Ranging coyotes at long range

[Timberbeast7]

I also have the Leica 1200 crf and have had only great results. I have had no problems with mine in the snow...just had it out yesterday when we were whacking yotes and I ranged coyotes out to 600 yards (the farthest away we saw one) and ranged hillsides out to 1300 yards, all in the snow. I have never noticed the button being stiff, guess all those finger pull-ups I've been doing is finally paying off!

[Sendero_Man]

I am talking ranging while it is snowing heavy. It will not work.... Guaranteed !!

[Sledge1]

Originally Posted by Timberbeast7

I also have the Leica 1200 crf and have had only great results. I have had no problems with mine in the snow...just had it out yesterday when we were whacking yotes and I ranged coyotes out to 600 yards (the farthest away we saw one) and ranged hillsides out to 1300 yards, all in the snow. I have never noticed the button being stiff, guess all those finger pull-ups I've been doing is finally paying off!

So you were able to get a range directly off the dog at 600? That's not too shabby for where I'm at. There aren't too many opportunities for me to shoot much farther than that anyway but I'd like to be prepared when the shot presents itself ya know.
Thanks again.

[Varmint Hunter]

I have ranged small deer, including fawns, out to 800+yds with my Swaro. That is about as far as I have had the opportunity to range small animals. I could easily range other shooting boxes (elevated blinds) at 1300yds or more.

[Timberbeast7]

I am talking ranging while it is snowing heavy. It will not work.... Guaranteed !!

Can't disagree a whole lot with that Sendero Man, really heavy fog can also play hell with the range finder, but I don't know if any rangefinder will perform flawlessly with those kind of thick obstructions in the air (too much reflective clutter in the air to get reliable laser performance).

So you were able to get a range directly off the dog at 600?

Hard to tell if it was actually hitting the dog or the ground directly below it, but what difference is 1 or 2 feet going to make? But like Varmint Hunter said, I have ranged elevated objects out to 1000+yds or silhouetted animals out to 700-800 yards.

[Sendero_Man]

timber...

off subject, but nice deer your wife got...

SM

[Sledge1]

Thanks for all the help guys. Sounds like I could get by with the CRF just fine. As for any of them working/ not working through snow, I wish I had to worry about that, but we don't seem to be able to get too much of that anymore.