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Garmin Astro 220 GPS Dog Tracking System – Using the Garmin Astro to Locate Your Hunting Dog

Ben Walton — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:29:25 +0000

If you’re tired of looking in dense cover or tall grass for your hunting dog, Garmin Astro is the first dog GPS tracking system specifically designed to help sportsmen and hunters keep track of their dogs. This system shows you exactly where your dog is, even when you can not see or hear your pet and its functionality and features go beyond the needs of your normal pet owner.

The Garmin Astro 220 is composed of a portable GPS with a bright LCD screen, and DC 20, a wireless transmitter. Everything you need to do to start is to take the system from outside and turn on the transmitter and the handheld unit. They will acquire the signals from GPS satellites, and you can join the DC 20 wireless transmitter to your dog. There is a harness that came with the device you can use or you can thread on a DC 20 inch E-collar. Installation is simple and fast. Once completed, you can let your dog run away.

Once the arrangements put in place, position your dog will be sent to your phone every five seconds. You have several choices of receiving this information, because the receiver has several display options. Check the map image, and you will see where your dog is. . . and where he or she was. Go to page tracking dog, and you’ll see a compass that indicates the location of your dog, and tells you what he or she does. You’ll know if your dog is sitting, walking, on the point, or trees career. An alarm can be activated to tell you when your dog goes on point so you know when your dog has sensed an animal immediately.

The Garmin Astro 220 receiver high sensitivity shows you where your dog is still through the dense cover. It allows you to follow as much as ten different dogs, and you can follow each dog as much as five miles. The terrain effects the way Garmin Astro 220 works, however, to take this into consideration when planning your hunt. flat territory works best, since the unit transmits by line of sight.

There are useful functions included in the Garmin Astro 220 more than the tracking dogs too. After you found your prey, you can mark the location with the functionality Covey cons, detailing the time of day, and even the altitude and the number of animals you blushed over how much you have taken. You can also drop important points, such as your car and your lodge for each flush, so you never lose your bearings. Special icons are available to represent different points of hunting, including stands of trees and bits of food.

The Astro also has a barometric altimeter, electronic compass and a calculator region.

The Garmin Astro 220 powered by two AA batteries that last up to 24 hours, which means you will not have to stop and recharge. The unit is waterproof, if dogs can not swim it hurts. About six hundred dollars, the Garmin Astro 220 offers many features.

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I HUNT WITH HOUNDS! What is better radio telemetry or gps tracking collars?

Ben Walton — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:17:44 +0000

I’ve never owned tracking collars, but wish I could make sure that babies are not near a road or collect it at the end of a hunt. I used radio tracking with friends has never used the GPS. Gps sounds so much better and cost the same, but my concern is the battery life. The Garmin Astro gives autonomy of 22 hours but I am not sure whether the handheld unit or necklace. My friends are collared weeks of signal thanks to the battery technology. Does anyone have experience with both? It’s a big chunk of $ for not sure. .

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Garmin Astro 220 + 2 DC30 Dog Tracking Collars Bundle

Ben Walton — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:19:22 +0000

See Current Location and a Trail of Where Your Dog Been on the Map Page of Your Handheld
Search for Over 6 Million Points of Interest
Create a Route on Roads with Exact Turn by Turn Directions
Bundle includes 2 DC-30 collars

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package includes: Astro 220, DC 30 transmitter collar, carrying case, AC adapter, power cable, USB cable, Trip and Waypoint Manager, owner’s manual, guide QuickStart

Garmin Astro 220 + 2 DC30 Dog Tracking Collars Bundle

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GPS Dog Tracking

Ben Walton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:28:45 +0000

What is GPS Dog Tracking and how does it work? You want to use these things on your pet, or your hunting dogs and you’re not sure how they work. Are they the same as the GPS in your car or the handheld you use in the woods? Well, let’s get down to the basics of the system and talk about it.

First, there are two parts two any GPS Dog Tracking system, the receiver and the transmitter. The transmitting part is actually the dog collar, and some of these for hunting even come with a harness and antenna. Naturally this is very light weight and are pretty comfortable so they won’t bother the dog.

Two systems are currently on the market, Zoombak’s A-GPS Dog Locator, and Garmin’s Astro GPS Dog Tracking System. They are slightly different and I’ll explain each one.

The Garmin system uses an electronic device that is attached to the dog that will receive GPS data and then transmit that data to a handheld receiver. The Garmin system can accommodate up to 10 dogs on a single handheld. The DC20 attaches to the dog’s collar and the screen updates every five seconds. You can track the dog as far away as five miles for up to 17 hours.

The Zoombak GPS Dog Tracking system incorporates cellphone technology in the collar unit as well so it can send the data to your cellphone using the SMS texting system. As it receives GPS data it can receive a signal from the Zoombak network and retransmit the location to a map tracking service Zoombak sells as well. The Zoombak system was designed more for pets. The Garmin for hunting dogs.

An interesting feature on the Zoombak system is that you can set up safety zones on the map system and if the dog wanders out of the zone, you receive a text message and/or an email. These alerts are very nice if you are far from where the dog was supposed to be. Once out of the zone, you can send SMS text messages to your Zoombak account and it will reply with the coordinates of the dog.

Another similar system is called Love My Pets GPS. Both Love My Pets GPS and Zoombak require a subscription in order to use the maps and online tracking. These typically run around $15 a month.