ORIGINAL: trueoutdoorsman
Ok, he wasn't looking for either of your answers, but to tell you the truth, I would go with bushnell, as I have used bushnell and know it works. Haven't tried leupold though.
Let's see.......he asked if anyone had tried these units and what we thought and which one would we recommend.
I skipped the "had tried" part of his question and went straight to "what I thought".....so I did give him what he wanted.
Here is "what I think" in a little more detail.
This diagram was created using distances straight from the Bushnell website. I am not bashing Bushnell.....I am just using a picture to further detail my opinion of the technology...especially for a bow hunter.
They give you "line of sight" and actual distance on the website and in the commercials. What they fail to give you is the height of the hunter. Using their numbers.....the hunter would be over 66' up in the tree!!!!!!
Drop the hunter down to an average height of 20'.....and the line of sight on a 23 yard shot drops from 32 yards to 24 yards.
