This spring we bought an inReach mini from Costco for $350, prior to our planned remote cabin trip, which didn't come off afterall. More than 40 years going there , but now we are in our 70's, so it seemed time. I carried it solo moose hunting this year - still have to explore it more, but I knew how to operate the SOS button, at least, and still haven't found my eTrex. I think it might have fallen out of my fanny pack in my rocky man-cave 600 miles north of here, while caribou hunting in August. I'll find out next year....
Recently I saw Cabelas had the same inReach unit for $250, on sale.
One can buy subscriptions for a month at a time.
Un-hunted critters of all sorts can develop attitude, not just bears, especially with frequent contact with humans.
By the tracks in the frozen grass yesterday morning, I had a griz/brown bear cross my lawn in the early hours. The dogs told me about it while we were all still in bed. That makes 3 years running, this time of yea,r and I have yet to see it. Pretty sure it's not just once a year either!
Bearanoia is way over-rated, until it's not.
Last edited by las; 10/05/23.
