Message #29546

[Rocking M]

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.