what range finder????
08-09-2007, 11:25 AM
#11
Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: what range finder????
ORIGINAL: robbcayman
Good Point, I just thought I might eventually regret owning it when I could have bought something else I would have put to more use. I mean every time before you shoot a deer, do you use the range finder? It may be worth getting If I could use it enough to justify it.
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
I think of it like this: I doubt you'll ever have one with and wish you didn't but I am betting that eventually there will be a time you didn't have one and wish you did.
ORIGINAL: robbcayman
How crucial do you think a range finder is? I have been debating rather to get one or not, but I want to make sure it is worth it.
How crucial do you think a range finder is? I have been debating rather to get one or not, but I want to make sure it is worth it.
08-09-2007, 11:25 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
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RE: what range finder????
ORIGINAL: robbcayman
Good Point, I just thought I might eventually regret owning it when I could have bought something else I would have put to more use. I mean every time before you shoot a deer, do you use the range finder? It may be worth getting If I could use it enough to justify it.
Good Point, I just thought I might eventually regret owning it when I could have bought something else I would have put to more use. I mean every time before you shoot a deer, do you use the range finder? It may be worth getting If I could use it enough to justify it.
You can also use them to check your ranging ability. Guess the range to an object and then range it with the RF. That will help increase your ability and ranging animals without it say, if you were still hunting.
08-09-2007, 02:59 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2007
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RE: what range finder????
FYI
If you hunt out of a blind
I believe the Nikon (440) is the only
one that is accuratate thru the screen.(maybe all the Nikons do ?)
I never had any use for a range finder till I started traveling to hunt.
I grew up hunting 90lb deer.
First Ohio #250 buck showed up I was off by over 10 yds.
First Tx little deer w/Ohio horns in the cactus was tough.
Now I take the Nikon and range 4-5 things from any stand I am hunting from.
It literaly only takes a minute and saves a bunch of grief.
That little Nikon has been on hundreds of hunts and when you average the costper hunt it is cheap insurance.
IMHO
If you hunt out of a blind
I believe the Nikon (440) is the only
one that is accuratate thru the screen.(maybe all the Nikons do ?)
I never had any use for a range finder till I started traveling to hunt.
I grew up hunting 90lb deer.
First Ohio #250 buck showed up I was off by over 10 yds.
First Tx little deer w/Ohio horns in the cactus was tough.
Now I take the Nikon and range 4-5 things from any stand I am hunting from.
It literaly only takes a minute and saves a bunch of grief.
That little Nikon has been on hundreds of hunts and when you average the costper hunt it is cheap insurance.
IMHO
08-09-2007, 03:55 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2007
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RE: what range finder????
I love the size, weight and feel of the Nikon 440. My only thing in looking through it is
I wish it came in a lower magnification. 8x is on the high end. Most of the Bushnells are 5-7X.
Maybe it is just my personal taste, but is there a reason they use 8x or I should?
I wish it came in a lower magnification. 8x is on the high end. Most of the Bushnells are 5-7X.
Maybe it is just my personal taste, but is there a reason they use 8x or I should?
08-09-2007, 05:36 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
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RE: what range finder????
I don't know but I suspect the reason it is 8x is so that you can use it as a viewing device (monocular) also. Since it ranges out to 400 yds you can get a better look at what you may shoot while you are getting distance. If there was a rangefinder just for bowhunters it would probably be 2x and only range out to 75 yards maybe. But that is probably not worth it to make for anyone.
08-10-2007, 01:52 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
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RE: what range finder????
I have a Nikon 440 and love it. Ranges very well out to 400+ yards, which covers me for rifle season as well…
Had initially bought a Bushnel (don’t remember the actual model) but I had some issues with it. Would give me varying yardage values scanning the same object multiple time, if I could get a reading at all – plus it was bulkier… I suppose I just got a lemon…
Had initially bought a Bushnel (don’t remember the actual model) but I had some issues with it. Would give me varying yardage values scanning the same object multiple time, if I could get a reading at all – plus it was bulkier… I suppose I just got a lemon…