GPS's for rangefinding?

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Anyone ever done this? A little background; my dad and I have been hunting the same spot for the past year or so, trying to get the HUGE grizzled old 6-point who lives in the woods behind this big swamp (I've seen tons of moose tracks in the area too, so I put my name in for limited entry this year). I've only ever seen the bastard at LONG distances, probably 300 yards plus, but I can't be sure. To that end, I'm thinkin' about taking a salt lick up there this year and a GPS, and parking my ass about 200 yards downwind of the lick. I'm fairly sure this isn't illegal, but the whole point of this mess is that I wanna use the GPS for finding the approximate range (+/- a yard or two). Has anyone ever done this, and if so, have you had good results? Did you find it accurate enough for rangefinding? Any help would be much appreciated!
 
Yep it would be accurate enough for that!!
Just mark a waypoint at the lick & go to where your shooting from & hit "Go To" it should give you the distance to with-in 50' or so.
 
GPS accuracy with the hand-held units is typically 1m, repeatable. The further to the north you go, the lower the satelite availability so accuracy drops a bit...
 
DaveGP said:
GPS accuracy with the hand-held units is typically 1m, repeatable. The further to the north you go, the lower the satelite availability so accuracy drops a bit...
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that's awesome! I had always assumed it was around 10 m. must try it out. if it works them I won't have to carry both a GPS and rangefinder on hunts where I work from a blind
 
Salt lick in B.C!?. Might want to edit that part.

As for the GPS accuracy. I work behind surveyors alot and with good satellite coverage and an open canopy my cheapo GPS is usually well with in 5 Meters of the survey plan location. Often with in 2 meters. even just a few years ago you needed an expensive trimble with a radio antenna to get that sort of precision now you can do it with a 129.87 walmart GPS!
 
david doyle said:
Salt lick in B.C!?. Might want to edit that part.
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I looked through the 2005-2006 hunting regs, and on the website (Fish & Wildlife Branch: Hunting in BC), but I couldn't find any laws or regulations prohibiting salt licks or any other type of bait, like automatic feeders or stuff like that. If anyone knows if this is illegal, please tell me, I'd rather not get fined for a violation if I can help it :redface:

If salt licks are illegal, what are my alternatives? I've tried calling in that area, and using a rattlin' bag (stupidest thing ever, if you ask me), but no dice. Anyone?
 
Which version of GPS provides 1m resolution to the civilians? I thought it was 3m for the new version and 10m for the old one with one caveat: when no restrictions are imposed from above, i.e. not in war zone :)
 
Anything with that will track 12 to 14 satellites will get you that. magellan and garmin are the most popular.Since the removal of the selective availability code, Gps rx have been very accurate. The us can restore the code if need be, but I can't see it happening.

Frank
 
why not just buy a rangefinder so you have a more useful tool for other places you hunt

*not that a GPS isnt useful, but for general range finding, its 1000x as ghey as a decent LRF*
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