Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? In this age of GPS, SPOT, laser rangfinders, etc, have we lost even the most basic skills, such as navigating by map and compass? Other than our military guys, how many of us, if disoriented, could find our way out of the woods with just a map and compass?
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Are we as sportsman becoming too dependent on modern technology? In this age of GPS, SPOT, laser rangfinders, etc, have we lost
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Like Big O, I was taught map and compass reading at a very early age so I have at least some basic skill of that. I definitely agree with you that some of the fun of hunting or fishing is lost when you just follow a GPS to a spot, rather than finding the way yourself. New technology brings a lot of good for outdoorsmen, but people put too much confidence in their technology which could fail them and cost them their life. Something like a GPS running out of batteries and forgetting a spare set could cost someone their life.
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You should use modern devices as aids to your navigational skills, not as replacements. As far as locater beacons go, a good idea, but in some places even if rescuers know where you are it could still take them a long time to get to you, depending on weather and terrain.... not instant salvation.... and I am sure they occasionally fail, Murphy's law has always applied to any man made device I have owned, especially in rough country...
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Clay Cooper!
I can always count on you to cut right to the chase...
In that situation, SPOT would be the thing to have, for sure...I can definitely see that it would be a life-saving device...I am merely asking if we have become too dependent on modern gadgets...
When the satellites go down, or the batteries die, we need to be able to rely on experience, common sense and woodsmanship...
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I do not use a GPS but can see their use in rugged terrain where visability is limited due to mountains or forest cover. I tend to hunt in a half circle when in unknown territory keeping my veichle's location and the road in mind. I have never gotten lost...even in the mountains. I increase the circumference of these half circles each trip and before you know it you have been back in the woods a few miles.
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