Not to beat a dead horse on "praise" of this scope, but I was able to take a very nice 10 point on the last Sat of deer season here in NC. I had planned to coyote hunt, so I brought along my 6x47 with 105 a max's, and the scope was the Eliminator III. About 8 am I saw a doe come out at 318 yards, and she was acting very jumpy. The six deer closer to me did not pay her much mind, so I felt she was not in danger, but running from a rutting buck. Over the last three years, I have had this same event occur once each season. Like in the past, the doe would come out and stand for a couple of seconds, flip her tail and run off of the shooting lane. Immediately following her would be a large main frame 8 (two years ago) or 10 (last year), but he would not stop on the path and only be visible for about 2 seconds while he crossed the small path. Hoping this was a repeat performance, I put the cross hairs on the doe and ranged her. As the amber dot glowed, she ran left and he followed close behind, but quartering away, giving me just a little more time. I lead him with the amber dot and squeezed the trigger just before he disappeared into the woods...but I saw him arch and lift his tail....Long and short of it, he was laying 10 yards off the trial. Would I have been able to make this shot with one of my other customs with a non-rangefinder NF or other scope? I would like to think I could, but I can tell you it was really nice to have the glowing amber dot to take some of my concern of POI out at the moment of truth.
For deer hunting it is great.....For coyote hunting it is indispensable...I seldom have time to see, range and then dope and acquire in the scope...with the Eliminator III, it eliminates all those steps to, see, push and shoot.
Thank you Burris for a great product. I cant wait for the next new model, and I hope I get to take one through its paces.
Roger
