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OK, I'm 78 and still very active hunting and fishing. Only problem is I am battling with the wife as she doesn't want me to hunt by myself in case of an accident like if I fall or some other mishap. What do you guys use? I know you can rent satellite phones etc. but what other options are out there? Got to figure something out pretty soon as Turkey season is almost upon us and I have a good out of the way spot to hunt. Don't want to skimp but don't want to break the bank either.
Thanks in advance.
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Cell phone. Oh, and find someone to hunt with you. Mentor a younger hunter, perhaps.
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What 4ager and rockinbar said. And Happy Birthday!
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550 cord and duct tape . just kidding, my wife worries alot too. I leave route plan and timeline w/ my son. Map out waypoints on gps and she will feel better. Never stop going.
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dawggone,
I'm seventy now and getting the same hastle concern from my wife. I don't have a solution more than telling her exactly where I am going.
Where I hunt the cell phone service is great. There is a tower on a hill not more than 1/2 mile from where I leave the road.
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coyote268:
Look hard at ghettosportsman's post. Cell phones or radios often don't work in the mountains. No reception. But SPOT personal locators are satellite based and they work anywhere that they can see the sky. Such a device should give some comfort to your wife.
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dawggone,
I'm seventy now and getting the same hastle concern from my wife. I don't have a solution more than telling her exactly where I am going.
Where I hunt the cell phone service is great. There is a tower on a hill not more than 1/2 mile from where I leave the road. I think you have me confused with the OP. Working on your math lessons yet?
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Cell and Spot to start with.
But IIRC and I know for a fact SPOT doesn't work all the time every place, though it eventually will.... I believe that actual Epirbs have better Sat coverage.
RE Spot we've sent messages or shoudl I say tried to, that would not send for at least 12 plus or close to 18 hours.
Thats just an FYI. I carry SPOT and cell just in case....I'm only 50....
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Do you have cell phone reception out at the hunting spot? That would be your easiest solution.
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In addition to what has been mentioned already, also consider taking a new hunter out with you. They can help if needed, and you're passing on the tradition to someone that would welcome the invitation and the chance to learn.
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Cell phone. I'm in a similar situation with being diabetic and agent orange issues. Wife wants me to hunt where I am checked on a couple of times a day or with some one. I carefully select 2-3 hunts per year that are guided. I am blessed as my wife frequently goes with me and stays at camp.
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I usually hunt with my Daughter and two Granddaughters. This year my Granddaughter are tied up in school and my Daughter can't hunt this year to much. This is mostly for the Turkey season as Deer season I'm with others. I carry a cell phone but one area I hunt it can't get out. I'm a very hard nosed Turkey hunter and I will move to set up on a Tom. That's what worries my wife. On one property I hunt it is steep and in places pretty dense forest and absolutely no cell reception. But I like the ideas you guys are sharing with me.
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If you are steep, remember it takes sat coverage to make a SPOT work, and even an EPIRB. SPOT could take hours and hours to get enough coverage to work. Just an FYI.
Folks often buy but don't read or understand. And then get pissed when they need it now and it ain't working.
Like folks that buy a GPS and don't have a clue on maps and compass and they get into timber or steep canyons or bad fog and rain and such that blanks out Sat reception.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Happy Birthday. What you need is an aspiring young hunter to mentor and/or a SPOT.
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