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

@Philipo has a system thats flawless......

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Originally Posted by BRADS

@Philipo has a system thats flawless......

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He sits there and sends you?

Originally Posted by Tahr

He sits there and sends you?

That doesn't help him Tahr.
He'd still have you on the wrong Ridge

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Originally Posted by Tahr

He sits there and sends you?

and expects the deer to show up at his place and not in brads chiller?

Originally Posted by Ruger7mm

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

Spot on. I've used this method heaps of times, and its the best by far.

A landmark will usually get you within about 50m, i.e. a tall tree, or similar. Then go to back bearing and use range finder back to the spot you shot from.

The gps is okay, but ranging back to your shooting position has found me deer I otherwise wouldn't have found.

Oh and listen for flies, they can give a clue. Doesn't take those buggers long to find a dead animal.

Kj

+1for the flies. Stop a moment and listen. Has found me a numbrr of animals