Cell phone coverage

Cell phone coverage at the deer camp is next to zero, but we have ambulance service to our door.
The moose camp, it works, most of the time. That's a good thing, because a few years back, we had to have a guy air lifted out. He fell on a rock, and broke two ribs off of his spine. No way to drive in with any kind of normal vehicle.
The chainsaws went to work on the edges of a bald rock near the camp, and presto, we had a helo pad.
 
DO NOT go in the woods alone, without your cell phone, blackberry and GPS. Hunt only in the fringe area of the city where you are assured to get cell phone service. In fact, if you can't see a 7-11 through your 7x30 binocs....you have gone too far. Remember, there are also wild creatures with big teeth and fangs that want to eat you. :D
 
Well this part of the "Interior" sure as hell does not have much in the way of cell phone coverage. You can pack one if you want but it will do you precious little good unless you are hunting along the city boundaries of 100M, WL, or Q.
 
gitrdun said:
DO NOT go in the woods alone, without your cell phone, blackberry and GPS. Hunt only in the fringe area of the city where you are assured to get cell phone service. In fact, if you can't see a 7-11 through your 7x30 binocs....you have gone too far.
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The S&R guys around here, in the coastal mountains, some of the most rugged mountainous country you are going to get in Canada, seem to find cell phones often make thier lives easier, if the person using it is competent.

They dont' like it when people throw their cell phone in their pack, intending to call in case of trouble, and ignore all other precautions, but that is really just a human being stupid. The same person isn't going to carry any survival gear, either.

If there is a problem and S&R needs to attend, A guy with a survival kit, some knowledge and a communication tool is going to make it far easier on S&R than the same guy without the communication device.

All the remote bush camps utilize sat phones for the same reason. They didn't forget thier bushcraft, they just made it more efficient.
 
A cell phone is great and I carry one along with a ham radio. The radio is programmable and I put in the local logging and ham frequencies. I have phoned the Mrs. to let her know I was changing areas or that I would be later than I thought or even spending the night. Anything to make things run smoother in operation is a plus in my books.
 
Few years ago, when some ranchers in B.C. wanted for free, to annex all of the old KVR rail line, against the the proposed puplic "Trans Canada Trail", some ranch hand wanted to evict me from the KVR rail line. When I pulled out the cell phone to call police, the ranch hand diappeared in a hurry :)
 
I've worked in remote bush for 26 years. When serious shi* like a medevac is required, that radio or other means of comm will be more important to you than some of your organs.

Radios plus good bush skills (know your location, be capable of stabilizing the situation till help arrives etc.) saves lives.

So yes, I carry my cell phone when I hunt.
 
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