While the handheld will give the truck location if you Start New Hunt and mark truck location, it's nice just to look at the watch for truck direction while in the woods. Gil
You can say that again. 12 years ago I was hunting a large area on the MN/IA border and my young Drahthaar and I got totally turned around in a white-out snow storm which turned into an ordeal that I never want to repeat. The one bright spot was I took my only MN hun which was probably as turned around as I was.
I have used a Garmin Alpha tracking unit & watch for the last several years and I always mark the truck. It's especially nice with pointers in heavy cover now that my ears no longer hear beepers reliably. That said, it's overkill for yard work and daily runs, so for that I use a regular e-collar.
