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Improve your hunting chances with Hunt Predictor
Experienced hunters have a better chance of being successful because of that experience, Over time and lots of actual hunting they learn about the impact of wind, temperature, sun and moon times, and location. Now you can gain some of that same knowledge in a shorter time with Hunt Predictor. This free universal app runs on iOS 7.0 or later. Hunt Predictor provides users with detailed information on a number of valuable elements necessary to be a successful hunter and ties all the data to specific locations. Users input the locations they plan on hunting. You can enter the latitude and longitude coordinates if you know them or simply find your destination and double tap until the map zooms in close and the coordinates can be saved for future use. The app breaks out specific predictions for three types of prey, deer, turkeys, and waterfowl. Select which type of animal you are seeking and then select your saved location. Hunt Predictor brings up a seven day chart with breakouts for each day and the overall chance of success. Select your planned hunting day and the app reveals breakouts for overall weather, barometric pressure, temperature, moon illumination, wind speed and direction and the time of year. At the top of the page is an adjustable graph for the entire day. You can change the time and see what changes occur in the various conditions. Find the best time to hunt and the worst then compare what changed. That will give you an improved big picture on conditions and what to look for in the future. All three animal areas work the same. Another feature included in Hunting Predictor is the ability to track your hunting buddies. You can invite friends directly from you contacts or search other users for people you know. Once you have hooked up and become buddies the app will display your locations so you can keep track of each other during your hunt. This would be especially helpful if you have split up and are hunting in the same general area so that you don't mistake other hunters for game. The predictions offered in this app are based on algorithms developed through thorough research and input from hundreds of hunts. Hunt Predictor is powered by sportsmantracker.com so once you start using the app you can also gain access to that website and all the tools offered there. Take advantage of both Hunt Predictor and the sportsman.com web site and improve your chances of coming back with a trophy buck. Give it a shot.
Arcane Brilliance: Things I'm thankful for
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Arcane Brilliance for arcane, fire and frost mages. This week, Arcane Brilliance is feeling especially festive. Pyroblasting a turkey will do that. So apparently it's the holiday season. I'm still burping up cranberries and stuffing, my wife has started forcing Christmas music upon me (and frankly, if it's not Mannheim Steamroller, I don't want to hear it), and I've reached the point in the year when -- for my own mental well-being -- I refuse to look at a bank statement until February. To those of you who survived yesterday's annual gladiatorial bloodletting and emerged victorious from the front doors of Walmart or Old Navy, hoisting your hard-won set of hand towels above your head like a trophy: I salute you. To those of you who, like me, stayed home and bought stuff on Steam and Xbox Live: I also salute you, only I do so from my chair, by typing in an emote. Because, really, we're all pretty lazy. But damned if I don't feel well rested. In deference to the spirit of the season, we here at Arcane Brilliance thought it might be nice to spend a column thinking about the things we're grateful right now. You'll find the mage-related stuff behind the jump, but here's my non-mage-related short list of awesome things: flatbread chicken sandwiches getting randomly tagged on Dragon Quest IX while walking through the airport Tuesday night troll druid cat form The Walking Dead Mumford and Sons discovering the brilliance of Arrested Development and Friday Night Lights on Netflix Taco Bell, Netflix, Square Enix, etc. ... feel free to make any and all endorsement checks out to Christian Belt, care of WoW Insider. Also, screw you, AMC, for canceling Rubicon. I was just starting to enjoy that one. And screw you double, FOX, for putting Fringe on Fridays, where all good FOX shows go to die.
Breakfast Topic: Did you meet your Pilgrims Bounty goals?
Thanks to an obliging (and naked) dwarf rogue in Dalaran, I was able to obtain my Pilgrim title without much trouble. Well, trying to get the Turkinator on the first day was definitely "much trouble", but waiting a few days for Tirisfal Glades to empty out proved to be the less frustrating course. For my alts, I was happy just leveling my cooking on the cheap... and getting a level here and there. Pilgrim's Bounty was a great opportunity for easily working on what I consider a necessary secondary profession. This first instance of Blizzard's version of the U.S.'s Thanksgiving Day holiday didn't have any bosses with fun loot, and wasn't included as part of the meta, but it was casual fun without much time expended. And I am very fond of my suicidal turkey, though disappointed he didn't try to hook up with the Lonely Turkey. Were you able to do all you wanted to in this holiday? Did you enjoy it or is there something you wish they would change for next year?
The best of WoW.com: November 17-24, 2009
Happy Pilgrim's Bounty, everybody! That's the brand new Thanksgiving holiday going on right now in the World of Warcraft, where you can level up your cooking for cheap, chase turkeys around in-game, and even earn yourself the title of "Pilgrim." You'll find information about Pilgrim's Bounty and everything else in Warcraft over on Joystiq's sister site, WoW.com. Check out the links after the break for much, much more.
