Ditching GoHunt

[Addicting]

I’ve been a loyal customer for several years and this year I think I’m done.

While the draw data has been great the maps are driving me away.

This year my buddy ran OnX and I used GoHunt. There were several issues on our hunt which led to a fearful visit from the Game Warden. His map showed we were on BLM and mine showed it as private where the antelope died. It in fact was BLM and we were just getting a random check, had us very nervous the way it took place.

Next is my Colorado deer tag, I emailed them this summer telling them there was an error in the unit. None of the private land shows in a large swath. Neighboring units show it but not where I need to hunt. It’s been several months and a couple emails and there is no resolution. They keep emailing me to get me to renew my credit card and I can’t without some sort of resolution. Paying for a premium service that doesn’t work and is not updated isn’t worth it. Not when Onx has a similar product.

 

[Addicting]

Another huge pet peeve is the size of the offline maps I am required to download. Onx gives me several size/resolution options and GoHunt gives me one huge file option. Which means everything has to be done on WIFI or I go over into my restricted data plan. When you only need to know roads and public to traverse an area, I don’t need 900mb of data for a small area. I need a large area with low resolution, which is not an option.

I wish the two companies would merge and make a good product with two divisions focused on their half.

 

[perma]

Had the same issue turkey hunting last year. Parcel of land was listed as private on GH but OnX shows it as state land. WGF website shows OnX was correct.

 

[Nick87]

I gave it up a year ago. No regrets so far.

 

[WIbiggame]

I will echo what was mentioned above. My hunting partner used GoHunt. He said all last year he was done, got sucked back into because of the draw odds.

This year when on our elk hunt his gohunt would constantly freeze causing him to lose his track he was running or any pins he placed. Was constantly having to stop save track and pins and start a new one.

Halfway through the trip, we made it to town and he bought OnX.

 

[Nick87]

I will echo what was mentioned above. My hunting partner used GoHunt. He said all last year he was done, got sucked back into because of the draw odds.

This year when on our elk hunt his gohunt would constantly freeze causing him to lose his track he was running or any pins he placed. Was constantly having to stop save track and pins and start a new one.

Halfway through the trip, we made it to town and he bought OnX.

I've never even used their mapping but the draw odds are overrated imo. Not hard to look it up and I've found them to be wrong on more than one occasion anyhow.

 

[Treeshark]

Go Hunt is a nice resource for draw odds, unit info etc. But not as a mapping tool. OnX or Gaia for that.