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Has anybody here had recent experience with these. My shooting student Joe Wood bought one several years ago and swears by his.
Sometimes I hunt by myself and nobody knows where I am (sometimes even me) and I am going to get one.
Thanks!
Mike
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You mean a Hunters version of an "I've fallen and can't get up" pendant??
USAF RET 1971-95
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Sometimes I do fall and cannot get up. At least until I can crawl over to a tree for an assist. I've always figured my cell phone would suffice in case of an emergency. Wouldn't the 'ping' feature work the same as an emergency locator after a 911 call?...Geo.
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Friend of mine fell, mashed his neck, and couldn't operate the phone. In an unbelevable stroke of luck two other hunters -and ERIC Doctor and an EMT found him, and arranged to get him out
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I've hunted and trapped most of my life alone and am under the firm belief if you go into the field preparing for something to go wrong it will. I've had some very close calls but am still here and have some great stories.
I refuse to even take my cell phone n the field with me, my time afield is mine I don't want it interrupted.
Last edited by oskar; 12/11/16 06:57 PM.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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I've hunted and trapped most of my life alone and am under the firm belief if you go into the field preparing for something to go wrong it will. If something goes wrong, it will happen whether you are prepared to survive or not. I even tell Emily where I'm going sometimes now. I can't give the marina operator a list of where i'll be fishing in the Everglades National Park though for fear it might get out. Think I'll check into a personal EPIRB...Geo
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I own land in WSTX that joins a state highway, During an ice storm an insurance adjuster slid off the road an into a brush covered ravine. His truck was obscured from the road.
He was very seriously injured and pinned in his truck cab. As there is no reliable cell service in that area. His calls never connected to a tower.
After approximately four days based on information from his cell phone and the coroner, he shot himself. His body was found approximately a week later when someone noticed the fence was down and saw a debris field through the brush. A very sad situation, it gives me the creeps.
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Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.
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Down here in southeastern Arizona in the foothills adjoining the mountains it's very easy to get turned around. My hunting buddy carries a GPS locater(I think that's what it's called) and will scroll in the truck location so he can find his way back. I've been relying on a compass and mental notes of the terrain.
BTW the locator also tells him where his dog is located when it goes on point.
Steve
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Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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George, the big selling point of a PLB or EPIRP is the ellimination of "search" from "search and rescue." Gil
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