pointer 543 Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 i saw these collars in use last year whilst boar hunting in the rainforests of oahu,hawaii. an american staffordshire took off with a young hound and they just kept going.the other bulldog and two hounds had taken a boar so we took that back up the mountain and waited for 40 minutes or so.the hound came back but the bull terrier was way off across the valley. we took the boar back to waikkiki where i was staying and my host dropped it off at the buyers house before going back and locating his dogs in a fancy millionaires block of big houses. apparentely they lose dogs regularly and they usually turn up on housing estates often tired and licking the hose pipes which they know supply water.the dogs wear kevlar collars with metal tags embossed with contact details. the loactor collars go over the top of the kevlar ones and seem to work fine.due to the terrain of very steep sided forests(they make the hills of yorkshire look flat ) its hard to call a dog back as voice is just not carried.it did seem hard to get accurate readings in the dried up river bed but once we got higher the system worked. Quote Link to post
UphillDoc 278 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 DnN-We use locating collars on the hounds here in the Western US quite a bit. The two types telemetry (wildlife, quick track, johnson etc...) and now the new Garmin GPS system. I have very little personal expierience with the new Garmin system, but all reports from others I know have been its worth every penny! The one concern was would it be able to get signal in dense woods, or in steep canyons, but have not heard that being a problem from the folks I know that have it now. If your hand held GPS gets a signal where you hunt, than the new system is the way to go, IMO. Take care. Quote Link to post
john hubery 9 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 DnN Your in box is full mate Quote Link to post
DEERMAN 1,018 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 DnN-We use locating collars on the hounds here in the Western US quite a bit. The two types telemetry (wildlife, quick track, johnson etc...) and now the new Garmin GPS system. I have very little personal expierience with the new Garmin system, but all reports from others I know have been its worth every penny! The one concern was would it be able to get signal in dense woods, or in steep canyons, but have not heard that being a problem from the folks I know that have it now. If your hand held GPS gets a signal where you hunt, than the new system is the way to go, IMO. Take care. The GPS garmin use 60CSX i use in my job and it picks up in buildings so trees will be no probs. Quote Link to post
victor 10 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 P.M the australian members, not me tho i dont dogg pigs Quote Link to post
victor 10 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 P.M the australian members, not me tho i dont dogg pigs Quote Link to post
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 DnN-We use locating collars on the hounds here in the Western US quite a bit. The two types telemetry (wildlife, quick track, johnson etc...) and now the new Garmin GPS system. I have very little personal expierience with the new Garmin system, but all reports from others I know have been its worth every penny! The one concern was would it be able to get signal in dense woods, or in steep canyons, but have not heard that being a problem from the folks I know that have it now. If your hand held GPS gets a signal where you hunt, than the new system is the way to go, IMO. Take care. Great to hear UphillDoc, thanks for the input.... they sound good. I will now find out more detail on signal coverage in my areas, and if all is well I should be hunting next season with at least one or two of the dogs wearing a collar. DnN Quote Link to post
STUNTMAN 552 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 DNN- I used the tracker system with johnson collars. The hounds beat the collars to death and they hold up well. The only complaint I've heard with the new Garmin systems is that they lose power over time, but they are finding out thats due to using two radios in the trucks seems to be killing the range. With the new DC3 collars optimal range is around 5 miles. The olders collars DC2, and the harness were horible and thats from first hand knowlage. I deceided to wait it out because Garmin knows they have something and they are tweeking the new set ups as we speak. good luck Stuntman Quote Link to post
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