Thread: Locating shot deer using your GPS - long(ish) range shooting

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Originally Posted by Pengy

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Lol

None needed.

Cheers
Pete

range finder and compass if you have one should get you close

Just spend 5 grand on a thermal imager

Yeah sight and go on the 62s works well when my gps plays the game.

Only used it once i think but sure give you something to go off better then thinking i think its over here

Just a small point about using your GPS as a compass (sight n go).
Make sure you recalibrate the inbuilt compass when you change batteries.

Originally Posted by rogers.270

more importantly - did you get out this weekend? i ended up doing landscaping and tramp building (usually like working on tramps!)

I only saw pictures of you propping up a trampoline and drinking piss this weekend. Better than Havelock water I suppose

Ive found one app called anglecam which will give a compass bearing (azimuth) if you point your phone camera at a spot. There must be others. This one doesnt zoom so that would be a feature to look for.

If you waypoint the point you shot from, and take an accurate bearing using a sighting compass, select goto your shooting waypoint and the deers last position will be somewhere along the back bearing ( that is 180 degrees to your compass bearing). This allows you to travel over to the rough area and once you are on the correct back bearing the deers last position should be along that line, or thereabouts.
Example: shoot deer at 250m and on bearing of 240 magnetic, take waypoint of shooting spot, engage goto shooting spot and walk around the ridge until you get to 060 degrees to your shooting spot, traverse along this bearing using GPS and when you get close to 250m from your goto tyarget you will be close to your deers last known point.

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7mm

Cool, had a play and getting the correct bearing to the deer is the key, compass might work better? Was thinking you could set rifle up so scope is on target then use the compass on top of the cheek rest on the stock (too close to metal?) to get the correct angle

Also would you use the corrected true range?

Have done the range back to shooting shot before which helps a bit, having a back bearing would help!

Some Kaweka stuff is tiger country so it is a needle in a haystack at times, a snow damaged haystack now as well!!

Hopefully do some field testing soon



Thanks again

Take a pic of where the deer is before you leave your shooting spot, for reference when you get over there. Also range where the deer is before you leave, and then range back to where you shot from. It all helps.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Take a pic of where the deer is before you leave your shooting spot, for reference when you get over there. Also range where the deer is before you leave, and then range back to where you shot from. It all helps.

Cool, I'll keep that in mind more tips the better!

In the past if there is 2 of you we've done the you go over I'll stay here and give you directions, on your own, well your on your own

Also looking for that 1 tree that is different in that spot, and yeah ranging back to where you shot from is also handy as Tahr pointed out

Have used the "project waypoint" function many times when a deer has fallen. One particular trip we had to climb down a deep gully, up the other side and totally lost our way, using the Garmin we climbed directly to the deer without any difficulty. It was helpful with planning the direct route out carrying the carcass as well. A difficult job but made better with the right gear. Also handy marking likely looking spots for future reference.

Tie a piece of ribbon to the scrub where you shot from. Take a compass bearing to the deer. Once around the the other side, reverse the bearing and move left or right until late the ribbon in at that bearing. Then get your range finder out and move forward or back until you get the same distance that you shot from.