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Standard animal size chart for ranging
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 93517" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Brown Trout</p><p></p><p>Back in the "good ole days" optical ranging was the only game in town. As you will see from the chart, animals are much like people and come in a variety of sizes. It is very important to determine if the animal you are ranging is a small or larger individual. Failure to correctly estimate the true chest measurement can lead to a range error of 15 to 20 %. If you can ,try to compare the body of the animal you are fixing to shoot to any does or other bucks to see if it is larger or smaller. Obviuosly the hardest animal to range is an individual standing by itself. I have used tree diameter on occaision to compare to the animal because I had scouted the exact spot of the shot and knew how thick the trees were.</p><p></p><p>One thing is you should practice optical ranging on a known object. Exactly how you use the stadia/plexs and whether you measure to the edges or to the centers is a source of error.</p><p></p><p>Optical ranging can be done and it can be very accurate out to long ranges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 93517, member: 8"] Brown Trout Back in the "good ole days" optical ranging was the only game in town. As you will see from the chart, animals are much like people and come in a variety of sizes. It is very important to determine if the animal you are ranging is a small or larger individual. Failure to correctly estimate the true chest measurement can lead to a range error of 15 to 20 %. If you can ,try to compare the body of the animal you are fixing to shoot to any does or other bucks to see if it is larger or smaller. Obviuosly the hardest animal to range is an individual standing by itself. I have used tree diameter on occaision to compare to the animal because I had scouted the exact spot of the shot and knew how thick the trees were. One thing is you should practice optical ranging on a known object. Exactly how you use the stadia/plexs and whether you measure to the edges or to the centers is a source of error. Optical ranging can be done and it can be very accurate out to long ranges. [/QUOTE]
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