Registered: Aug 2003
Location: north carolina
Posts: 63

would like to know how the astro's are doing with leaves on and in the mountains this time of year before I purchase one.
thanks.

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Registered: Jan 2008
Location: SC
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Mine worked just as good the other night as it does with the leaves off.

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Registered: Aug 2006
Location: Northwest Mississippi
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I have never used it in mountains, but it has worked just fine for me in vegetation so thick it might as well be called a jungle

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Registered: Sep 2007
Location: Kentucky
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They work fine in the mountains in summertime. I'm in the eastern Kentucky mountains and the garmin is all I use. I would recommend a truck mount or long range hand held antenna in case the dogs cross the hill on you. Signal is often lost if the dogs cross a hill but the truck mount or hand held antenna will pick them back up.

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Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Mine works great under the leaves

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Registered: Feb 2008
Location: Albemarle North Carolina
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I have a couple spots that I hunt that you can't see the sky once you go in there seriously,and last night he went 979 yrds to tree one and it never lost signal.Go ahead and get one you want be sorry,and the best thing about it is they cut down on your hunt time going to the dogs and to the truck is much easier with them.

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Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Pensacola, FL
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checked mine today got 2.3 miles

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: AUBURN, IN.
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I notice today that I lost GPS signal --I never lost signal to collar just the GPS ---I had [2] RED bars and than they would come back full green bars --when this happens it didn't read the mileage right --it act like it stuck on mileage when you had RED bars --on your 220----I was watching the beagle make laps running the rabbit and the distance never change when you had the RED bars ----has anyone had this to happen to them

I was standing out in the opening-- in a picked corn field --it was overcast and a light rain

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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: north carolina
Posts: 63

thanks for the info.

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