ItsOlMander
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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: North of Panama City Florida
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there are areas that i will not turn loose without a telemetry (quick track) collar along with my GPS (garmin) collar. when i still had my deer dogs- i had a deer dog that refused to be caught for 11 days and no gps collar will last that long. if i didn't have the quick track on him i would have never gotten him back. he was a jam up trail dog- just had a few screws loose in his head lol.
i think as a few said the garmins (or any GPS unit) take away any guessing as to whats going on. depending on the immediate circumstances will determine whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.
i do think people get into the habit of staring at the screen rather than listening to what the dogs doing though. i know when i only had the quick track i was much slower to pull out my machine, id sit and listen longer. now, its just a quick look at the gps. i admit i am guilty of this but this can be both a good thing and a bad thing, all depending on the circumstances of whats going on.
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