JimTom wrote:In addition mate you can open the compass app on IPhone and it has a LAT LONG there too.
Blr243 wrote:Good tips I recently bought a gps watch because it’s so much easier to see at a glance instead of digging around for a handheld unit. Depending on how you pack and carry your gear there’s a chance sometimes u won’t bother to take a hand held unit sometimes. When u stroll off into the bush. A watch is always with you. And I also think it’s important to have up your sleeve more than a couple and perhaps many methods of navigation in case it’s overcast or if one piece of equipment fails for whatever reason
Blr243 wrote:In the army fifty years ago my father was in a mortar platoon. His group were in constant radio contact with other Aussie soldiers In the area, With no gps , all they had was map any d compass. And every group was constantly updating their position , so that as soon as a battle started my fathers group could instantly start dropping bombs on the Aussies enemies. And off course it had to be done with precision. So it just goes to show how accurate you can be without gps if your life depends on it ....I only started star navigation in the last 18 months when I started thermal hunting. because I found it instantly just there ..Whenever u wanted it ....like a bloody big free map that is correct all the time , no batteries required no buttons , no reading glasses ..I’m always taking bearing s of random un named stars ... I just pick whichever one suits me at whatever time of night depending on what I’m doing at the time....one night a whole heap of heavy cloud will come and mess me up ...it’s just a matter of time
Blr243 wrote:Blade , mostly if I see game at night I just find a star on the horizon immediately above the mob of pigs and I walk towards that star so it’s only a short term thing ...If I don’t choose a star and just guess it I find myself walking way off line in no time at all ......if at any time In the night the action is fast or I’m getting tired and I get disoriented I just look for the southern cross
Blr243 wrote:In the army fifty years ago my father was in a mortar platoon. His group were in constant radio contact with other Aussie soldiers In the area, With no gps , all they had was map any d compass. And every group was constantly updating their position , so that as soon as a battle started my fathers group could instantly start dropping bombs on the Aussies enemies. And off course it had to be done with precision. So it just goes to show how accurate you can be without gps if your life depends on it ....I only started star navigation in the last 18 months when I started thermal hunting. because I found it instantly just there ..Whenever u wanted it ....like a bloody big free map that is correct all the time , no batteries required no buttons , no reading glasses ..I’m always taking bearing s of random un named stars ... I just pick whichever one suits me at whatever time of night depending on what I’m doing at the time....one night a whole heap of heavy cloud will come and mess me up ...it’s just a matter of time
Chronos wrote:Blr243 wrote:In the army fifty years ago my father was in a mortar platoon. His group were in constant radio contact with other Aussie soldiers In the area, With no gps , all they had was map any d compass. And every group was constantly updating their position , so that as soon as a battle started my fathers group could instantly start dropping bombs on the Aussies enemies. And off course it had to be done with precision. So it just goes to show how accurate you can be without gps if your life depends on it ....I only started star navigation in the last 18 months when I started thermal hunting. because I found it instantly just there ..Whenever u wanted it ....like a bloody big free map that is correct all the time , no batteries required no buttons , no reading glasses ..I’m always taking bearing s of random un named stars ... I just pick whichever one suits me at whatever time of night depending on what I’m doing at the time....one night a whole heap of heavy cloud will come and mess me up ...it’s just a matter of time
Except every star in the sky is in constant motion and depending on which direction you're facing it could be going left to right, over head to the horizion or in a arc on the horizon.
Chronos
animalpest wrote:All stars "move" from east to west at a constant. Of course they do move, the earth is rotating.
Allow for 4 fingers at arms length for the movement of stars per hour. The same as the sun or moon.
If you can't tell which way is east or west at night, I respectfully suggest you shouldn't be there.
Blr243 wrote:I’m going to get an Epirb too , just in case my 30 years of accident free hunting grinds to a halt all of a sudden
animalpest wrote:It's difficult to tell where you are from the stars, it's more likely to be used as a reference to work out the direction from your starting point.
I have never been lost but have been bushed before. Being lost means someone needs to find you, being bushed means you are geographically embarrassed for a while but eventually work it out.
Blr243 wrote:I got a bit bushed once in real thick scrub somewhere out Dirranbandi way on a very overcast day ....after a while I was getting a bit tired so I thought I would turn around and head back to my Ute ....so I turn on the gps and hit the go to button and it turns out my Ute is only 50 metres away. Awesome news for a hunter with tired legs ......I must have been doing some silly circles without knowledge
Chronos wrote:Blr243 wrote:
Except every star in the sky is in constant motion and depending on which direction you're facing it could be going left to right, over head to the horizion or in a arc on the horizon.
Chronos