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« on: February 03, 2010, 11:14:25 am » |
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Seeing two different members with lost dogs this week has me wondering what most are running for tracking collars.
I try to run both Garmin and Radio collars on my dogs, with the occasional exception being the catch dog. There seems to be a trade off between the features of the Garmin vs. the reliability of the radio collars.
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 11:15:28 am » |
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just garmin
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bghogdogtx
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 11:20:37 am » |
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Just Radio
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2010, 11:29:56 am » |
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Just garmin
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Jeff
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2010, 11:36:01 am » |
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garmin and tracker. rarely need the tracker, but when i do, i really do. last time i needed it, my best dog wouldnt come in and i had to work the next day. the garmin only had 25 percent battery left. i left a shirt for the dog and went home to get some sleep. i slept a lot better knowing that tracker would still be transmitting in two or three months.
i found her on my shirt the next morning on my way to work.
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2010, 11:43:21 am » |
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Garmin only. If I didnt have midget dogs...I would run both.
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2010, 11:45:17 am » |
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can i vote in three areas?  i currently don't have a tracking system, but i used to run straight radio..and in the next week or two i'll be getting a garmin..lol..i voted no tracking device cuz currently i don't have one. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2010, 12:15:14 pm » |
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I had 2 Garmins,both were junk so I went back old school.They are great when they do work right.Maybe I got 2 lemons.
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Mike
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2010, 12:22:55 pm » |
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Y'all fellas just running the Garmin are brave.
I have a Garmin and a Quick Track... all dogs wear both collars. No dog gets turned out without a radio collar, but they will without the Garmin.
We've lost dogs on several hunts, that without the radio collars, they may not have been found. Chris told a good story on it a while back, his dogs were five miles away.
Last week, we dropped dogs off the radar at .86 miles, one popped up for a second at 1.31 miles... still heading north. The only way to get to them was on foot. After a while, I pulled out the Quick Track and tracked them... they looped back to the south-east about a mile or so. If we had headed north on foot, we would have never gained signal again on the Garmin. Harry's two dogs only had a Garmin on, since we knew the other dogs were that way he drove down and got a signal on them. They ended up being picked up around three miles or better from where we first lost them.
I love the Garmin to death, but I'm not risking my dog's lives on it.
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2010, 12:34:18 pm » |
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Garmin
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2010, 12:36:51 pm » |
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Just Garmin, with the long range antenna.  |
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2010, 12:59:30 pm » |
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I agree mike, thats why i just run Radio right now. READY FOR THE MARSHALL SYSTEM TO COME OUT
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Jeff
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« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2010, 03:14:10 pm » |
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Garmin only. If I didnt have midget dogs...I would run both.
do your midgets not go very deep? ive heard some can be as long range as a hound or cur. |
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« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2010, 04:05:05 pm » |
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I run both we have not had my Garmin that long!!! My wife thanks it hung the moon but I have had to pull oh faithful out several times because they run off the garmin!! It is a neat thing and takes alot of guess work out but when they run off it or get in a deep hole that wildlife will find'em!!
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« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2010, 04:07:40 pm » |
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Just radio, can't afford the Garmin.
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« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2010, 04:17:12 pm » |
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Garmin and Quick Track on bay dogs. Quick Track only on catch dogs.
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2010, 04:36:11 pm » |
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Just Garmin these days.
I used to run both and still have radio collars, but no longer have any dogs that require them.
The GPS technology works really well in this area and I have no issue maintaining signal out to 3/4 of a mile. Nor do I have any issue picking signal back up when I get back in range. And, our country is pretty easy traveling.
With the two dogs I am running now, I don't really have to worry about loosing them. If I loose signal, I just move in that direction and pick them back up.
Steve
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