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Most of you guy's know this already,,,, for those of you who don't try downloading google earth. It is free and only takes about 45 seconds. You can see the direct flight path to the roost. Its easy and it's awesome. It is self explanitory and you can zoom right in on your hunting spot. You can see how the ground lays all around you for miles. The photos are less than a year old. Its the ultimate scouting tool. If I would have had it in the 70's there would be nothing left to shootbiggrin  



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I use it ALL the time...especially the night before a hunt! I doesn't quite beat out doing some good 'ol fashioned scouting by foot/vehicle, but it definitely gives you a good idea of where to start. Very easy to find a roost site when there is only one patch of trees surrounded by miles of cornfields.

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Neil,

Years ago when I hunted crows in Nebraska the crows would roost on the corn stalks at night! When they would pick the corn the crows just moved to the next section where the corn was still standing. When all the corn got picked they moved into the city of Holdridge where the folks there had no love for the crows! I have never seen crow do this since then.

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I have used it for years. I also use it in my classroom as I teach Geography.

Now, I use something very similar, but slightly better in my opinion. It's called Migration Map and is put out on the net by Ducks Unlimited. What I like about is that the photos seem to have better resolution. Also there are buttons to the left where you can click on ARIAL, ROAD or HYBRID. The hybrid map just superimposes the roads and their names over the photo image.

The only thing I don't like about is that when you zoom in and out it can be very touchy.

 

Here's a link to it; http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap/

 

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Thx for the info Kev, I'll check it out.

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Mainehunt wrote:

I have used it for years. I also use it in my classroom as I teach Geography.

Now, I use something very similar, but slightly better in my opinion. It's called Migration Map and is put out on the net by Ducks Unlimited. What I like about is that the photos seem to have better resolution. Also there are buttons to the left where you can click on ARIAL, ROAD or HYBRID. The hybrid map just superimposes the roads and their names over the photo image.

The only thing I don't like about is that when you zoom in and out it can be very touchy.

 

Here's a link to it; http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap/

 

Kev

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I use Google Earth all the time for fishing and hunting spots. Nice to chat with some old timer about his land and hunting opportunity. At the end giving him an aerial pic of his property is often a nice gesture as well.

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Kev,

 

Not sure about others but if running firefox just drag the link info down one level and place it on the tool bar as a shortcut. Then grab it again and drag and drop it into your post.

 

I grabbed a 7 day forecast and dropped it here as an example. 7-Day Forecast for Latitude 32.32°N and Longitude 89.8°W

 

You can also do this from your bookmarks. There are probably more correct ways to do this but it is simple enough for me. On mine, I can not drag and drop directly from the goto box or whatever that web address box thingy is called.



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nhcrowshooter wrote:
Mainehunt wrote:

I have used it for years. I also use it in my classroom as I teach Geography.

Now, I use something very similar, but slightly better in my opinion. It's called Migration Map and is put out on the net by Ducks Unlimited. What I like about is that the photos seem to have better resolution. Also there are buttons to the left where you can click on ARIAL, ROAD or HYBRID. The hybrid map just superimposes the roads and their names over the photo image.

The only thing I don't like about is that when you zoom in and out it can be very touchy.

 

Here's a link to it; http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap/

 

Kev

 http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap/

 Thanks Pete, I've tried to make them live going through Advance Editor and using the space bar, but I'm still doing something wrong.

 

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M12Shooter wrote:

I use Google Earth all the time for fishing and hunting spots. Nice to chat with some old timer about his land and hunting opportunity. At the end giving him an aerial pic of his property is often a nice gesture as well.

Ted

 Great idea Ted.

 

Kev

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8fishermen wrote:

Kev,

 

Not sure about others but if running firefox just drag the link info down one level and place it on the tool bar as a shortcut. Then grab it again and drag and drop it into your post.

 

I grabbed a 7 day forecast and dropped it here as an example. 7-Day Forecast for Latitude 32.32°N and Longitude 89.8°W

 

You can also do this from your bookmarks. There are probably more correct ways to do this but it is simple enough for me. On mine, I can not drag and drop directly from the goto box or whatever that web address box thingy is called.

 Thanks man, I'll try it right now.......

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Thanks again, Kev

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