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Posted: 4/25/2011 12:11:00 PM EDT
| Anybody have any tricks in judging distance at night thru NV whether it's a mono or dedicated scope? |
all i got is: tag a chemlight and tape measure to you're dog and have him play fetch would be my guess..
honestly: you could try adding a daylight cover and test during twilight hrs when true ranges can be verified/gauged easily.. then follow on into the night and you should have close proximity's.. |
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Its not easy.
I try to set up stalks and hunts in areas where I already know the range to various landmarks. Similarly, you can use graduated reticules (if you have a D-740, for example) to estimate range, via the size of the target. Did I mention, its not easy? 
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| When I'm setting up targets for shooting at night I use an old bushnell yardage pro (600yd model i think?). W/ practice and a helmet mounted MUM I can look at the target through the NV and rangefinder and get an exact range. W/ this rangefinder the reticle is NOT illuminated so it does not bloom, but for really dark environments it gets tough to actually see the yardage return (due to the dark numerals). A way to help this issue is to drag the rangefinder view over a lighter background quickly after firing the ranging laser at your target. The range display stays up for a few seconds so if you find a light background to contrast the numerals on quickly you can see the range you just measured. Something sort of cool about that is, when using NV, you get to actually see the diffuse laser from the rangefinder hitting the target if it's less than 150yd or so away. |
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When I'm setting up targets for shooting at night I use an old bushnell yardage pro (600yd model i think?). W/ practice and a helmet mounted MUM I can look at the target through the NV and rangefinder and get an exact range. W/ this rangefinder the reticle is NOT illuminated so it does not bloom, but for really dark environments it gets tough to actually see the yardage return (due to the dark numerals). A way to help this issue is to drag the rangefinder view over a lighter background quickly after firing the ranging laser at your target. The range display stays up for a few seconds so if you find a light background to contrast the numerals on quickly you can see the range you just measured. Something sort of cool about that is, when using NV, you get to actually see the diffuse laser from the rangefinder hitting the target if it's less than 150yd or so away. Thats a pretty cool idea |
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I usually super impose with my leica 1200. You can see the laser pulsating down range on your target threw your NV, and read the range with your off eye. It takes some practice to get used to it, but it works. I usually can range out to 200-250 yards this way. Anything past that is tough to pick up the laser.
Now if money is no object this would be my first choice. 
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I usually super impose with my leica 1200. You can see the laser pulsating down range on your target threw your NV, and read the range with your off eye. It takes some practice to get used to it, but it works. I usually can range out to 200-250 yards this way. Anything past that is tough to pick up the laser. Now if money is no object this would be my first choice.
MOSKITO Slick idea, it never occurred to me to use the laser spot to aim the thing. Will have to try this w/ my brother's Leica this summer. |
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I hunt the same areas all the time.
I use a range finder during the day and mark yardages by putting a thin tent pole in the ground with relective tape on the top 6 inches. Then I spot hog and count number of poles between it and me and SHOOT. Otherwise without the markers (say a cow tips it over) then I have mis calculated by oh.... 150 yards quite often. 
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