Badriver Range Finder

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  1. Spear Chukker

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    Anyone ever tried one of these rangefinding gauges (not sure what to call it)? It fits in your sight and is supposed to help range an animal by gauging the distance from the bottom of its body to the top.

    Any recommendations for a device like this?
     
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    frantzracing0 Weekend Warrior

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    I havent but iv been very intrigued as well
     
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    enemyofsilence Weekend Warrior

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    I looked into that one , but I order the dead on range finder. Less in sight. I will let you know how it works.
     
  4. BigPhil_H

    BigPhil_H Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Very interesting. I have never seen or heard of this product. I'm skeptical yet intrigued at the same time. Looks like I'm going to be up all night haha
     
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    joshua.waymire.1 Weekend Warrior

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    It has me wondering about it. It seems like a decent design but I'm not too sure how well it'll work with my hha. I'm not really sure how to range at full draw and change my pin setting at the same time lol
     
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    BigPhil_H Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I was thinking the exact same thing joshua.
     
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    joshua.waymire.1 Weekend Warrior

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    I think its a neat concept but for me personally it wouldn't work only because of my sight that I don't plan on changing. Now if they can make a laser range finder fit in a sight I'm all for it.
     
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    enemyofsilence Weekend Warrior

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    Easier with fixed pin. You need to know how your bow shoots. lets say you keep the single pin at 30 yards. Deer comes in and you use the ranger and it's telling you 40/45 yards you know you need to rise your pin slightly how much depends if you have practice this. It will work on single pin. But if your pin is set at 20 yards and the ranger is saying 50 yards I can see that being a tuff shot for some not being able to adjust sight at full draw. In the end I would use it with any multi pin and a single set at 30 yards and fine out how much you need to adjust at diff yardages. My 2 cents.
     
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    joshua.waymire.1 Weekend Warrior

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    I was thinking something similar. I'm just not sold on the idea of it yet and I don't think its something I really need since I'm pretty good at judging yardage on the fly
     
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    enemyofsilence Weekend Warrior

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    I am pretty good on the fly also but it's nice to have a quick reference for insurance. It's probably the reason why I am not sold on single pin even as fast as these bows are. Oh he's at 40 bring to 40 pin and swack. Instead of hmm lets remember at 20 it's here, if I raise it this much that's 30 and I think this much for 40. All that thinking if you do not have the time to adjust that single pin. Please by no means am I hating on the single pin shooters. I just not have shot one. Maybe for 3d.
     
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    I just set mine at 25 and put small dots under my actual glow pin for 30 and 40
     

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