Supranatural
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So I'm a beginning hunter, I chose to use bow and I'm gearing up for both local and out-of-state hunts...local will be deer, remote will be elk, hog, pronghorn.
So I know a lot of people love the RF Binos as it eliminates having to carry 2 devices and saving that weight. As well as the seconds saved switching from binos to RF. On the other hand once you get an RF bino you are stuck with whatever tech is current on the RF. I'm trying to decide and here is my thought process, please let me know if I'm thinking about this correctly.
I'm leaning towards separate binos and RF because as a bow hunter the binos are used to search large areas for elk for example, and to help identify elk vs a funny looking bush over distances. The assumption on my part is that knowing the distance to a distant elk isn't time-critical - since it could be a mile distant I have time to range it or hoof it over before needing the RF. Since I'm not hunting with a rifle (although this is a possibility in the future) I don't need ranging out beyond 100 yards for a shot, only to know perhaps how far I have to hike over to stalk the game. So I have plenty of time in hand if I want to switch to an RF to figure out distances.
Then, once I'm within bow range of an elk, I really don't need binos - with the typical 7x of an RF (I'm thinking of the Leica either 2400 or 2800) I can use that to range shooting lanes (if setting up) or to the elk if I'm spot and stalking...it seems that there's less a need to use a RF bino once I'm within a couple of hundred yards anyway as I'd be taking a 50 yard shot or less.
Is my thought process correct or am I missing something here.
So I know a lot of people love the RF Binos as it eliminates having to carry 2 devices and saving that weight. As well as the seconds saved switching from binos to RF. On the other hand once you get an RF bino you are stuck with whatever tech is current on the RF. I'm trying to decide and here is my thought process, please let me know if I'm thinking about this correctly.
I'm leaning towards separate binos and RF because as a bow hunter the binos are used to search large areas for elk for example, and to help identify elk vs a funny looking bush over distances. The assumption on my part is that knowing the distance to a distant elk isn't time-critical - since it could be a mile distant I have time to range it or hoof it over before needing the RF. Since I'm not hunting with a rifle (although this is a possibility in the future) I don't need ranging out beyond 100 yards for a shot, only to know perhaps how far I have to hike over to stalk the game. So I have plenty of time in hand if I want to switch to an RF to figure out distances.
Then, once I'm within bow range of an elk, I really don't need binos - with the typical 7x of an RF (I'm thinking of the Leica either 2400 or 2800) I can use that to range shooting lanes (if setting up) or to the elk if I'm spot and stalking...it seems that there's less a need to use a RF bino once I'm within a couple of hundred yards anyway as I'd be taking a 50 yard shot or less.
Is my thought process correct or am I missing something here.