Garmin GPS Tracking

[Mike Leonard]

http://www.gundogsupply.com/garmin-gps- ... -dogs.html


So have any of you out there tried these yet?

[Melanie Hampton]

I don't think they hit the shelf until July 9th or so...

I can tell you I am going to be watching reviews and saving my money up..

I need to get dogs with a little longer necks so I can fit an extra collar on there

[blackpaws]

i used the old style collar and it worked great when the collar stayed upright. it saves a ton of time and most importantly it could save your dogs life. if they overheat or are getting close to roads and you can tell the quickest way into them when they are caught or treed.

[DesertDweller]

Ohh yeah, I gotta get me some, I have been hesitant because of the first model and so many things people did'nt like about it, but it definetly looks like garmin listened to everyones input to improve this product. Improved design, improved range, new accesories, like the handheld long range antenna, yeah I think I am going to get a 4 dog system and run it on about half my hounds. I like the new looks and description of the changes, ie. metal attachment plates etc.....

[nightowl24]

there not on the market yet...hence pre-order...but i'll be saving my money for one....my buddy has had real good success with the first generation...i know the first gerneration's price will drop when these hit so i'm trying to decide whether to get the old one, then after 6mos or so trade the colllars in for the new ones or what..i'll say this the last 4 times i've been out i have put my buddies collar on my dog and it has really helped to cut down on finding dogs....i got an independent dog....we were all going one way(dogs and people) and i asked him where my boy was. we looked on the gps and he was 400yds away and going in the wrong direction. i called for him he stopped, started coming towards then turned back around and went away from us. my buddy was able to tell me in an instant when i needed to call him again to turn him...to make a long story short, an old tracker only lets you know the basic direction, this new one allows you to do so much more.....

you can download the data to your computer so we use it to see how the dogs hunt when they are with certain dogs.. we now know that when we hunt a certain dog with the pack we cover about 1/3 less area, we also can tell which areas we are consistantly catching big hogs, we also can tell how each dog is working while in the field and at what speed. it really changes how you hunt AND how you breed. you know how certain dogs are hunting and what to breed them to based on their hunting style...

[Timberhound]

i would imagine that even the new gen gps unit has trouble picking up a signal under canopy? probably works really well in the desert and sage but thick alder and fir country not so much. heck i cant even get a steady signal on my sirius driving the highways around here.

[Melanie Hampton]

Hey Timberhound

I don't know about the coast.. but it works in Southern Oregon in our big tall thick trees.. You guys up there would put it to the test though..

I myself would still run my other tracking collars on the dogs.. At least for a while..

[Timberhound]

probably a sense of security to have something on your dogs that you are familiar with, kinda uneasy feelin tryin something that has not proven itself yet. sounds like the gps tracker would come in handy coupled with a tritronics for training purposes.

[DesertDweller]

I would'nt ever abandon regular tracking collars but use them in conjuction. I think they have alot of great features that can help in other ways regular tracking collars can't....

[Melanie Hampton]

When I used them for the weekend... it was great.. we ran a bobcat and you could actually see the loops the dogs were making.. I also shocked one of my dogs on a bear and it showed us where he was sitting/pouting about 70 feet off the road.. The regular tracker knew he was close, but with the Garmin we could REALLY tell he wasn't moving and right where to walk to him.. It saved some time..

I would probably run my shockers on the Garmin.. With those new G2 shock collars and the Garmin doesn't look that heavy.. I think you would be set up alright..

[cooner]

i think they sound great, have they improved the battery life on the colars. I heard they are only like 18 hours or something. But i didn't know they are coming out with a new style, sounds good .