MRAD reticle yardage measuring: tips & experience

[need4sneed]

You’ll need to measure some, but 16-17” back to brisket will probably be closer to reality for you. 18” is a big deer back to brisket.

Appreciate it! That perspective helps greatly

 

[Fireflyfishing]

Don’t take shots I need a rangefinder for or use OnX for an estimation. If your limit is 400, you can just use some form of MPBR. Ranging with a reticle isn’t super great, but would likely be ok inside of 400. Have you had an RF take a dump? Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but I’ve never had one go down on me other than out of batteries. I have extra rangefinders I can leave in the truck too

Yes I have. Dropped one and it was done.

 

[LongWayAround]

Don’t take shots I need a rangefinder for or use OnX for an estimation. If your limit is 400, you can just use some form of MPBR. Ranging with a reticle isn’t super great, but would likely be ok inside of 400. Have you had an RF take a dump? Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but I’ve never had one go down on me other than out of batteries. I have extra rangefinders I can leave in the truck too

Cold and blowing snow rendered my range finder useless a couple years ago.

We had a herd of elk in the open, well within effective range but far enough to need a reliable range. I hadn't thought much about learning to range with my reticle at that point. It's definitely in my list to practice more.

 

[nm.otter]

I'm thinking the box on the THLR reticle will prove useful here.

If my kill zone is 2-3x the 1 MRAD box, do I actually need a numeric range?

 

[need4sneed]

If my kill zone is 2-3x the 1 MRAD box, do I actually need a numeric range?

I track what you’re saying and I understand the “aim short, aim long” components of the reticle….
Not sure I understand it well enough to keep myself from doing something stupid.

Figured I’ll start from the ground up and learn analog distancing in a more nuanced way.

I like quick-drop a lot as well. Not just because it is applicable - but because memorized & instant known trajectory has helped me ….learn the language of trajectory more fluently….so to say.
This seems like an opportunity to gain some insight to distance in a similar fashion.