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took this one today. I used the range finder, and it told me 48 yards, may have been 47 by the time I let fly. Knowing the exact distance is what put my tag on her!

I can usually judge range pretty good, but at longer ranges, KNOWING the exact range is the difference between success and failure! Not all of us sit in tree stands where you can only shoot 20 yards;)

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Congrats, Howler..:)..knowing the exact distance undoubtedly gave you some extra confidence. That alone makes it worth the price. Continued good luck.

Red

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Great post howler, and even greater pic! :)A big congratulations to you, sir!

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You're correct in the assertion about horizontal distance, and it's what causes a lot of bowhunters to shoot high. Although there are a few rangefinders starting to hit the market that claim to be able to adjust for this, I haven't heard too many great things about them at this point.

You could shoot a few known objects while you were still on the ground, but I find it much simpler to just pick out a tree I want to range and follow its trunk up to the level of my treestand, which is usually 20 feet or so. I then range that tree at that horizontal distance, much as you suggested. That gives me the real distance I should shoot for.

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While I agree with some of the things listed being not very effective, I don't agree that we should put the label of 'fad' on some of them.

I love my ground blind and have taken turkey and deer from one.

As far as fads go... hold on to your black and white TVs guys, this color TV fad is gonna be over any day now. ;)

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I'm surprised no one said "UV Killer."

I see that as being a real money waster. I'm surprised it made any money at all, but the advertising campaign worked and people bought it. I actually had one of the salemen still try to sell me this stuff even after I told him that I washed all my hunting clothes in baking soda only! I rarely get picked off.

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Now hold on thar..... I don't own any camo undies and don't plan on buying any. Things are hard enough to find somedays without hiding them under camo.

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many guys are like me and use a climber at times thats the only/first time in need that range finder to get the true range on the longer shoots. IF the reason behind this was to give the "weekenders" a hard time Why the parella limbs comment

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I don't know if tis item will sell enough to become a fad or not but it is definately the most useless gadget I have ever seen. The deer'eere. It's like a taper reamer, you stick it in a deers butt and twist it a few times then pull it out and the intestines are cut loose and stay attatched to this thing so you can tie them off. I'm not kidding.

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i would agree on that