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rangefinder in fog

Postby wawhitey » 10 21, 2016 •  [Post 1]

Hunting in thick fog right now, just waiting for it to clear hopefully. Tried ranging a couple things i could see that are clearly in the 60-80 yard range. Rangefinder just keeps reading 16-19. Sometimes wont read at all. Is this just from the fog or am i sol? Vortex ranger 1000.
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Re: rangefinder in fog

Postby WapitiTalk1 » 10 21, 2016 •  [Post 2]

It's the fog Dean. You'll get the same effect if you try to use your rangefinder thru a screen door (not that I hunt through a screen door, lol). Guess is the water droplets in the fog that the RF detects, not sure.
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Re: rangefinder in fog

Postby redtop » 10 21, 2016 •  [Post 3]

Just the fog. Vortex is a good ranger
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