Hunting on foot and GPS/beeper

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ScoutB
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Hunting on foot and GPS/beeper

Post by ScoutB » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:34 am

For those of you that don't have field trial, big running dogs, do you still use a GPS or beeper collar? On one hand I don't want to buy a $600 GPS setup. On the other hand loosing my dog over $600 would be stupid. I'm just not sure how necissary it is hunting smaller tracts of land on foot.
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PntrRookie
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Re: Hunting on foot and GPS/beeper

Post by PntrRookie » Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:58 am

ScoutB wrote:For those of you that don't have field trial, big running dogs, do you still use a GPS or beeper collar? On one hand I don't want to buy a $600 GPS setup. On the other hand loosing my dog over $600 would be stupid. I'm just not sure how necissary it is hunting smaller tracts of land on foot.
I never used a GPS before I started trialing. If your dog has good recall (here, come) a good beeper (and e-collar) would be enough. That being said, there is nothing that replaces the security of a GPS, AND it can double as a beeper on point mode. The GPS will tell you when the dog is standing. The GPS is quieter too :)

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