Good deal on rangefinders!!
12-01-2002, 08:34 PM
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Unadilla NY United States
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Good deal on rangefinders!!
Hey guys check it out www.jcpenny.com has them for $99 and when you get to the checkout page type amexzone in the promotional code box for anadditional $10 off. I had one delivered to my door in working days for $104 total
12-02-2002, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Sioux Falls SD USA
Posts: 235
RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
HOLY HANNAH!!!!
2 months ago I bought the SAME rangefinder - Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport for $179 - this is a GREAT buy!!!! I use mine for bowhunting/3d only & it has been perfectly fine so far.
Thanks for the heads up!
Aim small miss small
2 months ago I bought the SAME rangefinder - Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport for $179 - this is a GREAT buy!!!! I use mine for bowhunting/3d only & it has been perfectly fine so far.
Thanks for the heads up!
Aim small miss small
12-02-2002, 10:05 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Texas
Posts: 1,382
RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
I just checked ya'll are right it is $179 at Cabelas! I'd like one but I don't know if I want to spend a $100 for one. Let me ask this question to you guys who own one; how close will it accuratly give you the yardage? For instance I know some rangefinders won't give a yardage under 20-30 yards. That would make it a little ineffective for bow hunting. Just curious. Thanks
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12-02-2002, 10:18 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
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RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
Holy Crap! I guess I just found my Christmas present for this year!
TxCowboy, to answer your question, I went to the bathroom and got my November issue of Bowhunting World in which I had been thoroughly perusing the article on rangefinders in it.
Here's what it said about the Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport, retailing at $270.
"Just slightly larger and less versatile than the top-of-the-line Scout, the economical Sport was a strong performer in our accuracy test, with just one-yard discrepancies at the 30- and 40-yard marks.
"Company literature says the Sport has a 10-yard minimum range, but we got ours to range as close as 5 yards.
"We liked the large, easy-to-see LCD readout, and nice sighting picture (field of view is 320 feet at 1,000 yards). Magnification is 4x, again, a slight step down from the Scout but a good, welcome -- and easily noticeable -- step up from the units that offered none.
"The internal yards-to-meters switch is located in the battery compartment, and once flipped, will display one way or the other -- eliminaing confustion forced by some other units that require you to change in and out of these modes using the power button."
Thanks a bunch, Bent Arrow! I really appreciate it!!
Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.
TxCowboy, to answer your question, I went to the bathroom and got my November issue of Bowhunting World in which I had been thoroughly perusing the article on rangefinders in it.
Here's what it said about the Bushnell Yardage Pro Sport, retailing at $270.
"Just slightly larger and less versatile than the top-of-the-line Scout, the economical Sport was a strong performer in our accuracy test, with just one-yard discrepancies at the 30- and 40-yard marks.
"Company literature says the Sport has a 10-yard minimum range, but we got ours to range as close as 5 yards.
"We liked the large, easy-to-see LCD readout, and nice sighting picture (field of view is 320 feet at 1,000 yards). Magnification is 4x, again, a slight step down from the Scout but a good, welcome -- and easily noticeable -- step up from the units that offered none.
"The internal yards-to-meters switch is located in the battery compartment, and once flipped, will display one way or the other -- eliminaing confustion forced by some other units that require you to change in and out of these modes using the power button."
Thanks a bunch, Bent Arrow! I really appreciate it!!
Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.
12-02-2002, 10:19 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: memphis TN
Posts: 447
RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
TX, these work down to 6 or 7 yards according to the literature and my experience with it. I've had one for a couple of years and it works great for me. There are a couple of features the high-dollar ones have that might be nice, but for bowhunting, you can't go wrong with this little jewel. Grab one.
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12-02-2002, 10:54 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arlington WA USA
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RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
I purchased the Yardage Pro 500 from Cabelas at full price and it was not a mistake. Mine occasionally will give a reading less than 20 yards but not normally. Being an old . . . OLD instinctive archer [now converted to sights and release] I have a good eye for targets less than 20 yards and rarely miss. I have problems judging targets over 20 yards and that's where I need my help.
I like the YP 500 because it has several filters: STANDARD [out to 500 yards-minimum reading 20 yards]; SCAN continuously scans multiple or moving targets;REFLECTIVE glass, stop signs out to 999 yards; RAIN precipitation 65-95 yards/meters; ZIP THRU fliters energy pulses from brush, etc less than 115-165 yards. These were the combination of features that sold me on this unit. In the Pacific Northwest all these features are very useful.
Though in some cases the units don't read very closely it more than fullfills my needs. When I am five yards from an animal . . . bet that I know it.
Dick
I like the YP 500 because it has several filters: STANDARD [out to 500 yards-minimum reading 20 yards]; SCAN continuously scans multiple or moving targets;REFLECTIVE glass, stop signs out to 999 yards; RAIN precipitation 65-95 yards/meters; ZIP THRU fliters energy pulses from brush, etc less than 115-165 yards. These were the combination of features that sold me on this unit. In the Pacific Northwest all these features are very useful.
Though in some cases the units don't read very closely it more than fullfills my needs. When I am five yards from an animal . . . bet that I know it.
Dick
12-02-2002, 01:33 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Texas
Posts: 1,382
RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
I just called them on the phone to order it and they said they were out of stock but they guaranteed me they'd put one on order for me at that price and they'd call me when they were in-stock. If I still wanted it then, I could authorize them to charge my credit card and ship it out. I sure hope they get some more in stock!
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12-02-2002, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: bronx new york USA
Posts: 335
RE: Good deal on rangefinders!!
m***er fu**er i just spent $179 a few months ago for the same one
This range finder is perfect for bowhunting small and simple it says the minimum yardage is 10 yards but I got readings at 6 yards
This range finder is perfect for bowhunting small and simple it says the minimum yardage is 10 yards but I got readings at 6 yards