Registered: Apr 2015
Location: church hill tn
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I remember going on hunting trips back in my twenties, before tracking equipment was available, we really didn't worry about losing our dogs and we never lost any. Now that I have my Garmin, I won't turn my dogs loose without a tracker. It just brings peace if mind knowing where the dogs are at all times. Dave

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Registered: Jun 2014
Location: Louisiana
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And sometimes the tracking equipment isn't enough. I have a pup ready for the woods that I won't release until she's tone trained.

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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Chattanooga, Tn
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My coat used to be a part of my tracking equipment. I haven't left a dog and gone back to get him the next day since I got my Garmin. Leaving your jacket laying on the ground is a thing of the past. Now it is just part of your clothing.

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Registered: Jan 2017
Location: Rogersville Tennessee
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Ya Richard I remember throwing that ole coat on the ground trick..... nothing better than driving up early the next morning frost covered ground and seeing ole sparky all curled up on that coat..... I don’t care what ya say those were the good ole days

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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Chattanooga, Tn
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I am just glad that I can remember them. I don't think that most of the dogs we hunt today could find their way back to where they were turned out. They are too used to us finding them.

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Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Eastern IA
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That is a fact Richard. I’ve left dogs in the woods prolly a half dozen times in the last 14 years and not once did I find a dog on my coat the next day. When I was a kid I left my coat out a couple times a month and always had a dog the next day.

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