Does the Dead-On Rangefinder work? Will be a good alternative to a laser rangefinder?
Tracy from IA asks: Hey Bill, I was just wondering if you had tried the Dead-On Rangefinder sight accessory, and if you think it would be a good thing to have for judging distance when you can’t use a rangefinder? Thanks, Tracy Winke Responds: Tracy, I have tried them and they make total sense as long as all the deer are the same size. They loose their accuracy when you start to see variations on body size. This is called a stadia rangefinder – it compares a gap to the size of the deer’s body. As the deer gets farther away, it appears small and thus produces a longer range reading in the stadia rangefinder. You can also do this with moderate accuracy using your pins. Experiment and learn the distance that the deer must be away from you to perfectly fit between your bottom two pins and then the second from the bottom and the third from the bottom. Take a few measurements between the bottom of the chest and top of the back of typical deer harvested in your area and make a few marks on a
