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Old school range finder #7542228 03/28/22 07:44 PM 03/28/22 07:44 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,897 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 11,897 Amite county Mississippi	Any of y'all ever use on of these ? Best I can guess is it uses parallax as a way to range but haven't been able to try it

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542262 03/28/22 08:12 PM 03/28/22 08:12 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 5,879 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 5,879 perry co.Pa	They are very sensitive. I have a small one and a large one. Lost the key to both. Lol. Nice condition though.

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542270 03/28/22 08:22 PM 03/28/22 08:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,720 Wisconsin Scott__aR trapper
Scott__aR trapper Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,720 Wisconsin	Yes I have ... Old school, surprisingly accurate. Megapredator ... top of the food chain! Member of WTA Member of MTPCA Member of NTA

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542337 03/28/22 09:23 PM 03/28/22 09:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,857 Magna, Utah G GritGuy trapper
GritGuy trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,857 Magna, Utah	Yea had one years ago used for archery , was pretty accurate, but took to much time to use compared with high tech now days ! Sorry if my opinions or replies offend you, they are not meant to !

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542346 03/28/22 09:33 PM 03/28/22 09:33 PM
Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,930 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,930 SW Georgia	Haha! I’ll take a point and click over that any day.

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542378 03/28/22 10:12 PM 03/28/22 10:12 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,333 East Texas B BTLowry trapper
BTLowry trapper B Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,333 East Texas	Had a TLR75 (archery version, only ranged to 75yds) and it was pretty darn accurate Basically get something at a known yardage and calibrate it, then a matter of bringing a split image together and reading range

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542411 03/28/22 10:43 PM 03/28/22 10:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 241 SO. central Kansas HOYT archery trapper
HOYT archery trapper Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 241 SO. central Kansas	I've still got a TRL75 in the carry pouch. Used it for years bowhunting. Now I'm just waiting to give it to the kiddo when he starts flinging arrows. I'm not familiar with the one you have there. But it looks like a bigger version, I bet it works. You have to practice with them to good readings.

Re: Old school range finder [Re: Wolfdog91] #7542474 03/29/22 12:23 AM 03/29/22 12:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 1,553 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ... T turkn8rtrapper trapper
turkn8rtrapper trapper T Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 1,553 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ...	I still have mine. "Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"

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