Lost in the swamp!
 

My buddy went to scout for our hole in the morning, we are just south of arkansas line in north east la, me and the boys stayed behind and set up camp cause we got here later than expected, well, he was a no show at dark, then a hour later still a no show, he got a signal, made a call to me, has no idea where he is, waiting on WL&F to show up, they got a ping on his phone, sucks for him

Wonder if they will charge him for the rescue

tell him that's what GPS is for, atleast get one of them SPOT models

That's something to think about......I use my phone as my GPS. No signal, no GPS!!

Hope everything works out ok.

GPS, phone, compass. Always

not if you have the navionics app there is one for hunting too but I cant think of the name

No GPS=No Brains

Hope he had a can of mosquito repelant. Might be getting his butt torn up right bout now.

He has brains man..
 

He has a compass, his phone was week, he isn't familiar with the area and didn't go far, from what little i talked to him he wasn't trusting his compass, this area isn't so easy to get around, the actual river looks like everything else, no banks, kinda hard to know when to turn. And he has brains. He is settled in on dry land and will ride the night out if he has to, he didn't want to run any further and get further lost.

:rolleyes:

interesting read, keep us up to date

Thats smart but why wasn't he trusting his compass?

Analog compass in my pack @ all times!!!!

X2. You go into a new area you've never been to, you begin to panic.

Hope it all works out and yall kill some birds.

Well, he'll spend years living this one down!!! Hope they get him out tonight!

It has already. The area I hunted last year and this year was thick pines and briars, not really thick with deer. Stalking can turn you around where I was but the road is straight east so follow the sun or go away from it or follow the compass straight east. GPS signal couldn't breach the thick pine cover. Hit the road and walk the mile back to the truck or hitch a ride. Google earth it first and pick out the nearest trail, road, river, or well traveled something and gets its bearing.

The night we went to the LPSO training facility with the Delayed Entry squad taught us alot about nav with asmuths and directions and nearest points.

On a side note hope all goes well. Bear Grylls would be proud.

Can you park by his truck and fire a couple of rounds in the air?

Thread went from good read and hoping the guy gets rescued, to story time with iron man.

Dont they all:rolleyes:

Praying all will turn out ok on this.

Like D said, it happens to everyone sooner or later.
35 years ago as a young man, me & my duck hunting buddy got lost in the swamp off of the Tickfaw River. Went in before day light and came out about 10:00 pm that night. The local police was blowing sirens by my truck parked on the side of the road.
We were so far back we never heard a thing. Its been 35 years and still remember that day vividly!

Let us know if there is anything any of us could do to help.