Best/Preferred Scouting App

[waterdrinker9]

Apologize if this is the wrong part of the forum to post this. But I'm curious what everyone is using as far as hunting scouting apps. I use OnX and it does mostly what I want, but have also thought about switching to BaseMap as some of my hunting buddies use it. The idea of my wife being able to see where I am and also people I'm hunting (signal permitting of course) with is one thing I wish OnX had. I've also heard good things about GoHunt and some others. Any information on what/why you like a certain app would be awesome. Thanks!

[hughjorgan]

I prefer OnX. I have tried base maps, go hunt and others but feel OnX is best all around and they continue to add more to it.

If you want your wife to be able to track your location you need to get a zoleo or a garmin in reach. Though I’d guess starlink is going to make it possible to get service any where in the near future and eliminate the need for a zoleo or in reach.

[vandeman17]

I prefer OnX. I have tried base maps, go hunt and others but feel OnX is best all around and they continue to add more to it.

If you want your wife to be able to track your location you need to get a zoleo or a garmin in reach. Though I’d guess starlink is going to make it possible to get service any where in the near future and eliminate the need for a zoleo or in reach.

  I use OnX and had a garmin up until this fall when I grabbed a Zoleo. Nice combo

[Karl Blanchard]

For in the field navigation i still use OnX but for e-scouting GoHunts mapping is absolutely fantastic. Gotta be on a laptop or desktop to truly take advantage of it.

[muleyslayer]

For in the field navigation i still use OnX but for e-scouting GoHunts mapping is absolutely fantastic. Gotta be on a laptop or desktop to truly take advantage of it.

[huntnnw]

I use basemaps most of the time. I also have onx but was only purchased for draw odds info . I had a ton of map failure issues with onx years ago and switched and never had a offline issue with basemaps. Onx desktop version is garbage. I cannot believe how slow and glitchy it is.

[kodiak06]

OnX ans Spartan Forge

[crabcreekhunter]

Good ole google earth mainly and onX for mapping if needed.

[actionshooter]

 For mapping OnX is the ticket... for hunting/ state info I have GoHunt and am 2 days into TagHub.... either I don't have that one figured out or it's not that great so far.

[pianoman9701]

Good ole google earth mainly and onX for mapping if needed.

[CarbonHunter]

I like the ease of use with OnX. I also have the inreach and used to have the tracking enabled for my wife but then I had a few times where the tracking wasn’t working properly that got her all worried so I don’t let her track me anymore. Just check in at night from the camp.

I’m sure soon enough texting through satellite will make the inreach obsolete so I wouldn’t invest in one if I didn’t already have mine. I still carry it for emergencies but that is it.

[cjjcb]

I primarily use OnX in the field. If I'm desktop scouting I'll mix in Caltopo for the trails/milage and the big Google globe...

[Stein]

In the field OnX for sure.  They have closed the gap for e-scouting as well to the point where I only buy GoHunt if I need the research.  OnX has some now that's OK if you just need a general idea.

I have ran into at least two times where public land showed up private on GoHunt and a couple other cases where the boundaries were not right, off by a couple hundred yards.  I don't know if they fixed that or not, but it was the reason I switched back to OnX a couple years ago.

[Doublelunger]

I use Google earth in conjunction with onx. Once I locate a general area of interest I scour it with google earth. When I find area's of interest I'll drop pins on my onx app to help me navigate when I'm doing my actual boots on the ground scouting.

[CarbonHunter]

In the field OnX for sure.  They have closed the gap for e-scouting as well to the point where I only buy GoHunt if I need the research.  OnX has some now that's OK if you just need a general idea.

I have ran into at least two times where public land showed up private on GoHunt and a couple other cases where the boundaries were not right, off by a couple hundred yards.  I don't know if they fixed that or not, but it was the reason I switched back to OnX a couple years ago.

I have seen areas where the OnX property lines are off as well so always double check before getting right next to the line.

[Kascade_Killer]

Good ole google earth mainly and onX for mapping if needed.

Crabcreek tried to message you back but it says your inbox is full.

[Buckjunkie]

Good ole google earth mainly and onX for mapping if needed.

 

[follow maggie]

I use both BaseMap & OnX, they’re both better than the other at certain things. Lately I’ve been using OnX a lot more because it’s easier to organize my information on the map- I can set my points to show a different picture & a different color for different activities, BaseMap makes you choose one or the other. The other huge thing for me is OnX has CarPlay. I’m primarily a bird hunted, so I can see posted land & available land on my stereo while I’m driving. That’s huge to me.

[ghosthunter]

Well I am old, and I like clunky things. Don’t own a smart phone. Have a flip phone because family insisted I have something.

When hunting I run a Rhino 650 and a InReach mini, paired to a mini IPad I carry in my pack. I down loaded all the maps Earthmate would handle. And for me it all works for what I need to get around.
I may upgrade to a mini IPad with chip and cellular which would give me better map views.

I also have goggle earth.

[MADMAX]

Google earth
My good old gazetteer
Onyx

[MeepDog]

OnX ran like hot garbage on my Android phones. It runs so much smoother on iPhones.

Also Google earth has a desktop version with a lot more features than the browser version. Both are free.

[addicted1]

OnX in the field and GOHUNT on the laptop. I have tried GOHUNT in the field, just doesn’t work as well as onX. I do really like Gohunt topo map that they have on the app, but it just never works well and is slow to load when in service. If they could get that dialed in, I would probably just drop onx.

[DaNewb]

A cool 'feature' of OnX is the sync'ing of real-time gps tracking between both smartphone & desktop versions...without cell service.

If you're out in the woods with your smartphone, with OnX tracking enabled and your OnX desktop version is also open on a computer at home...anyone watching the desktop version will get real-time updates as to your location and movements in the field.

A smartphone with an active account or phone number is also not needed to use OnX. I use an old inactive phone I wouldn't care to lose for outdoor stuff, but then, it's also the only smartphone I own because dinosaurs do still walk the earth.

[vandeman17]

A cool 'feature' of OnX is the sync'ing of real-time gps tracking between both smartphone & desktop versions...without cell service.

If you're out in the woods with your smartphone, with OnX tracking enabled and your OnX desktop version is also open on a computer at home...anyone watching the desktop version will get real-time updates as to your location and movements in the field.

A smartphone with an active account or phone number is also not needed to use OnX. I use an old inactive phone I wouldn't care to lose for outdoor stuff, but then, it's also the only smartphone I own because dinosaurs do still walk the earth.

That is actually pretty cool. I will have to remember that

[MuleyTracksWA]

"I use OnX, GoHunt, and Google Earth; it really depends on the day of the week, the moon phase, and what I’m really trying to look at."