Thread: A Poor Man's Rangefinder

Greetings All,
I don't have any beef with having and using range finders. I have one myself and it was great for telling us how far away the cardboard deer was last week. The OP was aimed at those who don't have a rangefinder for whatever reason. Over the years, time and again, I have heard tales of woe with a newbie to hunting missing what should have been an easy shot at their first deer. They usually go something like this. The hunter has zeroed his scope dead on at 100 yards or some unknown distance and spots a deer at what appears to be a long way to them. They aim over the back to allow for drop and over the back is where the shot goes. Later the range is found to be only a little over 100 yards and a dead on hold would have produced the venison.
Having a longer zero and being able to determine that the deer is within their point blank range can give the young hunter the confidence to hold on the kill zone rather than aiming high and missing.
Regards Grandpamac.