Need Advice!!!
07-27-2009, 06:09 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 419
Need Advice!!!
Im bucklin down and finally gonna go buy a new rangefinder this weekend. My question is the new angle compensator in the rangefinders really worth the extra money or not. Ive been looking at the Nikon 550 prostaff but if know i dont wanna get the Nikon archers choice because i wanna use it for rifle hunting too. So throw me some info on what ya think.
07-27-2009, 07:33 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
Agreed, it will ALMOST never come in handy in bowhunting unless you hunt extreme side hills and longer shots but you may never know when it will come in handy.
07-27-2009, 07:42 PM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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It'll come in handy.....if you plan on hunting 60'+ in a tree......or if the differential = that or more on a hillside (tough trail you're on, huh?).
If I had to pay more for it....I wouldn't pay it. If I gun hunted at all (I don't), I'd get it. If I only bowhunted, I wouldn't give it a second look.
Run the numbers for yourself (Pythagaorean Theorem).
EDIT*****
Here's a scenario I ran for giggles....
Let's say you're 20yds up in a tree (yeah....that's 60'). Let's say your target is 60yds out. To compensate for the angle....your actual yardage to your target is a little over 63yds.
Worth it, to you, to know that?
If I had to pay more for it....I wouldn't pay it. If I gun hunted at all (I don't), I'd get it. If I only bowhunted, I wouldn't give it a second look.
Run the numbers for yourself (Pythagaorean Theorem).
EDIT*****
Here's a scenario I ran for giggles....
Let's say you're 20yds up in a tree (yeah....that's 60'). Let's say your target is 60yds out. To compensate for the angle....your actual yardage to your target is a little over 63yds.
Worth it, to you, to know that?
Last edited by GMMAT; 07-27-2009 at 07:50 PM.
07-28-2009, 03:22 AM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Delaware
Posts: 12
I bought a range finder last year and was in the same situation. I chose not to get the angle compensator. I figured I was going to practice shooting from a tree stand, so the 20 yards I measured practicing would be the same distance I would see in the field.
Like others said, long distance or some extreme conditions on a mountain it would be to your advantage to buy the archers choice.
Like others said, long distance or some extreme conditions on a mountain it would be to your advantage to buy the archers choice.
07-28-2009, 06:22 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 345
Im bucklin down and finally gonna go buy a new rangefinder this weekend. My question is the new angle compensator in the rangefinders really worth the extra money or not. Ive been looking at the Nikon 550 prostaff but if know i dont wanna get the Nikon archers choice because i wanna use it for rifle hunting too. So throw me some info on what ya think.
I bought the Leupold RXII/RX1000. I'm extremely happy with it. It has the TBR option. I think that for bowhunting that it's VERY usefull. Becuase a few yard error when you take your shot can mean a good clean shot and a complete miss.
07-28-2009, 02:31 PM
#8
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 419
Ok so help me out on this then, take say my $300 and get a rangefinder angle compensation or go with this deal here(what do u think)------ http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...233&hasJS=true
07-29-2009, 04:47 AM
#9
Giant Nontypical
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Dan