| Nobody wants to give away the location of their | | | | the sheriff to within 10 miles of my stand. Twenty |
| best deer hunting stand. Heck, I even have a few | | | | words or a 1000 words just aren't good enough to |
| stands that I keep secret from my best hunting | | | | pinpoint a location in the woods unless the person |
| buddy, which is quite an accomplishment since they | | | | doing the describing really knows the area. If I had a |
| are on his property. But when it comes to safety, | | | | handheld GPS unit, I could try to remember to bring it |
| keeping our hunting stands secret is really a bad idea. | | | | and mark a waypoint at each stand. Then I have to |
| Falling from a tree stand, hanging from a safety | | | | write down the coordinates and leave them where |
| harness, breaking an ankle, leg or worse, or even | | | | they can be found. But there is an easier way and it |
| getting lost, happens every year in every state with | | | | doesn't require you to own a GPS. |
| deer hunting. I can imaging laying (or hanging) there | | | | Thanks to the Internet and the availability of |
| wondering "how long am I going to be here before | | | | excellent satellite imagery, now everyone reading this |
| somebody finds me?". | | | | article has the tools to find they stand location on |
| I don't bother trying to describe the location of my | | | | satellite imagery, mark the exact location, and |
| stands to my wife because it is pointless. She doesn't | | | | automatically email the GPS location coordinates to |
| know where Amsterdam Sloughs is, and she certainly | | | | anybody in the world. Google Maps is a nice tool, but |
| doesn't know where the trail at the back of the big | | | | it takes 3 or 4 steps to accomplish. The simplest tool |
| swamp is. I do however, let her know when I'm | | | | I know of can be found at |
| hunting and that I'll be back one hour after dark or I'll | | | | Keep the red marker on the screen as you zoom in |
| call. If I fell (I fall a lot) and broke an ankle (I did that | | | | and zoom out. Use your mouse to drag the marker |
| once, but only had to crawl from the street to the | | | | to the exact location and click "eMail GPS Locations". |
| house), my wife would never find me. I'm making a | | | | Fill in the details in the body of the email and you are |
| big assumption here, but assuming she would even | | | | covered. Its a fun and free insurance policy. Give it a |
| want me to be found, I don't think she could direct | | | | try! |