Hello everyone! Today we’re going to talk about the importance of a range finder while hunting. Up until recently we always went hunting at the same spots, knew exactly what distance we were shooting, and knew our rifle/ammo and how the bullet traveled.
Then we got invited to hunt on some family friend's land. The new location, new vantage point, and no way judge the distance other than to “eyeball it”. Now we’re sure that there are people in the world who can very accurately judge a distance on the fly. But we’ve also seen enough YouTube hunting videos of hunters misjudging a shot and just wounding an animal horribly because of that mistake.
Having a range finder as part of our hunting kit did not become important until we got new scopes and more powerful rifles for longer range hunts. Think Elk hunting in Colorado long-range hunting. Most long-range scopes have a parallax adjustment, and to correctly adjust the parallax setting you need to know your range exactly. Otherwise, it could make your shot dreadfully inaccurate.
Don’t know what parallax is? Parallax occurs when the target and reticle are on different planes within the scope. This means that the reticle will move over or around the target while aiming down the scope.
Now even when we go on go on shorter-range hunts we take a range finder just because it makes for a better shot. We highly recommend that if you don’t already have a range finder as part of your regular hunting kit get one.
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