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Post by dovehunter on Jul 3, 2016 9:16:42 GMT -5
Yesterday was the best day we have had for some time. We saw at least 6 groundhogs. My son shot 2 and missed one. I got one and missed one. All in all a good day.
We also got to try out our new Simmons range finder. It worked great and was certainly easy to use.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jul 3, 2016 12:46:30 GMT -5
That's a good day for sure!
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Post by Jack on Jul 4, 2016 6:14:27 GMT -5
Glad you got out and had some success. A rangefinder helps, for sure! I found my first rangefinder kind of humbling - it showed me that my range estimates were off more often than I thought.
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Post by dovehunter on Jul 4, 2016 9:13:34 GMT -5
...A rangefinder helps, for sure! I found my first rangefinder kind of humbling - it showed me that my range estimates were off more often than I thought. Yeah, most of our range estimates seem to err on the long side (LOL). Surprisingly though my son seems to have almost exactly a 3 ft. stride. We checked out the accuracy of the rangefinder before actually using it in the field using a 100 ft. tape. It seemed to be right on the money.
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Post by Jack on Jul 5, 2016 4:54:30 GMT -5
My experience is that the laser rangefinders are amazingly accurate. When you get a bad reading it's usually glaringly obvious - like reading 12 yards instead of 321 yards.
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Post by dovehunter on Jul 5, 2016 8:57:23 GMT -5
My experience is that the laser rangefinders are amazingly accurate. When you get a bad reading it's usually glaringly obvious - like reading 12 yards instead of 321 yards. Yeah, we have encountered the same anomalies and they are painfully obvious. You have to be very careful where you put the little box before pushing the ranging button. A reading is either obviously accurate or obviously an anomaly.
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Post by Jack on Jul 6, 2016 6:01:11 GMT -5
One trick I learned is to mount the rangefinder on something solid - I often mount mine on a tripod. That makes it easier to hold the rangefinder steady, and, for me, at least, I could get accurate readings farther away. Using a tripod isn't real practical if you're moving around, but if you set up in one place and stay there, it's worth doing.
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Post by dovehunter on Jul 6, 2016 9:10:40 GMT -5
One trick I learned is to mount the rangefinder on something solid - I often mount mine on a tripod. That makes it easier to hold the rangefinder steady, and, for me, at least, I could get accurate readings farther away. Using a tripod isn't real practical if you're moving around, but if you set up in one place and stay there, it's worth doing. That's a thought! I have an old movie camera tripod and, if I'm not mistaken, I believe the range finder has a tripod receptacle on the bottom. And yes, we do usually stay in one place unless the frigging cattle get in our way and force us to move (LOL).
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