Deer Tech
Today's hectic life style forces us women hunters to use our time in the field wisely and to make the most of every minute we spend in our favorite hunting grounds.
Two years ago I found a product called Expert GPS that helps me make the most of my time in the field.
Expert GPS is mapping software for Windows XP and Vista that can be used in conjunction with your hand-held GPS unit. You can add your waypoints and tracklogs from your GPS unit to the software and then superimpose them on aerial photos or topographical maps.
Expert GPS downloads aerial photos and topographical maps onto your computer hard drive and saves them. You can then take your laptop with you to deer camp, which I do, and I have a compete map of my hunting area with all my important waypoints and routes plotted on the map.
I've entered all of our hunting shack's locations, ATV trails, roads and other important landmarks into the software.
When I am out scouting or just roaming around our property I carry my Garmin GPS unit and enter waypoints to mark deer hotspots, deer runways, bedding areas, scrapes, rubs, etc. I can then go back to camp and enter those right into the software and see where that spot is on the aerial photo of our 80 acres that I have stored on the computer.
When I purchased Expert GPS it was only about $30. Now it is a little more expensive at $49.95.
You can download the free version of Expert GPS, called Easy GPS at CNET. CNET is a great website that offers free, safe, software downloads and product reviews.
Both products are from TopoGrafix.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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Now that is a bit of interesting information. That sounds like it would make studying an area a lot easier.
I'm definately going to look into that.
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