Recent content by Goosedowner

I make.it known to first time hunters with me that we are only hunting birds and we dont shoot at anything on the ground and the birds should be above eye level before you shoot. Only exceptions would be like two days ago my GWP caught a woodchuck and brought it back to me. I had my buddy hold...

I only run one dog so I taped the mode switches where I want them. I got tired of the switches getting moved and the unit not doing what I thought it should be doing.

I usually turn both the collar and the hand-held on in the truck (usually place them on the dash of the truck) on the way to the hunting location. it's almost like they are to close to get a good reading. sometimes it will say 69 feet?? once we get out of the truck and the dog gets away from me...

I agree, I can't imagine having to keep looking at the handheld. The watch is the cats meow for checking on the dog.

I was impressed that they contacted Garmin to get their take in the issue and not give me some pull it out of their butt answer.

Chief upland got back to me and here is what they said. Hi Lee, Thank you for reaching out! We have reached out to Garmin regarding this which they have said that "modern day" electronics should not be affected by the magnets. We have heard a few reports of this though, which is why we...

After thinking over the info you guys have told me, i have come to the conclusion that my 550 did need the updates at the beginning of the season but after that it was the magnets that were making it go crazy. On two of my hunts early in the season I had forgotten my garmin watch so I kept the...

I just sent an email to Chief upland Co. to see of that have had any other hunters using their vests have issues similar to mine. Thanks for that info, I would have never guessed those little magnets might be affecting the gps.

I've recalibrated it several times since doing the updates. crap, it's a new vest. now what!

my new vest has magnets on the shell pockets!! I keep the handheld in a pouch close to my shoulder, is that close enough for the magnets to affect it? I only hunt one dog now, in a few years I'll add another but I doubt I'll ever have more then 2 dogs. I use the tone button frequently, mostly to...

I thought the ppro 550 + was pretty set to every 2.5 sec? I worked great for 2 years without any issues.

on our first 2 hunts this year the arrow that shows the location of the dog would pretty much just spin so I wouldn't have a clue where my dog was. I downloaded the new updates to the collar and the handheld and that helped but for several hunts bounced around but not as bad as it was. On our...

Right now I'm using a pro 550+ with a tt15 collar. I'm going into the 3rd year with this set up and the first 2 years it worked great but this year not so much. So this has me thinking about getting a replacement so I'm not GPSless in the middle.of hunting season. I'm considering another 550+...

most GWP's dont like heat and thrive in coer weather. I happen to have the exception to this...lol my girl has a tight coat and is not fond of the real cold days. she is also very fast and if I'm not on her she will run out to and hunt at 100 to 150 yards all day.