Trackin systems...advice and tips

The Garmin has made dogging sooo much more enjoyable. I can not tell you how nice it is not to have to belly crawl through a half mile of razor vine when you can now just look at the GPS and see the trail on the back side of the head. Used properly, it makes you a better dog man and saves valuable time getting to a bay. Just make sure you still pay attention to the dogs and don't fall into the "video game" mentality.

Having said that, I still run a radio collar on my long dogs for battery life reasons. I've been around most of the Wildlife systems and they all work well, and the company itself can repair anything that messes up, which is awesome. QuickTrack and Marshal's seem pretty reliable as well from what I've seen.

Like C said, I'd get the Garmin and a radio collar for your long dog and that's a good start.