Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - August 2016

Inadditiontoincreaseddogcapacityandfasterupdaterate, theAstro430comespre-loadedwithTOPOU.S. 100Kmap- pingandafreone-yearsubscriptiontoBirdsEyeSateliteImagery. Additionaly, theunitiscompatiblewithHuntView mapcards(soldseparately), whichfeature1:24KscaleTOPOmapping, public/privatelandownershipboundariesanddata, food/fuel locationsandmore. ThenewhandheldalsoincludesenhancedHuntMetricsdogperformancedatalikedis- tancetraveled, timeafield, andanautomaticacountingofhowmanytimesadoghastredorpointedgame–valuable statisticsinevaluatingadog’sperformance. TheAstro430workswiththenewDriveTrack70LMTnavigatorforuseinsideavehicle. Thelarge, seveninch pinch-to-zoomtouchscrendisplaymakesiteasytolocateapackofupto20dogs, updatedevery2.5seconds. The DriveTrackincludespreloadedTOPOU.S. 100Kmaps, aone-yearsubscriptiontoBirdsEyeSateliteImagery, anddetailed, turn-by-turnroadmapsofNorthAmerica. ExistingAlpha®100dogtrackingandtraininghandheldsarealsocompatible withtheDriveTrackforfultrackingfunctionality1.

Whenafield, datafromtheAstro430canbeviewedonanyGarminfēnix3GPSwatch2, providingahands-freglanceat adog’sdistance, direction, andvibrationalertswhenadogtresorpointsgame. Thistrackingfunctionalityisalsoavail- ableforexistingAlpha100handheldsaswel1. TheAstro430issoldseparatelyorinabundlewithaT5orT5mini dogdevice. Inaddition, theAstro430iscompatible withtheTT15, TT15mini, TT10, orDC501dogdevices(providestrackingonly–noelectronictrainingcapability). TheAstro430andDriveTrack70LMTwilbeavailableinJuly2016. Formoreinformation, gotowww.garmin.com/dogs.