Got A New Toy Today....(first Post)

[leeinmemphis2]

Hey everyone,

 

Well the inevitable happened last weekend. I got lost at night while looking for a doe that my buddy had shot while hunting. My family has owned this place for over 10 years and I've never had a problem with it during the day but the place really looked totally different in the dark. After about a half hour we found our way out but it still got me to thinking that I needed to pick up a decent gps. As soon as I got home last weekend I looked around online and bought a Magellan sport trak color. I really think this will be a great hunting tool. Along with the gps I also ordered a topo map program and a dvd to show me how to use it.

 

I can't wait until tomorrow to see how it does under the tree cover. From what I read this is one of the better units to work under the canopy of trees.(I hope they were right).

 

-lee-

[+Milbank]

Welcome,

Let us know how it works out for you.

I would love to have a color gps.

[+planetrobert]

did you find us while looking online for GPS info, or did you know about this game before?

[+horsegeeks]

Now there is no excuse not to try geocaching, you'll love it.

[farleywilbur]

You might even get so hooked on hunting caches that the deer may get a free pass next hunting season!!

[+Team GPSaxophone]

I got started in almost the same way, but I looked around for GPSrs before my hunting trip.

 

Welcome to the fold

[CoyoteRed]

I bet my ol'man wished I had a GPS as a kid. I was forever getting lost while hunting.

 

Wasn't long before I got a compass for Christmas!

[leeinmemphis2]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I found this site a while back but had some trouble getting registered. I never received an email to authenticate my username so I re-registered as leeinmemphis2 and it worked fine. I used the gps a little today while looking for a deer that I had shot. It worked in the woods just like I wanted it to. I think I'm going to be very happy with it. This is actually my 3rd gps. I have had a magellan 315 and garmin etrex vista. I bought both of those a long time ago when they both first came out and to be honest I didn't like the 315 and the vista has been nothing but trouble since I have had it. So I was a bit skeptical about getting another one but the sport trak color worked perfect for me. I have alot of learning but I used it to waypoint a couple of points today and used it to get back there when I needed to and that is 95% of what I want it to do.

 

thanks again.

 

-lee-

[+The Jester]

I have alot of learning but I used it to waypoint a couple of points today and used it to get back there when I needed to and that is 95% of what I want it to do.

I've found that geocaching is a great way to learn what a GPSr can do and how to do it. I bought my first one years ago for hiking/climbing mostly, but now... Hey, who says I obsesses? (quiet, wife!)

[leeinmemphis2]

I have read some about geocaching but to be honest I don't quite know what all it is about. I may look in to it some after deer season is over. I'm also considering a gps enabled fish finder for our bass boat so I'm sure I'll have a ton of questions before I buy one of those.

 

-lee-

[+Robespierre]

What kind of ammo does that sportrack take? Did it bring down a deer?

 

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Edited November 21, 2004 by Robespierre

[leeinmemphis2]

Actually I was fortunate enough to take a 10 point deer this morning. I used the sport trak after I found it to mark my position so I could go get a four wheeler and take it to the deer. Unlike the other two gps units I've had this one works where the others didn't. I really think I'm going to like this thing.

 

-lee-