Thread: using GPS as a rangefinder

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Can you also use the cursor to set a "navigate to" point? When you shoot said animal and lays in the deep tussock it narrows down the search area.

Having the "snail trail" to follow back is bloody handy for coming back down that ridge line in the dark. Zoom in and it'll show you if you're more than a couple of meters off.

yeah you can point n set...tried it in flat field some time back and wasnt very impressed with accuracy...was better off using compass bearing only....BUT YOU COULD use both...eg take compass bearing on compass..... set way point where you stand/shot from and guestimate distance to animal...then when you get over to area,look at where waypoint is if you near enough it should be 180 degrees off your origonal bearing... easy in open country to look back to feature...not so easy if cant still see or make out origonal point...