subject: Benefits Of A Handheld GPS For Hunting [print this page] No matter what outdoor activity you prefer, there are handheld GPS units for almost every outdoor sport activity. Most of those handheld GPS units catch signals from more than 10 satellites that calculate your position. A lot of of those devices have integarted calendars that can help you determine the best time to go fishing or hunting. Many weight under 10 ounces so you don't even notice their weight, however they have a lot of capabilities. You can store up to 50 retraceable paths and 2000 waypoints with images and names that you can navigate to later.There is a trip computer that records sunrise and sunset, covered distance, speed and many other things.
If you are a hunter you will be secure with a handheld GPS unit while wondering through the woods. One reason is because they don't have to pay close attention to where they are going and can pretty much wonder freely and still be able to find their way back to their vehicle or campsite with the GPS trackers.You just have to mark your waypoints, and then set the GPS unit to turn around, and just follow the arrows on the screen that will take you safely to your starting point.
If you take hunting dogs with you, you might consider a handheld GPS unit with multiple recievers for your dogs too.You attach a GPS tracking unit to each of your dogs and then you can track there whereabouts with your GPS handheld unit.For tracking your dogs in detail there are usually two screens.The first screen is a compass showing you the direction in which each dog is going, showing each dog's path in different colors. Another screen is showing you each dog's info individually, position, speed, average distance and how much battery their GPS tracking unit has left.
For many of the hunting GPS units there are additional topo maps and public hunting area maps that can be uploaded with a software from your computer. These maps can be very helpful if you are about to go hunting outside of a private hunting property.Every GPS unit for hunting comes with a memory card so you can design your personal maps and store them to be used many years after.
