Hunting in Finland

[Krusher]

Hunters in Finland have been attaching cell phones to their dogs. It seems that they are able to tell what kind of prey they are chasing by the sound of their barks (bears get them going). They also use the phone to tell the dogs when to give up the chase (I would like to see this work)

Anyhow..........

I though bass fishermen spending thousands of dollars on gear to catch a stupid fish was weird

[Hortlund]

That just has got to be an urban legend. I mean two things spring to mind:
1) Phonebills if you keep an open line during a 4 hour hunt, just to listen to your dog barking.

2) Coverage. I seriously doubt the mobile net is so enormously well built out in Finland that it covers the deep forrest regions where no one lives (and where people go to hunt). Can you imagine the number of base stations if you want complete coverage in hilly dense forrest-terrain?

[straffo]

I disagree Steve

all is possible in Nokialand

[mora]

Not hard to believe at all.

1. If you have 10 Hunters and one cell phone the cost is insignificant. Charge for an hour would be about 12$/10=1,2$ a piece, not too expensive IMO.

2. Wrong Hortlund, almost whole Finland except some of Lapland is covered. For example, our summer cottage is close to Russian border in the most eastern part of Finland and I get easily 5 bars in my phone, while  there are elks and bears walking by.

Edit:

Here's a map of GSM coverage in Finland.
http://www.sonera.com/GetImages/GetImages_GetImage_pdf/0,1440,2349,00.pdf