The route finder
Plans the climb, so you can save your legs for the hunt.
Pick where you are and where you want to glass from. Hunt Sidekick works out three ways up, off trail, from BC's 1 m laser survey of the ground. It steers around what slows you down or gets you hurt, and times each route for your pack weight and your own pace.
- Cliffs and drop-offsKeeps its distance and tells you when it can't.
- Steep groundZigzags up slopes instead of going straight at them.
- Thick brush and blowdownUses forest records to favour open timber.
- Creeks and private landCounts crossings and warns about land at the ends.
Everything else you'd expect
The whole hunting map, not just the route.
Hunting areas and seasons
The area you're in, always in the corner. Tap it for what's open today, bag limits, LEH zones and the official synopsis.
Whose land you're on
Crown land, private parcels, parks, First Nations reserves and closures, with a plain warning when the records aren't certain.
Shooting light and weather
Legal shooting light for the spot you're standing on, plus wind and the forecast for the next few days.
Satellite and topo
Switch between photo and topo maps, with contours and shaded hills, and add layers like cutblocks, roads and fires.
Waypoints and tracks
Mark stands, sightings and harvests with photos. Record tracks, and bring in GPX, KML and FIT files from your GPS.
Shared with your partner
Your waypoints, tracks and routes sync to every phone you sign in on, and you can send a spot to your hunting partner.
Area card · shooting light today
Seasons · open today
When the bars disappear
Built for where there's no signal.
- Save whole areas before you goSatellite, topo, hunting areas and land status, at the detail you choose.
- Tracks keep recording with the screen offEvery point is saved as you go, so a dead phone doesn't lose the day.
- Saved routes work offlinePlan at home on Wi-Fi, follow it on the mountain, with a warning if you drift off it.
- Everything syncs when you're back in rangeWaypoints and tracks from the field show up on your other phone and your partner's.
The law is the law, not the app. Season dates and land records in Hunt Sidekick come from BC's published regulations and government data, and they can be out of date or wrong. Before you hunt, check the BC Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis and any in-season changes. Routes are a plan, not a promise: read the ground, and turn back when it doesn't look right.
Be first on the hill with it.
Hunt Sidekick is coming to iPhone and Android, starting with British Columbia.
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