onX Hunt: GPS Hunting Maps

The features available on OnX are better than any other hunting and mapping app I have used in the past. Excellent array of mapping layers to select from, even including NOAA nautical charts, logging and burn data and federal land. Very good property ownership data, though I wonder how often it is updated, as I have noticed some parcels that are currently labeled incorrectly just based on knowing the current owner. The vast selection of possible waypoint markers, the ability to track your movement and save the path, and the ability to share those data points with other users of the app is great. They recently updated the satellite imagery to more recent imagery, which has been helpful in many cases, but therein lies my only complaint I can think of at this time. I would like the ability to choose between a small number of satellite imagery layers from different dates to display the map in. I often use OnX to e-scout for waterfowl hunting and the satellite imagery from before the update was taken in the winter, allowing me to better see creeks and marshes which flow under tree canopies. The latest imagery makes it harder to see into those possible duck holes. The ability to switch between winter and summer imagery would be very beneficial for that purpose and many other hunting and angling pursuits. Overall, love the app and all of the available features.

I have used onX Hunt app for the last three years for many different applications and has proved more valuable than I could have ever imagined. The first experience was hunting a different area in Wyoming I had never hunted before, and onX proved to me almost immediately that this was a very useful tool to have. I made sure I downloaded the area maps I was to hunt and not having cell service was not an issue. The information I needed for boundaries was spot on and the features the app has was very useful, too. The second time was when I spent a week in the, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness for a week. Again I downloaded four maps in the area I intended to explore and the maps even included information such as Forest Service camp sites in the BWCAW, portage routes, and even additional lake depth information. We were on a rather large lake and the weather got bad and I was a little unsure where I was in relation to my paper map and the numerous islands on this lake. I took out my phone turned it on and quickly figured out I where I was and paddled to the portage I needed to get to before the weather got really bad. The last adventure I used the onX app was in another area of MN on the Superior Hiking Trail. Again, I downloaded the area maps of my hiking route because cell signal is sketchy at best and the entire trail, and the information like the SHT Trail, camping sites, and parking areas are all there. I think it’s a great backup tool because I’m a paper map person first, but I always like to have a back up plan to save myself unnecessary lost time (pun intended)!

I have been using the onXmaps program on my iPhone for over a year here in Montana. It has become an indispensable tool for me. As in many states, Montana can have some very confusing land ownership patterns. There are places where the fences and mix of private and public land are so confusing that I refused to hunt them. Now I can go there with confidence. I had an issue recently with my saved for offline use maps. It was probably my fault. Still, I couldn't resolve it so I contacted onXmaps support. Right away I got an email with step by step instructions for resolving the issue which worked. So, great product, great customer support. I have told everyone that I know about this great product. If you hike, fish, hunt, backpack, you should buy this. Update: I have been an enthusiastic user of the hunt app for years now. The app just keeps getting better and my uses for it continue to expand. I and my hunting partners have used the app to scout new areas among many other uses. This last season, we hunted a private ranch that had been broken into units on which the public could hunt in limited numbers. Before we hunted there, we put the boundaries of the partitioned ranch on our offline maps. We hunted that place with confidence. This is a great product and a great company.