Introduction The skill of outdoor navigation is knowing where you are, where you want to go and how to get there. Reading a map, using a map and compass together, and using a GPS to navigate, are important skills to have when hunting.
The practice of looking at features on the map and identifying the same features on the ground is, to a large extent, being replaced by the use of GPS, BUT the GPS should never be relied upon as the only means of navigation and it should never replace the skills of reading a map and using a compass to navigate.