Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Backpack Hunting What handheld GPS are you using?

Can't agree with the no GPS. Agree you have to have map and compass and know how to use them.

But, I've been in new locations with my friends and they have been so far off in where they thought we were it would have been bad in an emergency.

The GPS is always right. I never thought I would need anything more complicated than a location from a gps. BUT the ability to add to intelligence wheCan't agree with the no GPS. Agree you have to have map and compass and know how to use them.

But, I've been in new locations with my friends and they have been so far off in where they thought we were it would have been bad in an emergency.

The GPS is always right. I never thought I would need anything more complicated than a location from a gps to verify on my map. BUT the ability to add to intelligence when hunting and orienteering is changing the game. And they are only getting better!

Lewis and Clark used a compass to make a pretty good map. But they took every opportunity to use a sextant to fix their location according to celestial elements because they were more accurate.

Same concepts, just 200 years of technolgy advancing.