Whats the best gps on the market, they seem to have came along way, recently

I have the Oregon 550t...I really like the included topo maps. Good luck

Mr. Eastman, if you get rid of those old maps can I have them. I am sure you have some good info on those maps. FYI, Cabelas has $150 off the garmin 450 for the next two days.

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Originally Posted by Mike

Last fall while hunting antelope I tested a Garmin 550t and had a chip we purchase that put the unit, private and public (State,BLM,and Forest) maps on top of each other. So I was hunting a unit I hunted over 20 years. It found routes into public land that was hard to figure out with a map into country I had never hunted. The photo part I could take photos of water holes and it marked it on the map. For future reference the next hunting season. I can think of several ways to use the camera in scouting. You can down load them to your computer. Just for jollies I went to a USGS metal stake out in know where Wyoming and looked at the GPS and it was right on the nuts. Not a few feet off but right on. The 3D image is good to see what the terrain is like. It has a way to write note on the photos and I think the map for like where you find bucks or you want to remember about something. It's expensive but I found a lot of use for it's functions. Mite even retire my old topo maps don't know? Mike

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Mike what chip did you use?

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Originally Posted by shed

Mr. Eastman, if you get rid of those old maps can I have them. I am sure you have some good info on those maps. FYI, Cabelas has $150 off the garmin 450 for the next two days.

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Thanks for the info. I just ordered mine.

Check out huntinggpsmaps.com (im gonna guess this is what Mike is using too)

Just got mine and they sure are nice. They are Garmin based. Im using the old faithful 60csx

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Originally Posted by Codes

Check out huntinggpsmaps.com (im gonna guess this is what Mike is using too)

Just got mine and they sure are nice. They are Garmin based. Im using the old faithful 60csx

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That is what I use also in my Garmin Dakota 20 :)

FYI, There are some great deals on Ebay for Garmin gps handhelds, but Garmin will "not honor their warranty" for anything bought off of Ebay. Glad I called them before buying.

Hey Shed first Mr. Eastmans was my Dad I'm just Mike or M H Eastman. The old maps like me are out of date. They have several ember holes from camp fires scattered on them. But Shed will keep it in mind!
That's a great deal on the 450. But maybe its a good deal because of a new and improved model coming out with updated technology. Just a thought. Mike

Other than the huntinggpsmaps.com maps has anyone used any other land ownership gps maps. Wonder how the quality is for Utah data?

I haven't tried others, so I'm not sure what their performance is like, but I have the Bushnell Onix 400. It has satellite imagery as well as topographical imagery. Not to be misleading, you have to purchase the maps. But for something like $30 bucks, one time, they gave unlimited downloads for a full year, and I got a BUNCH of imagery that way. So it was pretty affordable.