ProHunting With a Team
Team hunting with ProHunt transforms an informal group hunt into a coordinated operation where everyone knows their role, their position, and what to do if something goes wrong. This guide covers the complete team setup and daily coordination workflow.
Before the Hunt Season: Setting Up Your Team
Create the team
Go to Team > Create Team. Name it after your hunting group or property. Share the 6-character invite code with all members. Each member joins via Team > Join Team.
Understand who can do what
The team leader manages the team and can regenerate the invite code at any time. Members share their live GPS position, chat, and see shared waypoints, points of interest, and annotations on the team map. The team map and its live positions require Pro — free users have the base map only.
Build the shared map
Add all team-relevant waypoints: stands, parking areas, gates, feeders, cabins, and medical evacuation points. Mark them as Team Shared so all members see them.
Draw shared boundaries
Use Map Drawing to outline your hunting property boundary. Colour it green for permitted areas, red for neighbour properties and no-go zones. Share all drawings with the team.
Set up SOS individually
Before the season opens, make sure each hunter has set their own SOS contact in Settings > Safety. SOS sends your GPS position and a custom message to the one contact each person has chosen — set it up before heading into the field.
Daily Morning Coordination
Evening before: assign stands
The team leader posts tomorrow's stand assignments in team chat. Each assignment should reference the stand waypoint name. This eliminates morning confusion.
Morning check-in
At the parking area, everyone opens ProHunt and confirms they are visible on the team map. Do not release anyone into the woods until all members are showing GPS positions.
Radio silence approach
Once members split toward their stands, use team chat instead of phone calls. A message is silent; a phone call can alert deer.
Hunt and monitor
Throughout the morning, you can check the team map to see where everyone is. If a member has moved to an unexpected position, send a quick chat message before moving yourself.
End of hunt check-in
When you leave your stand, update team chat: "Heading out." This lets the team leader confirm everyone has left the woods before driving out.
Deer Drive Coordination
Deer drives require the most careful coordination. The standard ProHunt drive workflow:
Draw the drive route
Before the drive, the drive leader draws the driver line (where they will push) and stander positions on the map using Map Drawing. Share with all team members.
Assign positions
Post stand assignments in team chat. Every stander knows their position waypoint before walking there.
Confirm everyone is in position
Watch the team map until all standers show GPS positions at their assigned locations. Only then do drivers begin moving.
Monitor the drive in real time
Standers can see the drivers approaching on the map. They know when deer may be pushed ahead of the line. Drivers can see if a stander has moved and adjust their push direction.
Signal completion
When drivers reach the end of the drive corridor, post in team chat before anyone moves. Standers stay in position until the all-clear message.