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walksalot said:
The allready do, Garmin Rhino
I don't know the specs on them but i do believe that when you transmit you send your location as well, I think you can also send waypoints to others as well.
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The allready do, Garmin Rhino
I don't know the specs on them but i do believe that when you transmit you send your location as well, I think you can also send waypoints to others as well.
My favorite original from about 20 years ago while flying around the pole for a variety of Bush operators (Yukon and NWT):
"I've only ever been lost once in my life. ...And that was spiritually."
(Chuckle! The passengers loved it).
I'm retired now but it's still true.
Except maybe for that one night in down town Vancouver
...or was it Burnaby? Surrey? ...New West Minster...?
I know I was following a bus that had an ad sign on the back from B.C. Ferry's that said,
"Come Cruise the Straights!"
After a night like that I'd prefer to be out in a boat, alright.
There have been so many electronic gadgets come on the market in recent years, that there is no way game departments can keep up with regulating them. And not enough game department personnel in any jurisdiction to enforce the laws, if many of these gadgets were prohibited for hunting.
The concept of fair chase has gone completely out the window. Not only in that respect, but also many other ways. How about the fellows who bait game for months ahead of time, keep trail cameras out to see which station the biggest buck is coming to, then be at that station on the morning season opens. Is that fair chase? You sure could have fooled me.
Hunting used to be an adventure. There was no greater adventure in hunting than to go into a little known mountain range, climb to the alpine and see what was on the other side. Yes, there was danger involved in being on a remote mountain range for a week or two, with no possible way to summon help in case of an accident. But this knowing that everything depended on ones own self certainly added to the adventure and sense of achievment. I took a 14 year old son on a trip where it took us two days just to get to the bottom of the mountain we hunted on! But in three trips to that same area, spread over five years, not one other hunter was ever encountered and not another soul had stopped at the campsite we made, or even been anywhere near the area. To my mind, this is hunting adventure at its best.
Now, the mountains can be thoroughly examined by Google Earth, pick out your spot, set your gps to it, keep in constant contact with the outside world, if you so desire, and you are on your adventurous hunt!
The concept of fair chase has gone completely out the window. Not only in that respect, but also many other ways. How about the fellows who bait game for months ahead of time, keep trail cameras out to see which station the biggest buck is coming to, then be at that station on the morning season opens. Is that fair chase? You sure could have fooled me.
Hunting used to be an adventure. There was no greater adventure in hunting than to go into a little known mountain range, climb to the alpine and see what was on the other side. Yes, there was danger involved in being on a remote mountain range for a week or two, with no possible way to summon help in case of an accident. But this knowing that everything depended on ones own self certainly added to the adventure and sense of achievment. I took a 14 year old son on a trip where it took us two days just to get to the bottom of the mountain we hunted on! But in three trips to that same area, spread over five years, not one other hunter was ever encountered and not another soul had stopped at the campsite we made, or even been anywhere near the area. To my mind, this is hunting adventure at its best.
Now, the mountains can be thoroughly examined by Google Earth, pick out your spot, set your gps to it, keep in constant contact with the outside world, if you so desire, and you are on your adventurous hunt!
Don't forget your gps can update your website every 10 minutes with progress of your hunt (Delorme with SPOT)...
