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Leica Geovid-R 15x56 thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 1933459" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>I've had mine for 3 seasons now (hunting Idaho primarily; elk, muleys and spring bear, with an Ak Sitka blackmail hunt to kick things off). </p><p>I had the same strategy as you (leave the rangefinder and spotter at home, my Leicas would do it all). I've been happy with them, for the most part. I occasionally have issues getting range readings when it's raining (my buddy's vortex RF spits readings out with no problem in same condition), so that is frustrating.</p><p>I have NOT sent them back to see if there's an issue with them (I don't want to lose them for 3-4 months). </p><p>For the intended purpose, I'm very happy with them. They don't quite replace a high quality RF and they don't quite cover the gap to a spotter... but for elk I'm shooting anything that's legal and for deer I'll shoot anything with a mature frame (so I'm not counting inches) - it's adequate for me. Make sure you use them on a tripod, free handing them is a fruitless strugglefest, but on a tripod they are gold. </p><p>We doubled the number of deer we spotted in the first season (hunting an area we've hunted every year for 8 years). The mountains were suddenly crawling with critters (consider that populations were much higher in the years preceding snowmageddon, and we STILL saw more deer than ever before). Sitting behind 15's on a tripod was truly a game changer for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 1933459, member: 92230"] I’ve had mine for 3 seasons now (hunting Idaho primarily; elk, muleys and spring bear, with an Ak Sitka blackmail hunt to kick things off). I had the same strategy as you (leave the rangefinder and spotter at home, my Leicas would do it all). I’ve been happy with them, for the most part. I occasionally have issues getting range readings when it’s raining (my buddy’s vortex RF spits readings out with no problem in same condition), so that is frustrating. I have NOT sent them back to see if there’s an issue with them (I don’t want to lose them for 3-4 months). For the intended purpose, I’m very happy with them. They don’t quite replace a high quality RF and they don’t quite cover the gap to a spotter... but for elk I’m shooting anything that’s legal and for deer I’ll shoot anything with a mature frame (so I’m not counting inches) - it’s adequate for me. Make sure you use them on a tripod, free handing them is a fruitless strugglefest, but on a tripod they are gold. We doubled the number of deer we spotted in the first season (hunting an area we’ve hunted every year for 8 years). The mountains were suddenly crawling with critters (consider that populations were much higher in the years preceding snowmageddon, and we STILL saw more deer than ever before). Sitting behind 15’s on a tripod was truly a game changer for us. [/QUOTE]
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