Post by elk4me on Oct 29, 2006 21:39:58 GMT -5
Well everyone I had the scare of my life today hunting 
. I was hunting on a mtn ridge that I hunt alot , I know it pretty well but not that well. It was raining about 1:30 Pm when we arrived visibility was low like 200yards. It was cold and raining and then started snowing. It was getting pretty bad but me and my hunting partner decided to look for the Elk we had found during bow season since that was the only tags we both had was for Elk since I shoot a Doe this morning with my rifle. We'll any ways to make a long story short it got worse(Weather conditions) almost a total whiteout on the mountain. All our landmarks we use were UN-seable 
. I carry 2 compasses with me just in-case one fails to work well we got 2 totally different readings from both 
, so now what do we do??? The US /Canadian boarders are too the north and the 100 Mi reservoir is too the west , but which way is north and which way is west 
. We tried to backtrack our steps but that was no good since the snow was falling harder now and covered them pretty good,and the wind is swirling also. So we decided to go west the way one compass said for a bit and didn't recognize a thing, so we used the other reading from compass #2. It was correct Finally we cold get to the top of a meadow that we recognized from earlier bye the old dilapidate homestead near the middle of the meadow. So when I got home I threw both compasses away 
. So here is my dilemma I would like to add a fairly easy to use or inexpensive GPS that I can make notations in as far as bearings of hot-spots or a Digital compass that I can carry extra batteries in my day pack if it goes dead. If anyone has any info that can help me out I would appreciate it. This was a very scary experience that I had today, this was prime Grizzly country and it was not a good hunt. I have been looking on-line tonight at a Garmin E tr-ax at BPShops here is the link:
www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=20928&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults
I need to know this info I am asking about so I can get it on my Xmas list for Mrs .Elk soon. If I get one thing on the list I hope it is this or one similar.
So I wont ever have to worry about things happening like this afternoon.
. I was hunting on a mtn ridge that I hunt alot , I know it pretty well but not that well. It was raining about 1:30 Pm when we arrived visibility was low like 200yards. It was cold and raining and then started snowing. It was getting pretty bad but me and my hunting partner decided to look for the Elk we had found during bow season since that was the only tags we both had was for Elk since I shoot a Doe this morning with my rifle. We'll any ways to make a long story short it got worse(Weather conditions) almost a total whiteout on the mountain. All our landmarks we use were UN-seable 
. I carry 2 compasses with me just in-case one fails to work well we got 2 totally different readings from both 
, so now what do we do??? The US /Canadian boarders are too the north and the 100 Mi reservoir is too the west , but which way is north and which way is west 
. We tried to backtrack our steps but that was no good since the snow was falling harder now and covered them pretty good,and the wind is swirling also. So we decided to go west the way one compass said for a bit and didn't recognize a thing, so we used the other reading from compass #2. It was correct Finally we cold get to the top of a meadow that we recognized from earlier bye the old dilapidate homestead near the middle of the meadow. So when I got home I threw both compasses away 
. So here is my dilemma I would like to add a fairly easy to use or inexpensive GPS that I can make notations in as far as bearings of hot-spots or a Digital compass that I can carry extra batteries in my day pack if it goes dead. If anyone has any info that can help me out I would appreciate it. This was a very scary experience that I had today, this was prime Grizzly country and it was not a good hunt. I have been looking on-line tonight at a Garmin E tr-ax at BPShops here is the link:www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=20928&hvarTarget=search&cmCat=SearchResults
I need to know this info I am asking about so I can get it on my Xmas list for Mrs .Elk soon. If I get one thing on the list I hope it is this or one similar.
So I wont ever have to worry about things happening like this afternoon.
