Rick been following your saga
I run two dogs and use Garmin products. I run the Garmin alphas. Id stay away from apple tags for hunting. They work ok in urban settings but cough up the money and buy a dedicated gps hunting collars. I always put light weight blaze orange vests on dogs in hotter weather and heavier version in snow so they are much easier to find too. Something to think about
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