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How I use my range finder......
#1107683
10/11/14 07:09 AM
10/11/14 07:09 AM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 595 St. Clair, Alabama
Bucky205
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4 point
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 595
St. Clair, Alabama
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A friend and i got into a discussion about how we use our range finders. He actually tries to get an exact range to the deer before he shoots. Once I get settled in my tree, I pick out prominent features, stumps down trees, streams etc in my shoot-able directions and range them. I'm then able to establish an accurate 30 yard reference from my tree. You instantly know your range the second you see the deer. If it's just past my marker I shoot my 40 just under my 20. If it's over twice the distance I let em walk. I don't see how you ever have time to lase the deer, draw you bow, and get off a shot. I've walked off distances to things before I climbed before I had a range finder, and that works as well. Just a way to accurately range if you wanted to try it.
"There are no easy days, not even yesterday"
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Re: How I use my range finder......
[Re: Bucky205]
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10/11/14 07:51 AM
10/11/14 07:51 AM
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Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 23,150 All Over
Dustin
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 23,150
All Over
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I use mine the same. On loc-ons or places I hunt often I would place engineer flags as yardage markers and spray with Pack-Rat Spray.
Don't let life get in the way of living
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Re: How I use my range finder......
[Re: Bucky205]
#1107743
10/11/14 08:42 AM
10/11/14 08:42 AM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 28,973 Fosters, Alabama, USA
Shaw
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Posts: 28,973
Fosters, Alabama, USA
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I've always done the same. But last year, I started leaving it hanging around my neck. If I get the opportunity to take an actual reading I will.
"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." Captain Woodrow F. Call
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Re: How I use my range finder......
[Re: Bucky205]
#1108515
10/11/14 04:03 PM
10/11/14 04:03 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,391 Cleburne County
NortonZ7
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 5,391
Cleburne County
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I do that as well, but I try to get an actual range if at all possible. I get nervous that I'll get my marks mixed up.
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Re: How I use my range finder......
[Re: Bucky205]
#1108611
10/11/14 05:13 PM
10/11/14 05:13 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,348 Monroe County, AL
skintback
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,348
Monroe County, AL
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I will reference points for that unexpected shot, but if I have time, I will range the deer.
Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, or it's not worth doing at all! ------------------------------
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