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Mark the location of your deer blind, or find your way back to that great duck-hunting spot. GPS navigation can be the difference between successful hunting and wandering aimlessly around in the woods.
Safety
GPS is useful too because it allows you to safely and easily navigate your way back even if you get caught in bad weather and visibility is poor.
Easily navigate back to base camp if you get separated from the rest of the group.
If you get in serious trouble, you can use a GPS unit to communicate your exact position to rescue teams.
Knowing where you are
Hunters often become so preoccupied with the pursuit of game that they forget to pay attention to where they are going and when the game is finally down, they realize they dont have a clue as to where they are. This is when a GPS becomes useful.
Use GPS and your two way radio to communicate your location for an impromptu rendezvous with fellow hunters.
In the dark, it is easy to get turned around by mistake. But traveling to and from a stand is no problem with a backlit GPS.
Sometimes hunters down a large animal and have to hurry back to camp to get some help and then have trouble finding his trophy again, especially in the dark. Marking the location of the downed animal on your GPS before heading back to camp makes it easy to relocate.
Geocaching - A New High-Tech Sport
The word geocaching is pronounced "geo-cashing." Traditionally by definition, a cache is a place where supplies or food is hidden. The idea of the sport is to have people start caches all around the world and then use the Internet to publish the locations of the caches. A logbook is kept in the cache and the cache should be waterproof. Any time you take and leave something, you're supposed to make a note of it in the logbook.
Geocaching is a lot of fun and a good way to sharpen your GPS navigation skills. It's actually modern treasure hunting, except you don't get to keep what you find. With geocaching, you find the "treasure" and replace it with something else. Then you take what you find and place it in another cache. The item is usually some sort of collectible of minor actual value.
By entering the waypoints into your GPS receiver, you follow the directions to the cache. It sounds easy, but rarely is. People are very creative in their placement of the cache. Sometimes they're found in urban settings; above ground, below ground, or inside buildings.
GPS Reception
If you are heading into the forest, get a fix in a clearing first
A GPS can keep a fix easier than it can get one. The forest is a difficult place for GPS reception, so use clearings to get a fix and then walk into the woods.
In addition, the reception and gathering of ephemeris data from new satellite signals that appear from time to time is even more difficult in the woods than getting a fix. Collect data from as many satellites as you can ahead of time.
This tip applies equally well to canyons, including urban canyons (canyons caused by tall buildings).
