Idaho Ron

Alan2, You will have to forgive me, for being a redneck. I don't think about people on this board from big cities. For instance the county here in Idaho I am speaking of has Over 8000 square miles in it It also has less that 7000 people in it. Just to get there is a two hour drive on dirt roads. The scenery is fantastic. Deep canyons (800 feet deep) And open desert. Here is a picture of the Owhyee Canyon. PS. like I said to get to the other side to find teh projected way point is a 6 hour drive. Ron

Alan2, I use my GPS while hunting for Chukar. These birds are found in canyons up to 800 feet deep. Sometimes I hear them on the other side of the canyon, but there is no way to get there except to drive the long way around. I project a way point to the area the birds are in. Later when I make a hunt to the other side I can go to the projected way points. Since the birds move a lot it doesn't really matter that I am off. In my Work as a Fish and Game reservist I also use projected way points. In the spring I go out to catch Sage grouse and we put Radio collars on them. We study them to find out nesting areas and brood raising areas. A lot of times I see birds fly away from the road and land out in the sage. I project a waypoint to that area so we can have a place to start looking for it later, without going out and bothering the bird right then. Ron

I work as a reservist for the Idaho Fish & Game. For the last two years I have been trapping sage grouse at night for the last three years. We trap the birds and put radio collars on them and leg bands. I have been lost every time I go out for the first two years. The desert I go to is huge and since we trap them at night and off road, well like I said I was lost and so was every one I was with. This year I got a Garmin Etrex camo. I practiced with it a bunch geo-caching. When I went out to trap this year things were a lot different. I got the locations of the leks from the F&G. I knew right where they were. I was able to do my job better because I wasn't worried about being lost all the time. I worked with four other guys that had not used them before. These guys were hooked. After we were out for several hours I would ask them which way to the truck? no one EVER got it right. Do any of you use your GPS's for work?

Mine is doing it just sitting there. I have the latest software. I have writen to Garmin so far no word. I am using mine a lot right now. I have went through 6 sets of batteries this week. Like you said the link stays up but the screen dies for a moment. I am in the middle of the owhyee desert in the middle of the night with my gps. the nearest house is over 20 miles as the crow flies. I would hate to loose my truck if the thing dies. Ron

I have noticed a few times that my etrex camo is doing something strange. It is going blank for just a second when I bush a button I am not sure which one or which screen, then it comes back on. It has only done it a few times with no pattern. Has any one else had this problem? Ron