Steve West on Mapping Made Easy and Affordable with FarWide

February 4, 2021

Do you use any outdoor, hunting and fishing related apps on your smartphone or device? Mapping apps have grown in popularity over the last decade by providing hunters with access to detailed maps that show private property, public land, trails, campsites and more. Steve West is the host of Steve's Outdoor Adventures" on Sportsman Channel, Mondays at 9:30 p.m. ET and he joins The Revolution with a brief look at his Mexico Coues deer adventure and how the FarWide app can help outdoor enthusiasts while afield.

Recently back from a trip south of the border, Steve was in Sonora, Mexico hunting Coues deer. Pushing past the border 2 ½ hours, Steve says it's excellent Coues deer country. While FarWide is a great platform for finding outdoor information and maps for the U.S., does the app work in another country, like Mexico? Steve says, "yes" it really does and he was able to utilize the features several times in order to pinpoint where he was, get a lay for the land and use the topo features as well.

The FarWide App is a comprehensive tool for outdoorsmen and women that provides advanced mapping features and tools, landowner information, private and public land boundaries, a unique social media platform, access to digital media like online videos, game and fishing regulations and data, online shopping, weather and more. Apps with similar mapping functions exist, but subscribers must pay a significant monthly or yearly premium. FarWide on the other hand is completely free to all users. There are no in-app purchases or surprise charges in order to access information. The app is free to use, through and through, Steve says. If you enjoy the outdoors, this will give you all the data you need before, during and after your outdoor adventures. Users can look up and see where the nearest boat launch is in their area, they can stay legal and look up hunting and fishing regulations, get a feel for the lay of the land, use the GPS mapping feature to plan out a trail and more. Steve says he has been able to see the app in action several times. This past November he headed to Montana, and prior to leaving he was able to download the applicable maps and then find elk distribution information and hunter success rates based on the built in features of the app. If you don't have a lot of time to scout, Steve says, the FarWide app provides access to a lot of different information before you ever leave home.

Listen in as Steve talks more about the FarWide App, you can download it FREE, right now!

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Trav is a small town kid driven by hunting, fishing, rock/honky-tonk music, cold beer and his wife and kids. Being raised in a rural area surrounded by wildlife and lacking the luxurious amenities of big city life might be challenging to some; however, to Trav, it was an utter blessing. From his inception on, Trav has spent his life outdoors, he was taught at a very young age to hunt and fish and over the years these skills have molded him into a self-sufficient outdoorsman that strives to live a sustainable and God fearing lifestyle. When Trav isn’t behind the mic he’s either in the woods or on the water sharing his passion and love for the outdoors with his family and friends. So, don't bother searching for him online and you couldn’t pay him to own an iPhone, but let me reassure you of this: If there’s hunting and fishing, cold beer on tap and shaving isn’t required, he’s certainly not too far. What you see is what you get with Trav and to sum him up is simple, he doesn’t ask for a lot and he’ll never need much, a rifle, a bow, the love of his good looking wife and to be all that his children will ever need!

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