Range "Cheat" Pic!

[Keith2324]

If this has been done already, please pardon the redundancy.

I may have come up with another way to make hunting/target shooting a bit more successful. If you shoot from a static location on a regular basis, this may be of some use. Most of use range cards to figure out what mildot to use when shooting. But we still have to range the quarry/target with a rangefinder. Using the example attached below, you can use a picture of your shooting environment and annotate the ranges on it. This way, you only have to look at your range card and target acquisition may mean the difference between getting the shot or having your quarry fly off. It's a little rudimentary but I think you guys can get the point. I just used a pic of my backyard as an example. I hope it helps.

Keith.

 

[AirgunBill]

Did something similar the other day when I set up waiting for a groundhog to come out. I noted about four areas one might come out, the yardages and amount of holder in mildots from my range card. Generally I will try to set-up within my point blank range of my air rifle so I can hold right on target. Bill

 

[Ginuwine1969]

That's a good idea, i did the same thing when i first started shooting then forgot all about it, I just updated my backyard range card thanks for the reminder.

 

[ztirffritz]

Isn't the point of the mil-dots in the scope to allow you to do that automatically? If you know the size of the quarry, roughly, you can estimate it's distance using the mil-dots but how many mil-dots tall it is. Ted had a video about how to do that using pellet tins that were exactly one mil-dot in diameter at some set distance. I need to watch that again. 

 

[ztirffritz]

Isn't the point of the mil-dots in the scope to allow you to do that automatically? If you know the size of the quarry, roughly, you can estimate it's distance using the mil-dots by how many mil-dots tall it is. Ted had a video about how to do that using pellet tins that were exactly one mil-dot in diameter at some set distance. I need to watch that again. 

 

[bill_dd97]

Mk1 eyeball and Mil-dot ranging is what I do. You could also sketch the terrain your shooting in and mark the ranges.

 

[FXSHOOTER]

I always use a laser rangefinder several key landmarks or areas where I think I will see whatever I am looking for. I mark every area I hunt this way. It is the best, but there are always those times you don't have time or have your laser with you.. Back to Basics..

 

[Swing360]

I use this method a lot! I shoot from my carriage house daily and eventually I just stopped using my range finder when I was in the window because it became second nature. 


Seems odd, but last year I carried my range finder with me in the car and would often test myself on being able to just visually range and feel like I'm pretty decent at it.