Thread: Who got the last laugh? You decide

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Good honest report. Yes a 200 meter zero will end up similar too Mickys rule of 3 and will help. You just have to aim dead centre at reasonable ranges. Other ideas- if you cant afford the rangefinder, then when you are just out and walking around, pick an object in the distance and guess what it is, then pace it out. Keep doing that and your estimation will improve.
If you have access to a place that doesn't mind you firing shots, go rock hunting. Shoot rocks at different ranges from different spots and angles. It all improves your range estimation.

Agreed, on evening walks my partner and I sometimes take a rangefinder and take competing guesses at different chosen landmarks then see who wins when the range finder confirms it. The rule is that anyone can nominate a landmark and to score a point the guess has to be within 5% for <100, 10% 100-300, and 5% for anything over 300. Any guess that is outside 20% is a lost point.
~75% of scored points are within the last ~25% of guesses.
Anyone still following this will have clocked that guess and confirm is effective at teaching good range guesstimating.

Also, if you are wanting to shoot a deer, walk past the goats, you won't see any deer if you are shooting up goats.
Go for the deer first, and if nothing doing, on your walk home start on the goats.