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Using your reticle to range big game
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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 553989" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>Any stadia reticle can only be as accurate as your ability to estimate the actual size of a physical object at the distance you're trying to measure it. The ability to estimate the size of individual animals where you hunt will be the primary source of ranging error. </p><p></p><p>I don't argue with the correctness of Loners chart, but you still have to know the size of the animal your dealing with You can carry a copy of the chart in your pocket but modern laser angefinders are about a easy to carry. </p><p></p><p>Here's a little different method which doesn't require a chart and works for any >familiar< object. It's still no better than how well you can estimate the size of objects. </p><p>1. Visualize a yard stick standing vertically beside the object.</p><p>2. Estimate how many of those yardsticks it would take to fit in the 10 mils on a mil-dot reticle (the distance between the heavy black bar cross hairs in the mil dot scope.</p><p>3. That number is the number of hundred yards to the target. </p><p></p><p>The units don't matter as long as you use consistent units. Visuallizing a meter stick and getting the answer in hundreds of meters works just as well. </p><p></p><p>This picture points out the problem of using stadia rangefinders at all. I use a Leica 1200 laser rangefinder instead. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://media.photobucket.com/image/deer%20size%20chart/apeldille/hjortstorlekar_frg-1.png" target="_blank">http://media.photobucket.com/image/deer size chart/apeldille/hjortstorlekar_frg-1.png</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 553989, member: 9253"] Any stadia reticle can only be as accurate as your ability to estimate the actual size of a physical object at the distance you're trying to measure it. The ability to estimate the size of individual animals where you hunt will be the primary source of ranging error. I don't argue with the correctness of Loners chart, but you still have to know the size of the animal your dealing with You can carry a copy of the chart in your pocket but modern laser angefinders are about a easy to carry. Here's a little different method which doesn't require a chart and works for any >familiar< object. It's still no better than how well you can estimate the size of objects. 1. Visualize a yard stick standing vertically beside the object. 2. Estimate how many of those yardsticks it would take to fit in the 10 mils on a mil-dot reticle (the distance between the heavy black bar cross hairs in the mil dot scope. 3. That number is the number of hundred yards to the target. The units don't matter as long as you use consistent units. Visuallizing a meter stick and getting the answer in hundreds of meters works just as well. This picture points out the problem of using stadia rangefinders at all. I use a Leica 1200 laser rangefinder instead. [url]http://media.photobucket.com/image/deer%20size%20chart/apeldille/hjortstorlekar_frg-1.png[/url] [/QUOTE]
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