codybauer@marshfieldwi wrote:
i was wondering...when you get those Garmin Astros do you HAVE to download maps on them or can you just go hunt.......If anyone has ordered one lately how long is it taking to get to you? Also where are you buying them for the best price on one?
I've never downloaded anything. Mine shows the highways and waters where I am, which is all I really care about. The Garmin is capable of doing much more than I actually do with it. You can also manually set land-marks. I have "coon spot" in mine to mark a little "island" where we tend to see coon. I have another land-mark to show where my boundaries are.
In my area the actual water marks that the Garmin shows me aren't necessarily perfectly accurate. On my screen I can see my dog is actually in the lake, but really he's not. He's on a pennisula. Perhaps if I downloaded stuff I'd have a really accurate screen, but I am quite okay with the readings I have. 'Course I just started another thread about the problems I'm also having with my Garmin system too...