Garmin updates

I want to send out a "thank you" to all the guys on this site that posted info on the Garmin updates. I was able to update my unit and collars last week, but I am not that great on computers. Luckily, I have a full-time computer GEEK in my office and he just loves playing with new stuff!!!!!!

We got the unit and 2 -DC30's and even updated an old DC20 in about 15 minutes, but he ran this program like Superman, and half the time I didn't know what he was doing.

Results: This past weekend I used my tracking dog (Jagdterrier) on a deer shot with a question of a miss for a friend. No visible signs of a hit, but we wanted to run the dog to make sure anyway. The dog usually makes cirlces out to 200 - 250 yards when we are "looking" for a deer almost identical to if he was looking for anything else. When he starts taking a line, he is on something and when he stops, he is at the deer 99% of the time. If it is a good hit, and good sign - it usually takes a line and everytime he stops it is a wound bed or a dead deer.

Well, this day, he made several circles and we ended up about 200 yards from the shot, when he rolls out on something. Immediately, I could tell a difference on the unit or the collar. It may be a figure of my imagination, but the unit seemed to be updating faster than usual, and I could track the dog further than ever. He actually came out on another road and we were able to actually see where the deer crossed the road, drove around and located the exact spot where the dog crossed. Sure enough we had a fresh deer track there, but no signs of a wounded deer. We were able to call the dog in and chalked it up to a miss. So far, happy w/ update!