aladatrot.......I know what you mean. You will be able to see if the dog is just out smelling the roses or is actually doing something. It also will let you see the route that that bad running hog took when he smoked you, so next time you can be ready
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Waylon
IT seems the more technonogy that comes out the less aware hunters become about their surroundings and the less they are able to read their own dogs. I believe the quality of dogs and hunters now is starting to show technology dependent people.
GPS for if you get lost...
Shock Collar to train you dogs...
Now GPS on dog to tell you what it is doing...
Although I think all this stuff is cool... I dred what the sport will become. I was amazed early on in my hunting career at how the guys knew what their dogs were doing, wanting to do, or had done just by reading the dog. They had some of the best handle on a dog I had ever seen... and no shock collars. We have all this technology now that is suppose to be better,,,but the quality is way down. Why is that?
I dont see this as a replacement of being dog savy. Just another tool that will allow hunters to be better able to keep up with thier dogs. As far as I am concerned I don't think there will ever be any technology that can replace dog savy. Being able to "read" your dogs and knowing what they are doing just by the tone in thier bark or the way they are acting is an priceless skill to have. These tracking collars are more of an insurance policy than anything else.
Waylon
