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I know I want turn a dog a loose again without a traker on them because I lost my dog on a thursday night looked for her everyday went back monday night to turn my brothers dog out to see if she would come in to the tree with him and after we turned his dog out we heard my dog treeing we got to her and she had a coon up the tree. anybody ever had this happen to them.

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Registered: Jun 2003
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THAT EVERYONE HAS DONE THAT AT LEAST ONCE!

YOU GOT TO DO IT TO LEARN TO CHECK! LOL.

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Registered: Jul 2003
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Attach a piece of 4 inch cord to the magnet ( epoxy), make a loop. If you forget to remove the magnet it will most likely get jerked out when going through the brush or woods. Ive had magnets like this before and they work. You loose the magnets. But thats better than loosing a dog.

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Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Greenville,Oh
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I take the magnet out when I put the collar on the dog. I stick them on the top of the latch on the dog box. I left the magnets in more than once. I haven't had that problem since I started taking them out when I put the collar on. I figure that battery replacement is a lot better than dog replacement.

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Registered: Jun 2004
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I always take out the magnet before putting it on the dogs .I also put reflective tape on the magnets.Just in case I drop or missplace them. I just shine the light around until I find IT.I found a magnet last week stuck on my dog lead..........LOL..........CHET

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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Southern Ohio
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Yep! Done it twice! I got in the habit of taking them off before loading the dogs at the kennel . Now here's the twist.......Ole boy says man you're just using up batteries leaving them on in the box. Well same night cut a new hound he had loose he had to see if he could go it alone. this hound did, not going to say no more about how,but the only way we got back to the truck was to track my hound still in the box!

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Registered: Apr 2004
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Dan maybe you need to carry a GPS also?

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Beckley , WV
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when i first got my tracker , my buddy came and picked me picked up to go hunting i got all in a hurry , we went and turned the dogs loose and i went to get my tracker to check and see where my dog was i had not only left the magnet in the color but i had also left my tracker back at home leaning up against the garage . thats what happens when you get in a hurry luckily the dogs didnt go to far and tree lol lol

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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: East TN
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I got in a hurry once too trying to get tracking collar on my dog.. Well thanks to that my dog died.. NEVER you all just slap the collar on the quickest way you can, I put it on in front of his regular collar, and he got it hung up and he couldn't slip out of it, before I fount him he had choked his self to death..

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Luckily didn't lose any dogs.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: N.H.
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They have magnets??? no wonder the dang thing never worked. put it away for yrs, maybe ill check it out, maybe it will work

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Registered: Apr 2007
Location: Jonesborough Tennessee
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What about the guy that was in a world hunt a couple of years ago and forgot to take the NO BARK collar off his dog. I can not even imagine how DUMB I would feel. lol

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Thats nothing wait till u put a pup on a deer race so u can burn his a$$ and dont turn on the coller.....been there done that lol

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Registered: Jun 2005
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yeah I forgot the magnet in the collar once, collar was on my fathers young blue female she didn't get struck pulled out the tracker to find her and nothing ... ooops, he wasn't happy lol but thankfully we found her easly.
Also forgot to put the magnet back in my collars once, a guy out running his hounds on coyotes showed up at our place he kept tracking his dog to my place but dog wasn't there, come to find out my collar was same as his and he was tracking my collar.

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Registered: Sep 2007
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A couple of guys up the road did this last year. They had about six or seven dogs and they drove around for three or four days before they rounded em up. Thats why I like my Garmin, no magnets. And by the way I done it a couple of times before I got my garmin but both times realized it and called the dogs in before they got too far.

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