GPS FOR HUNTING

[Dr. Vette]

Thanks Dubyam.

I'll try to figure out how to turn it off.

I didn't consider battery life as my phone is always in the charger when I'm in the truck. I haven't taken it with me on a hike or hunt yet. I'll test it out this week or next and see if I can turn the bloody thing off until I need it.

Try this:

"A task manager can view running apps and close them. To use the task manager, follow these steps:

From any Home screen, touch Applications.
Touch Application Manager.
Touch the following:
Running applications tab and touch Stop all to stop running applications."

 

[Elkman]

This is exactly why I carry a Garmin etrex, and a compass.!

 

[Vince]

OK, got a new "smartphone".
Had wifi, whatever that is, bigger screen, "smart touch", voice this and that, and I can cruise the internet all day long. Sadly I need phone service to use the gps. I think it's a Samsung Galaxy S4.
Edit to add: This message was brought to you by a Troglodyte on a smartphone.

 

[Dr. Vette]

OK, got a new "smartphone".
Had wifi, whatever that is, bigger screen, "smart touch", voice this and that, and I can cruise the internet all day long. Sadly I need phone service to use the gps. I think it's a Samsung Galaxy S4.
Edit to add: This message was brought to you by a Troglodyte on a smartphone.

Vince,

You sure about that?
I've never heard of needing the phone service to make the GPS work.

If you Google "Samsung Galaxy S4 GPS" you can learn all kinds of ways to turn it on and off using wifi and/or other connections. So, it appears it is possible to use GPS without having phone service.

Patrick

http://androidwidgetcenter.com/android- ... galaxy-s4/

 

[Vince]

Patrick,

The only thing I'm sure of is that my phone is way smarter than I am.

I'm just going by what they told me in the phone store.

 

[35 Whelen]

Well from a guides point of view and after owning just about every new click in GPS since they introduced them , either personally or playing with the clients GPS's I can tell you that the Rino line from Garmin has saved us more time here in the North Maine Woods from looking for folks than all the others put togeather................................ the combo of a map downloadable GPS with NOAA weather and "Poling" were one GPS "talks" to the other one so you can see each others position is simple AMAZING Technology................... The weather alerts keep folks informed of severe weather before it strikes. The poling feature is probably the best thing that ever happened to two hunters to keep track of each other. And the maps make the avg guy that is NOT GPS oriented able to visualize where he is in relation to the road or the truck so much EASIER!
I couldn't recommend one enough ....................... so much so that we have a spare one here for hunters that are likely to get into trouble in the big woods.
I cant tell you how surprised that they are, when the get mixed up, and start to panic because it is getting late in the day, and starting to get dark and snowing, and they are not back to the truck yet, and because I have been monitoring their progess all afternoon; without them realizing it; and I step out of the woods beside them !!!!!! They cant imagine it .
One of my guides, actually expects me to be sitting in the road after dark, when he arrives out to a road, and tells the clients, that I will be able to gauge their arrival so close, that they will literally step out of the woods thru the ditch and open the passenger door to a warm truck!!!!
Of course practice makes perfect,
JMHO
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[Dr. Vette]

Patrick,

The only thing I'm sure of is that my phone is way smarter than I am.

I'm just going by what they told me in the phone store.

And you trust them?!?

Go ahead, Google it and learn how to do it.

 

[Vince]

I just went to the Play Store and downloaded a GPS that works w/o having phone service.

Life is good and I'm now higher tech than I was before. Now I'm off to the range. Thank you Patrick for your help. I'm one of those folks that while I can't figure things out can follow directions.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I have a Garmin pocket GPS which I have used a few times in the mountains after getting lost in the California Sierra, Kern River Drainage 40 years ago. Mostly I carry this GPS in my pack and do not need it, despite covering several drainages all over Utah and Western Wyoming.

 

[Dr. Vette]

I love to mark spots that I visit as I hunt. Often I place where I hunt on certain days as well as where I have my kills.

I then download these spots into my Google Earth file on my computer and can look at the location any time I want. It's fun to relive the memories in this way.

 

[Oldtrader3]

That is a good idea Patrick.