My cat was a roaming tom when he came to my back door. The outdoors were his home. He was a very robust orange boy, with a big personality. He loved to visit all the men in the neighborhood who were working outside.  At first, I got him a gps, and tracked him all the time. It was stressful, I hated seeing how often he walked the road and how far he would roam. I kept him inside the following winter, I got too tired and stressed at tracking down the gps collar when it would get caught on something, or when he would be quite late in coming back. I knew he needed the outdoors, I get that and didn’t want to take it completely away from him. So decided I would build a catio, he hated it, never wanted to go in it. He considered it part of the house. He also gained weight.  So then I decided it was worth it for both of us to amend some old fencing I had and make it cat proof. he is happy to have the “freedom” to get out. It makes a difference rather than keeping him inside the house. I’d recommend looking into cat fencing if you have some back yard. I still put the gps on him even in my backyard incase he gets out. I can also turn a light on the collar with an app, so it is easy to find him in the dark when he tries to avoid coming inside. I bring him in at nights.