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What I learned on this hunt. I'll try to break down my subjective
learning curve into something like an outline.
A) Long-Distance Mountain T-Hunting is like three hunts in one.
1) Your first initial bearings. Try to take two and head in
the direction of your bearings. In my case I headed east, between the
two bad bearings. My 1st initial bearing was 21-miles to the north and
my 2nd bearing was 7.5-miles to the south.
2) When you think your within 25 miles of the transmitter.
Get two more bearings (from high locations). My 1st 25 mile bearing was
1.5-miles to the south and my second bearing was 2.5-miles to the north.
Also, forget about your initial bearings, they will only confuse you.
3) When your within 3 miles of the transmitter. Get two more
bearings (in the clear if possible). My single bearing at 5 miles from
the transmitter was almost 2/3 of a mile off, which would have put me
off 3
mountain roads or one mountain ridge.
NOTE: a) 5* bearing error at 100 miles will produce a
9-mile error
to your target.
b) 5* bearing error
at 25 miles will be almost
2 miles from
the target.
c) 5* bearing error
at 3 miles will be over 1/4
mile from the
transmitter. That's 4-city blocks.
The typical
distances between mountain roads
coincidently,
are about 1/4 mile apart.
B) So the big question is, how do you know your 25
miles, 5 miles or 3 miles from the transmitter.
C) Use your Doppler. |
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