Bushnell, "the truth", Redfield, or ??? lower priced rangefinder?

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Wanting a rangefinder that will accurately range animals out to minimum around 450 yds, preferably more.

Anyone have experience with the Redfield, Bushnell the truth or a different suggestion?

The angle/distance adjusted feature would be nice and handy, but the primary concern would be straight line distance and I'd easily give up the inclinometer for accurate distance measuring an animal.

Anyone have experience with either of the above or another lower priced suggestion?

Thanks for your reply.
 
In my experience with a handful of less expensive rangefinders, your rangefinder is THE LAST PLACE you want to skimp on price.

I'll hunt with a $150 Enfield and a $79 Tasco scope, but no way less than $500 on a rangefinder.

I've never seen a $299 - $399 rangefinder that was dependable, period. In the parking lot of Can Tire in the middle of the day, fine. But out in cold, foggy weather, in early light, from a moving boat, ranging a game animal at hundreds of yards, time and time again accurate? FORGET IT.

After using several, I bought a Leupold RX-IV. I'd consider that to be "minimum" for a reliable rangefinder.

Even then, if you want to range game in the field, your rangefinder needs to be "rated" for about twice as far as you expect to use it. So, of you want to acually range a deer in the field at 500, you better have a 1000 yard rangefinder.

If you read the fine print on most rangefinders, they rate them based on a large, reflective target. I don't know about you, but I don't hunt mirror plated cube vans, so those ratings mean squat to me....
 
I have a Bushnell Yardage Pro 800 and it works well even in the bitter cold.
Like Northman I expect proper performance at only about half the rated distance and have not been disappointed.
I chose the 800 because I rarely shoot beyond 400yds.
 
I also have a 1300 gforce and the best I could get so far was 500yds on a cow.

It seems a bit finicky sometimes and doesnt want to range a hill at 600-800 sometimes
 
I have the leica crf1000, a 1000y range finder and i have ranged a cow to 1260 yards. cost was about 750$. The biggest thing to me is a nearly instant reading because sometime animals are moving, and because anything over 600y is hard to hold the finder on unless you have a dead steady hand, even with the leica i often have to rest myself againt something to get a range.
 
I have the Bushnell 1600 Fusions...absolutely 100% happy with them!! Can range objects out to 1800+ yards.
 
Have had a Bushnell Legend 1200 Arc for years. Never an issue and have ranged a Moose at 720 Yards. The arc feature is great if you intend to use it bow hunting as well. I would buy another one.
 
I have a Leupold RX-600i DNA that i spent less than $300 on at Cabelas in Saskatoon. Its been awesome, I can range animals to 500 which is probably further than I want to shoot anytime soon. I originally purchased a bushnell Yardage Pro Sport 850 and it wouldn't pick up cows in a field at 250 yards, so for the extra few bucks it was worth it in my opinion.
 
I got a Bushnell for Christmas that was defective right out of the box, I returned it. I'd get one that reads a 1000 yards since they only can read that distance under rare conditions, most times your lucky to reach 700 yards.
 
Stupendous Man said:
Have had a Bushnell Legend 1200 Arc for years. Never an issue and have ranged a Moose at 720 Yards. The arc feature is great if you intend to use it bow hunting as well. I would buy another one.
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I've had the same one for a few years now, good bang for the buck. Managed to range white tails out to 450-500 ish. Tree line ranges over 1000 yards. My only complaint is the low light performance could be a little better, but I'm pushing legal light at that.
 
Leica 1200..........no gizmos other than tracking and it works very well. Older model, but I'm happy with
the purchase.
It can be set for yards or meters.
My buddy has a higher end Bushnell and the Bushnell wouldn't pick up a target grown in by tree branches.
My Leica picked it out.
Quick too.
 
hawk-i said:
I have the Bushnell 1600 Fusions...absolutely 100% happy with them!! Can range objects out to 1800+ yards.
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I got these binos back in December and like them a lot so far. I can also attest to the ranging capability. Can't complain for 500 bucks.
 
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