Tracking collars

[BarrNinja]

Hillbilly I used a Garmin up in the panhandle and it was pretty much useless when the hogs would bay in some of those small canyons.Luckily the hogs up there arent dogged alot so they dont run very far.

I second that Tnhillbilly.

I love my Garmin but loose my dogs regularly on it in flat country. Every time they bay in a creek, divot, ditch, or get over the smallest of hills I loose them. Southeast Texas would be considered flat as a pancake by the hillbillies Im kin too.
I've had them get up to over 5,6, and 7 miles away in flat country and still get them with my long range antenna as long as they dont bay in a hole.  

[Mike]

I see everyone saying they keep up with their dogs.

What if you have two or three dogs going two or three different directions?

What if they go somewhere you can't keep up?

What if an emergency happens and you have to leave and come back the next day... the Garmin will be dead?

Just a few thing to think about, but many won't realize it until it happens to them.

[ETHHunters]

Theres alot of what if's. I cant really say what you would if you had dogs scattered all over. Its happened and we have always found them. I have been hunting for about 8 years and have never had the dogs go somewhere I couldnt follow. As far as an emergency someone in our group would always stay. We would never dessert the dogs. Theres always things that could happen. Heck I have lost 2 dogs in the last 3 months from my house.

[BarrNinja]

I see everyone saying they keep up with their dogs.

What if you have two or three dogs going two or three different directions?

What if they go somewhere you can't keep up?

What if an emergency happens and you have to leave and come back the next day... the Garmin will be dead?

Just a few thing to think about, but many won't realize it until it happens to them.

Mike I wish you would stop it!!!! Im gettn all paranoid now!!!

Seriously though that is some dang good points and thing I've been thinking about lately.

I let one of my under the feet, wont get out and hunt cur dogs out a few weeks ago with a partially charged collar one and didn't realise it until he was gone.
I was a little panicked to say the least. Im back to researching radio systems again.