Anyone use Google Earth to help scout?

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LawDog79

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Anyone use Google earth or Google maps to scout for hunting spots? Never used either one those were just the two that came to mind. If there is something better let me know. I was thinking this could be useful for calling coyotes.
 
i use google earth whenever i get permission on a new property just so i know the boundarys and any features of the land. i also use it to find new hunting grounds
 
Yes, I use the Mossy Oak Hunting app on my phone which uses google earth. It shows wind direction and is usually right most of the time.

Because of the difficulty of getting permission to hunt land here in the east, I have to hunt a lot of smaller properties. But I use the Google Earth to set up so that I can take into consideration how I might be able to pull coyotes off of the land adjacent to the land I'm on. That's land I could never get on to scout from the ground.
 
Have a GPS which I always carry in the field, but at home I use Google Earth all the time to plan my hunts. Use Intellicast for wind predictions ( direction and speed) and then start planning out the hunt. I also keep a map file showing stand locations, numbers called in and how many I have taken at each spot.
 
I use it all the time for scouting before a hunt. I also have it on my iPad so its with me in the truck while I'm hunting in case I ever want to go to a new area while I'm in the field, which happens a lot!


Kevin
 
Seems like every time I get home from hunting I pull up google earth or bing maps to try and figure out why the dang coyotes I could hear wouldn't come in.
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Originally Posted By: 169SportsmanSeems like every time I get home from hunting I pull up google earth or bing maps to try and figure out why the dang coyotes I could hear wouldn't come in.
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Yep; do that too!

Since we hunt mostly agricultural fields the only downside for me with Google Maps is the crop pics being out of date. (I have to remember not to rely on it being as pictured. What was corn when the satellite pic was taken might be peanuts this year, etc.)
 
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All the time(me too) I use it for scouting cover and its relationship to terrain and likely travel ways. It is ideal for picking out trees or other cover for setup sites. Too bad it doesn't have a topographic overlay- that would make it perfect.
 
Originally Posted By: 169SportsmanSeems like every time I get home from hunting I pull up google earth or bing maps to try and figure out why the dang coyotes I could hear wouldn't come in.
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I just did this the other night, after hearing an old male sound off at the end of our turkey hunt.

I use GE a lot whenever I am trying to find pinch points for deer season.
 
Here is a link to an easy to use file converter. It allows you to convert files from other computer mapping programs into a Google Earth file.

http://www.gpsvisualizer.com

You can also convert Google Earth files in to a *.gpx file format for use in other mapping programs and GIS applications. I find this file converter very useful to exchange GPS data back/forth between the Garmin Mapsource program and Google Earth.
 
Originally Posted By: Arizona BushmanI use the County Assessor's website. Google Earth is nice, but it doesn't tell me who owns what.

Use both nice to know who owns land.
 


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