I have always really loved my Leica Geovid HD-B 2200 LRF binoculars. I am a hunter first and foremost, so good glass is a necessity and I will never need ranges out past 800 yards or so.
Yesterday morning, I had the trophy buck of the decade walk out. He was in a bare dirt field, and I ranged him at (what I thought was) 500 yards. No wind and I had a very stable bipod/rear bag position. This is a shot I’ve practiced on steel hundreds of times and have great confidence in. I dialed on 2.6 and sent it, and watched in horror as my bullet impacted in the dirt right behind his front feet.
I’ve got 100% confidence in my dope, and now have 0% confidence in my LRF equipment. I wasn’t shooting THAT far, but obviously that deer was 100+ yards further than I thought he was. I am just thankful it was a clean miss.
So.... am I incorrect in assuming a device with a tighter beam divergence might have helped in my situation? Or am I just an idiot that wasn’t using the equipment properly?
Yesterday morning, I had the trophy buck of the decade walk out. He was in a bare dirt field, and I ranged him at (what I thought was) 500 yards. No wind and I had a very stable bipod/rear bag position. This is a shot I’ve practiced on steel hundreds of times and have great confidence in. I dialed on 2.6 and sent it, and watched in horror as my bullet impacted in the dirt right behind his front feet.
I’ve got 100% confidence in my dope, and now have 0% confidence in my LRF equipment. I wasn’t shooting THAT far, but obviously that deer was 100+ yards further than I thought he was. I am just thankful it was a clean miss.
So.... am I incorrect in assuming a device with a tighter beam divergence might have helped in my situation? Or am I just an idiot that wasn’t using the equipment properly?
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