tailgunner
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True - but it doesn't have the precision of my gps, at least with HuntStand. I have seen points off by dozens of yards. I have had good luck with Gaia tracks, I might give that a try again. But I'm not a fan of the touch screen of a phone vs buttons of a gps.You say you lost your GPS but what about an app on your phone? Works even without cell service, and the free version of Gaia should be more than enough to navigate to waypoints in the dark.
Yeah, I always pick a tree when scouting as well. Trouble is navigating directly to it in pitch black. I do like the grey light idea.So this season I did more scouting than I ever have. Put a ton of miles on the ole boots. One mistake I made scouting is when I’d find an area that looked good. I pinned it and moved on. Instead of picking a certain tree or trees to climb. So in my ignorance Id get to an area I scouted over the summer and then not be able to find a tree in the dark. So I learned quickly to either as mentioned walk in and then find a spot in gray light. Or when scouting pick a tree as also mentioned. This summer I will be scouting with my sticks and will even climb the tree first to see how the shooting lanes look since I’m on public. Then mark that individual tree. This option gives you the go in while its dark if you prefer that over going in during gray light.
GPS app on your phone gets you close, reflective tacks marking the specific tree gets you the rest of the way.Yeah, I always pick a tree when scouting as well. Trouble is navigating directly to it in pitch black. I do like the grey light idea.
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
True - but it doesn't have the precision of my gps, at least with HuntStand. I have seen points off by dozens of yards. I have had good luck with Gaia tracks, I might give that a try again. But I'm not a fan of the touch screen of a phone vs buttons of a gps.
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
I would be checking your phone location settings, I’m getting pinpoint “base of the tree”..
Go walk thru the woods after dark with a headlamp on. You can get incredibly close to deer that don't smell you before they really turn inside out. While deer are nocturnal, they really don't see well at all when it is dark. There are alot of critters that make noise in the woods when it is dark, so I don't feel the little noise I make is harmful. Try not to sound human, try to keep wind in your favor, you should be ok. Those deer get a whiff of you though.......Not who you're quoting, but I think deer are more inclined to hard spook if they see you in the light. Whenever I run into deer in the dark and I see their eyes, I usually back out and go around them. Rarely do the spook hard or blow at me if I do that.
That’s a user specific phone/carrier/signal issue. Onx & HuntStand are both designed to run in a “offline” mode for gps. I would be checking your phone location settings, I’m getting pinpoint “base of the tree”..
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Unlike others above, I’ve killed my biggest and oldest buck and seen plenty of deer at first light. I guess everyone’s hunting experience is different. I like to get in plenty early, 1-2 hours before light.
I like to use On-X on my phone to navigate in the dark but I also use terrain for most of the walk in and out so I don’t have to check my phone.
I also try to scout as much as possible in the off season and cover lots of miles. If I find a good spot that I want to come back and potentially hunt I will spend the time to pick out 2-3 trees that I could setup in. Sometimes I’ll stand there 15-30 mins picking out a tree. That way, when it’s time to come in and hunt, I already know what trees I can climb and have good shot windows.
I have dozens and dozens of these spots. Sometimes you don’t hunt an area that year but you can always come back to it and you have the trees already picked out
That stings I’m sure!!Yeahhh.. I've killed 2 mature bucks at 1st light on the 1st day of the season (september) in bachlor groups in their bedrooms. The one I didn't get a shot at came past at 1st light around oct 28th headed to bed. That one still gets me. There are others as well. All those 3 are on video so I get watch the one walk out of my life any time I want lol.
All my morning hunts are planned out. I know exactly what tree I'm headed to and I'm there an hour before day break. On public I'll have a backup plan. I scout a lot.
I hear ya. My plan B is if another dude flashes his light at me...but that never happensThat stings I’m sure!!
Sounds like we hunt very similar. I primarily hunt bedding areas as well. Preparation in the off-season and quality scouting are so key.
great point on the backup plan. I like to slip in early enough that if my card-pull shows now action then I can move to plan B and still be setup before daylight
Means you’re in there deep probably! My plan B’s are typically wind dependent. Lot of public that I hunt so typically I can make another setup in the next ridge system or drainageI hear ya. My plan B is if another dude flashes his light at me...but that never happens
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The chipset in some if not all phones may not support all gps, but all cell phones have some sort of gps capability. Additionally, depending on the terrain you are in, one may not have "pinpoint base of the tree" accuracy, although they should get close.