Tired of searching for your hunting dog
in tall grass or dense cover? Now you can leave the hunting entirely to him.
Astro is the premier high sensitivity GPS-enabled dog tracking system for
sporting dogs. This unique system pinpoints your dog’s position and shows
you exactly where he is, even when you can’t see or hear him.
See Your Dogs’ Every Move.
The Astro system includes a
bright color-screen handheld GPS device and the rugged polyurethane collar.
The collar accommodates most e-collar receivers - eliminating the need to
put two separate collars on a dog. Plus, Collar Lock creates a four-digit
PIN number that helps prevent others from seeing your dog’s whereabouts - a
useful feature in field trials to ensure that an Astro is used only as a
recovery tool when a dog in competition becomes lost.
To get started,
just take Astro outdoors and turn on the handheld and transmitter to acquire
GPS satellite signals. Then attach the collar to your dog. Now you’re ready
to turn him loose - no other setup required.
Track Dogs in Dense Cover.
As often as every five seconds, your dog’s collar
transmits his position to your handheld, and you can see his current
location and a trail of where he’s been on the Map page of your handheld.
Switch over to the Dog Track page to view a compass pointing to your dog’s
location as well as his current status: whether he’s running, sitting, on
point or treeing quarry. Astro can also sound an alarm to let you know
instantly when your dog goes on point.
Astro boasts a
high-sensitivity GPS receiver that can track your dog’s position even in the
densest cover. You can track up to 10 dogs at one time with Astro, at a
distance of up to 7 miles away (depending on terrain). The system transmits
information by line-of-sight, so it reaches farthest in flat, open
territory.
Count Your Coveys.
After you’ve captured your quarry, mark the exact
spot with Astro’s Covey Counter, a special waypoint that tells you the exact
location, time of day and elevation where you found your prey, as well as
the number of birds you flushed and took from that location. Astro lets you
save other special waypoints, such as "Truck" and "Lodge," so you can save
the location of these places quickly and easily for each hunt. Astro also
offers special waypoint icons to represent food plots, tree stands and other
hunting-related points.
Experience Full-featured GPS.
Astro shines when you’re out on the hunt, but it
also excels in getting you back to your truck at the end of the day, or even
back home again. In fact, the Astro handheld has all the features of
Garmin’s top-line handheld outdoor devices, including a barometric
altimeter, electronic compass, microSD card slot, celestial information,
area calculator and rugged, water-resistant (IPX7) exterior. With optional
detailed city street maps, you can search for more than 6 million points of
interest and create a route on roads with exact turn-by-turn directions.
