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438yd muley and 638 yd bull elk
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 238627" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>It performed well...in the mountains. I could get a range on something near the elk at 830-850 yds reliably but not much further. Once it got within 750 yds it gave a return every push of the button. It was a little inconvenient to need to change modes to get the angle (it only appears with the rifle group mode, which I was not using to plain ranging) but I made the choice not to buy a cosine indicator for this trip.</p><p></p><p>Where I was disappointed was on the plains. We went out and tried to range antelope, and I could not get a range on them unless they were within 550-600 yds. My local bud had a Leica (800 yd?) and on antelope he could get 100-150 yds further with it than mine.</p><p></p><p>I knew when I bought it that the Leicas were better at ranging up to their rating but I simply could not afford one this year so I had to do what I could. Eventually I will need to upgrade as my gun will out-shoot this rangefinder on all but a very windy day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>DIY hunts are tough..unless you know someone local. That was the key here. Non-locals never would find the parking lot we used to stage in. Even the locals don't all know the access points to all the lands, the guys we were with shot some elk this year on a tract of state land they had just learned to get into within the past year. The other advantage we had was being willing to hike so far back...we never saw another hunter our whole time in there. Nobody, not even locals, go back in there without horses. I paid a bottle of rum plus $50 for a couple guys to go in with horses and pack out my elk quarters for me. I carried out the backstraps and tenderloins on my back and would have done my best to get the rest out the same way but the price was right enough for me not to want to make myself miserable doing that! This was NASTY terrain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 238627, member: 1656"] It performed well...in the mountains. I could get a range on something near the elk at 830-850 yds reliably but not much further. Once it got within 750 yds it gave a return every push of the button. It was a little inconvenient to need to change modes to get the angle (it only appears with the rifle group mode, which I was not using to plain ranging) but I made the choice not to buy a cosine indicator for this trip. Where I was disappointed was on the plains. We went out and tried to range antelope, and I could not get a range on them unless they were within 550-600 yds. My local bud had a Leica (800 yd?) and on antelope he could get 100-150 yds further with it than mine. I knew when I bought it that the Leicas were better at ranging up to their rating but I simply could not afford one this year so I had to do what I could. Eventually I will need to upgrade as my gun will out-shoot this rangefinder on all but a very windy day. DIY hunts are tough..unless you know someone local. That was the key here. Non-locals never would find the parking lot we used to stage in. Even the locals don't all know the access points to all the lands, the guys we were with shot some elk this year on a tract of state land they had just learned to get into within the past year. The other advantage we had was being willing to hike so far back...we never saw another hunter our whole time in there. Nobody, not even locals, go back in there without horses. I paid a bottle of rum plus $50 for a couple guys to go in with horses and pack out my elk quarters for me. I carried out the backstraps and tenderloins on my back and would have done my best to get the rest out the same way but the price was right enough for me not to want to make myself miserable doing that! This was NASTY terrain. [/QUOTE]
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