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Jared how'd that ol boy walk 10 miles and not hit a road?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 3297634" data-attributes="member: 8855"><p>This situation brings up an issue that I address every year at my training seminar that I give at the Oklahoma Youth Hunting Program. In 1966 I read a tip in Tapp’s Tips on Sports Afield, I think. The recommendation was to carry 2 compasses for when you are lost, dehydrated, disoriented, cold and scared. By carrying 2 compasses that have been proven to be accurate PRIOR to going into the field, you know 2 compasses can’t be wrong. I HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION and didn’t believe the first compass. I pulled the second compass out of my pack and oriented it to my USGS map and compared it with what the first compass showed. The two compasses said the same thing. 2 proven compasses can’t be wrong. I followed what both compasses indicated and quickly climbed a hill and my road that I needed to get on was just over the hill. Within minutes I was back in camp. </p><p>The parent of one of my young hunters that participated in our compass class several years later told me of her personal experience of getting lost. She had her 2 compasses in her day pack, pulled them out and checked that they agreed and followed the course back to her car safely. Remember 1 other piece of information..... a compass battery NEVER dies since it doesn’t have one unlike a GPS. I ALWAYS CARRY 2 compasses in my pack even on my own farm that I’ve owned since 1982 !</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deer Slayer, post: 3297634, member: 8855"] This situation brings up an issue that I address every year at my training seminar that I give at the Oklahoma Youth Hunting Program. In 1966 I read a tip in Tapp’s Tips on Sports Afield, I think. The recommendation was to carry 2 compasses for when you are lost, dehydrated, disoriented, cold and scared. By carrying 2 compasses that have been proven to be accurate PRIOR to going into the field, you know 2 compasses can’t be wrong. I HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION and didn’t believe the first compass. I pulled the second compass out of my pack and oriented it to my USGS map and compared it with what the first compass showed. The two compasses said the same thing. 2 proven compasses can’t be wrong. I followed what both compasses indicated and quickly climbed a hill and my road that I needed to get on was just over the hill. Within minutes I was back in camp. The parent of one of my young hunters that participated in our compass class several years later told me of her personal experience of getting lost. She had her 2 compasses in her day pack, pulled them out and checked that they agreed and followed the course back to her car safely. Remember 1 other piece of information..... a compass battery NEVER dies since it doesn’t have one unlike a GPS. I ALWAYS CARRY 2 compasses in my pack even on my own farm that I’ve owned since 1982 ! [/QUOTE]
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