One thing about the Garmin 220 DC 30 collars is if your hunting on a smaller place you know exactly where your dogs are and if there on one of those running hogs you can get ahead of them and turn the hog or catch the dogs before they are off your hunting area. It is really cool tracking system. Where we hunt in East TX its wooded,thickets, hills and lots of creeks and around three miles long and the gps works at that distance. Not saying the dogs have never lost communication from the gps but you can always start driving towards them and pick them right back up, or put the longer range antenna on remember you know exactly were they are at the time you lost communication. Another cool feature is when you catch a hog and the dogs role out on another hog you can mark that location where you left the hog and come back later. You can mark locations like roads and stands if its a place you hunt alot and know exactly the quickest way to the bay. As far as hunting in the city it did ok as long as there is not alot of power lines over you and the gps unit. When you are in the truck sometimes you have to step out of the truck to get a correct reading or hang the long range antenna out of the window. I feel you can do more hunting for hogs and less hunting for dogs with this system but I'am sure other guys are just as good finding there dogs with there radio collars its just way easier for me with the gps. You can also use the handheld for marking fishing spots you find on lakes. We have a DC 20 collar with a flexible antenna that is short range that we only run on one of the catchdog. If you decide to buy the Garmin only buy the DC 30 collars. 

Finally got to hunt our strike dog Butch after some healing sore paws and a new hunting spot. Me and my brother Derald went out Friday morning and caught a good size sow. Went again Monday morning with brother and hookie playing 9 yr old newphew Lane. Butch bayed up blonde sow and newphew got in on his first pig with dogs. We where really happy newphew was there. Started to rain so we just rode around hunting lease scouting for deer signs for next year for places to put stands and food plots for spring. Jamie brought my 9 yr old daughter Bailey out to lease around 3:30 after school she was not happy about newphew missing school and her going to school and not getting to go that morning. Rode around untill about 5:00 and looked like we were not going to get on a hog for Bailey, was about 400 yrds from camp and seen where hog tracks crossed the rode. Let Butch and Sally out on the tracks and after Butch got out about 350 yrds we heard Butch baying. Got within 60 yrds of the bay and turned wedge loose. Had to literrally crawl in the last 25 yrds to get to the sow. It was also Baileys first hog with dogs. She was so excited. Wish we would have got a pic with Bailey and her first hog but by the time we got the sow out she was at home in bed.

 

brindle pup 1/2 dogo,1/4 cur,1/4 black and tan-other 2 pups cur litter mates-5 1/2 mths old




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We enjoyed huntin with Mike, Chris, and Mandi we were out there for about 10 min. and  ;DChris fell backwards into the swamp and the dogs bayed up a sow..We road around on the truck and got on a few races but those come up empty....  We had the best time we will def. have to go again with yall or yall with us....Have been looking at this site for sometime and finally joined. Great site. Will defiantly tell all my hunting buddies about the site. Thank you so much for a great time.....Greg & Jamie