Cap is right on. A friend of mine and I were hunting in a new area and he spied a nice buck while we were driving. He jumped out and shot the buck. It took off down a small draw and into a patch of timber. Thinking the deer was probably dead, he didn't take his day pack and only had his knife and rifle. Then it started snowing. After an hour, I started honking the horn and yelling, but the falling snow was muffling the sound. After 2 hours, I started driving around to see if he was on a road. 5 hours later I finally found him about 4 miles from the start. He lost the trail of his deer, didn't have a compass, and was wandering around until he lucked out finding a road that I happened to be on. He didn't have a Randall at the time, and I showed him my Brad 5-5" with the compass, and he ordered one the next week. Regardless of how well you know an area, sometimes having a compass will be a great asset.

Pap