Thread: Ideal distance for a range finder

There are all sorts of range finders / rangefinder binoculars out there with varying distances of ranging achievable.

Ideally I want to get the best option first off (European rangefinder binoculars), but that's probably a while off yet. As a short term stop gap measure I was looking at getting a rangefinder such as the Sig Kilo 850 or something similar in partnership with my existing binos/spotting scope. If the Sig specs are to be believed they can range a deer up to 600yds. Given I wouldn't be shooting past 500m, is there something I'm missing with the longer range rangefinders.

Knowing a deer is 1000m away would be great to know, but seems overkill information, given shooting distances are under half that distance.

Happy to be schooled on the subject.