It's nice to get a free ride back, but if your a group of hunters who hunt of the grid buy a sat phone of inreach gps. Had guy have heart attack and he was dying,they arrive in 60 minutes and saved his life ,plus the weather was wicked.
I must have own 7 or 8 sat phones, i hunted solo so I would report in at night which was al good and my location, sometimes a guy changes location which can make search and rescue look in wrong places.All my machines in the bush had one for my guys safety and in the trucks.
Have one in my boat at all the time, for the price of lousy bottle of the worst whisky crown royal you can get 30 days of safety.
If you get lost in can cost S R thousands of dollars, i think it's up to whoever is in the out doors to help the systems put in place to rescue us .
If you get hurt bad whether it's free or not,what's the value of your life?
I have call them 3 times to get hurt and dying people out,great service.
I have looked for lost hunters in some real bad places and it's no joke, a nightmare all the way.
JD
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