Cabela's Recon Hunt App - a new tool for hunters and blood trackers

Justin Richins alerted me to a new app for iphones and android phones, which he described as "awsome" and "I love it". Developed by Trimble Outdoors, the Cabela’s Recon Hunt app runs on iPhone and Android devices and provides hunters with a full lineup of outdoor and navigation features, including detailed topographical maps, point-to-point GPS navigation, a digital compass and weather forecasts. The Recon Hunt app uses the GPS built into iPhones and Android-compatible devices, so no data or phone signal is needed for users to log their locations. Hunters can collect waypoints, tracks, photos, videos and audio clips in the field. The app tracks other essential hunting information too: weather, sun/moon phases, trip stats and ballistics data.  The app is available  for $3.99 at click here.

The app has some features useful for blood trailing.

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Thanks Justin for the tip! And congrats on your coyote!

Justin with the coyote he killed. He saw coyotes chasing a deer the night before. Next morning he took Remi to look for the doe. In Justin's own words: "Easy track and they sure made short work of her. Remi was cautious on this track I'm thinking it was because he could smell the yotes." You are right Justin, we noticed that too. Some dogs, especially young ones, are apprehensive when approaching the site where coyotes congregated in a great number.