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BBQGUY
I am looking at a Leica 800 rangefinder and a Bushnell Yardage Pro Legend rangefinder. They are priced about the same. Does anyone have any ideas, preferences, or comments to help me make a decision?
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dchristian
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  • BBQGUY
    Looking to buy a rangefinder. Maybe Nikon or Bushnell. Can anyone tell me the pros and cons. I want it for hunting deer. Why would I be looking @ a reflective target? I need to range across hills and in the open. Your experience would be appreciated.
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  • FrancF
    I have the Bushnell 800 yrd model. Works great! The only thing that I would make sure that the one you get has a rain & snow mode. My only complaint is on very small targets like varmint, I seem to have to range twice.

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  • He Dog
    I have one of the older Bushnell 400's. It works well, but the new models are much better. Reflective target? Helps. It is much easier to target and get a good reading on something like a reflective road sign, than on part of a deer in brush. It is simply difficult to be sure what is being targeted. On the other hand, if you are getting reflection off the brush the deer is in and not the deer, that is close enough for accurate shooing in terms of bullet drop.

    Major draw back I find (and this would not apply to stand hunting) is that it is one more not featherweight item to pack around. If I were a stand hunter, I would not be without one. As a still hunter, I find I use binos and leave the range finder behind. We do use it with one hunter and a partner not hunting for elk, and on pronghorn.

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  • Kdub
    Every year when getting to the camp site, I use the Bushnell compact 800 to range various locations around the camp to check my depth perception and verify my guesstimates. When I feel confident in judging distances reasonably, the rangefinder stays in camp so I don't have to lug it around. It is usually a forgotten item when there is hair in the scope.

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  • Travis Hallam
    I have the Leica LRF 800 and they are great. The optics are about as good as you can get and the ranging is capable of meters or yards.

    Mad Dog
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  • Bushnell Boy
    I have used almost all the Bushnell rangefinders and they all seem to work well. tell us what the longest shot you are going to take is and I can recomend one for you.

    REFLECTIVE TARGET
    A reflective target is never going to be used in the field. Ignore that feature. This kind of target would be a large flat surface. Like the side of a building. Also maximum nonreflective does not meen it will range a deer at that distance. Usually its about half that distance. If you are interested in a Bushnell check out there web sight. http://www.bushnell.com/productinfo/rangefinders/hunting.html
    click on rangefinder and it will tell you max distance to deer, tree, and refelective targets. The tree one would be a max nonreflective target.




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  • BBQGUY
    Thank you gentlemen for your help. Will get the Bushnell compact 800, model 20-0880. The web site helped. "Friends don't let friends vote Democrate."
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