Sportdog Gps Trackers

[pollypocket 243]

Has anyone used these and are they durable..l know they don't have maps just distance and direction of hunt, plus let you know if they are marking...a lot cheaper and available from British dog with 3yr warranty..

[wheaten 47]

I have the tek 2 I know they little more expensive but believe they track better and longer distance

[DEERMAN 1,018]

I have the tek 2 I know they little more expensive but believe they track better and longer distance

Do you rate these mate ? I have had Garmin models for last 7 years maybe more ,bought the 430 not long back but cant get it down graded to work in UK so still using alpha 100 ,maybe time for change to make /model sold in UK

[busterbuster1969 313]

I got the Tek 01 and really pleased with it... I use it on one on my Terriers who hits a line and can travel some distance and I go out a lot on my own quite a lot working big areas of cover, I had to modify the collar slightly to fit the dog and also tiewrapped the B&f locator module underneath the GPS receiver on the sportdog..

 

I gotta say I'm pretty impressed so far and certainly takes a lot of the stress away when trying to find your dog on your own

[bedx 51]

buster if the dog stops for a few minutes and moves off before you get there can it store where it stopped by manual input or automatic

[busterbuster1969 313]

I'm not sure, there's this things called waypoints that you can store, I'll have a play at the weekend and try and suss it out and get back to you

[DanielG 286]

Just checked some reviews for these in the states there not great reviews ?

http://www.cabelas.com/product/hunting/dog-training-supplies/electronic-dog-collars%7C/pc/104791680/c/104715180/sc/104314680/sportdog-brand-174-tek-1-0-gps-tracking-and-e-collar/1225337.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Felectronic-dog-collars%2Fsportdog%2F_%2FN-1104239%2B4294742899%2B4294388334%2FNe-4294388334%3FWTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNU#tabsCollection

[Username forgotten 110]

Just checked some reviews for these in the states there not great reviews ?

http://www.cabelas.com/product/hunting/dog-training-supplies/electronic-dog-collars%7C/pc/104791680/c/104715180/sc/104314680/sportdog-brand-174-tek-1-0-gps-tracking-and-e-collar/1225337.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Felectronic-dog-collars%2Fsportdog%2F_%2FN-1104239%2B4294742899%2B4294388334%2FNe-4294388334%3FWTz_st%3DGuidedNav%26WTz_stype%3DGNU#tabsCollection

seems your best off buying the other brands after reading the reviews

[busterbuster1969 313]

I've only had mine a couple of weeks and so far I'm impressed, I can only comment on my own experiences and so far so good but I will post in a couple of months with an update

[DanielG 286]

Good luck with your tracker mate. hope it works out

Be interested in how it works in the coming months

The reviews are older maybe there improved now

Atb Dan

[Lee_H 64]

buster if the dog stops for a few minutes and moves off before you get there can it store where it stopped by manual input or automatic

you can do this mate, the triangle icon for the dog turns to a dot and the hand held vibrates to tell you the dog has stopped. If you want to save the location you click on to way points and it gives you the option to save your location or the dogs, click the dogs and it saves as dog1. You can then follow the compass to that location, it also comes in handy to save your vehicle as a way point before you set off if there's a possibility it could get foggy, it's pulled me out the shit a few times!

[bedx 51]

thanks for that Lee

[DanielG 286]

Hi Lee

How have you found it works for distances ?

cheers

[Lee_H 64]

Hi Lee

How have you found it works for distances ?

cheers

hi mate, I use the sport dog on my beagles and my mate uses a garmin alpha, iv tracked the hounds with both systems side by side and there isn't much difference in the update time and the distances is from you to the hounds is always the same. I've never tested it further than 3 miles but to be honest the hounds very rarely go further than 2 miles, with the sort of ground we hunt game seems to run more in big circles rather than a straight line. So far there never been a situation were you can see the hounds on the garmin but not on the sport dog, so far im impressed with it and the fact you can by collars from the uk with a 3 year warranty makes things a lot easier.

[Rocky2 14]

Does the sport dog Tek 2 have bark detection?