I don't care how technological advance you are these days there is one tool you HAVE to use. That tool is Google Earth. Google Earth is a aerial mapping program that you can download from Google for FREE. To download this program go to this link: http://earth.google.com/download-earth.htmlThere are so many things you can do with this tool. The most important is to get a bird's eye observation view of your hunting property. This will help you locate hunting spots based on natural funnel, pinch points, saddles, feeding areas, bedding areas, etc... Deer move from one point to another for a particular reason. I believe using Google Earth will help you discover these movements and behaviors. I spend a lot of time staring at my hunting properties using Google Earth. I reflect back on how and where I saw deer. What time of day? Where were they moving and where I thought they were going. Google Earth allows you to zoom in and zoom out and it is so much better than looking at a printed out map on a table.
As said before, Google Earth is free to download and use. You can do all you need to with the free version BUT if you are like me and want to document deer paths, sanctuary areas, etc... you will need to upgrade to Google Earth Plus to enable the drawing features. It only cost $20/year to do this. Shown below is my hunting property with all the tags of important areas to me.
I am going to go over each of these tag areas that I use on my Google Earth account. Some of these areas are deer killed locations by hunting season, tree stand locations, food plots, trail cameras locations, etc... Using these tags not only lets you see your hunting area but it keeps history of what is going on surrounding your activities.
Stay tune for more blog posts about how I use Google Earth to make me a better hunter. If you have any comment or question please email me at techdeerhunter@gmail.com.
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