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- Bundle Includes: Astro(Tm) 220 Dog Tracking GPS Receiver, Dc 30 Transmitter Collar, Carrying Case, Ac Adapter, Vehicle Power Cable, Usb Cable, Trip & Waypoint Manager, Owner'S Manual & Quick-Start Guide- 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
- Astro 220 Handheld/ DC 30 Wireless Transmitter Collar/ Carrying Case/ AC Adapter for DC 30/ Vehicle Power Cable for DC 30/ MapSource Trip and Waypoint Manager CD/ USB Cable/ Wrist Strap/ Belt Clip/ User's Manula/ Warranty Card
Read More Garmin Astro Bundle 220 Dog Tracking GPS
Garmin ASTRO BUNDLE DC 30 Collar Plus Astro 220. Tired of searching for your hunting dog in tall grass or dense cover? Now you can leave the hunting entirely to him. Introducing Astro, the first high sensitivity GPS enabled dog tracking system for hunters and sportsmen. This unique system pinpoints your dogs position and shows you exactly where he is, even when you cant see or hear him. The Astro system includes a bright color screen handheld GPS device and the rugged, all weather DC 30 collar. The collar has an integrated GPS transmitter and is specially weighted so the antenna will always point to the sky for optimum signal. To get started, just take Astro outdoors and turn on the handheld and transmitter to acquire GPS satellite signals. Then attach the DC 30 to your dog. Now you are ready to turn him loose / no other setup required. As often as every five seconds, your dogs DC 30 transmits his position to your handheld, and you can see his current location and a trail of where he is been on the Map page of your handheld. Switch over to the Dog Tracker page to view a compass pointing to your dogs location as well as his current status: whether he is running, sitting, on point or treeing quarry. Astro can also sound an alarm to let you know instantly when your dog goes on point. Astro boasts a high sensitivity GPS receiver that can track your dogs position even in the densest cover. You can track up to ten dogs at one time with Astro, at a distance of up to seven miles away /depending on terrain/. The system transmits information by line of sight, so it reaches farthest in flat, open territory.
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By James A. Leone (Wisconsin)
If you need to get a new or replacement GPS and your a dog hunter you have to really look at these. You can buy the handheld unit without the collar and at the worst you can use it as a regular GPS. We used these last bear season and there great. You just have to keep in mind the range, add on antenna a good option.
By B. J. Shelton (Livingston, TN USA)
This was purchased on behalf of a friend with no internet access. He has been a happy hunter ever since.
By G. Wilson (VA, US)
Probably one of the best hunting toys I've had ever. I used the Astro 220 on my old deer hound. I could see the direction she was heading and was able to pick her up a couple of miles away crossing the road. This happened several times and considering the time and worry I saved was grateful to have purchased it. I made maps of the hunting area with the GPS and downloaded where the dog traveled that day. The main downside is after turning the dog loose you are locked into retrieving the dog within 17hrs. Using this collar in conjunction with another collar with longer distance and longer battery life may be the way to go. The information gained from using the astro 220 is well worth the trouble.
By James B. Graham (Laurel, MS USA)
This is the best thing available as far as I know, but it could be a little better. I refused to buy until they came out with the DC30 collar. Topo map software is a must-have. I wish they had the option for a shorter collar strap (beagles). As one other reviewer said, making this an all-in-one shock and track would be the bomb. Part of the appeal of this system is that I can tell when a dog is running off-game (deer) by the path they are taking (rabbits make circles, loops, etc.), so I can correct them before they get too far away and get in the highway. I keep one DC30 on an old dog I trust and the other one on younger dogs in training. When I see them separate, there is a good chance the puppy is going astray. I need the tracking collars on the dogs that also wear e-collars. It's quite a lot for a 20lb beagle to carry. I'll be upgrading to the lighter Tritronics G3 series as soon as I can afford it.
By 3 Brits (Arizona)
After using this for the first time last weekend it was quite impressed how well it works. I've used telemetry collars in the past, but pin pointing the signal was troublesome at best. Additionally, if you were pointed 180 degrees in the opposite direction you would get a signal. A real problem when you looking for your dog in a dense forest and you start walking in the wrong direction. I got that one back by repeatedly using a whistle and he finally heard me.
For quail hunting in scrub oaks it works wonderfully. Often I would loose track of a dog and they were on point just 15 yards away. I have not been able to run more than one dog at a time because it took too much concentration and I was out there to enjoy the time with my dogs, and not stress out over where they were. I also am not a big fan of bells and beeper collars. They get annoying to listen to them all day. Even using the locate feature on a DT collar wasn't that reliable as the range was not as advertized. The Tritronics beeper collar was also horrible, as my dog would shut it off grouse hunting moving in and out of thick cover.
Next fall I will see how well they work in dense cover.
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