Not the ideal start

[YFKI1983]

Thursday night, I had my bag next to my truck as I was loading my quad. I forgot it was there and apparently ran it over when I backed up. I didn't think anything of it.. when I got up to the property and I was prepping I notice my rangefinder is cracked and dead ... so I'm like well crap. Luckily the stand I was hunting only has a few shooting lanes that I had already ranged.

 

Opening morning I get into stand and pull out my binoculars and they fell apart in my hand!!! I should have picked up and went home then. Needless to say, no shots taken. Saw a spike and a 4 pt all weekend. Time in the woods is still better than time at work but this time ended up being expensive.

 

If anyone knows affordable options for both pieces I screwed up let me know

 

 

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[Daveboone]

Good news ....they are probably the two least needed pieces of equipment, even though we get used to them. Undoubtedly you know the ranges of your equipment / stand locations, and Ol' Daniel Boone and Davey Crocket did fine without em.

[phade]

Binos are worth their weight in gold. So are RFs if you are not capable and have practiced without known distances from ground and stand.

I have a pair of Vortex Diamondbacks 10x42 - in great condition. I am missing the small one piece eye cover (the rubber cover that you pull off when using). Extremely low use and I am the original owner. If you want, I'll get them over to you for $100 shipped. 

RFs, beyond the basic junk, are in low supply. I sell a fair amount of them but at this time of year I stop stocking because demand falls off and they sit for another 6-8 months, then sell like crazy again. I have sold ALOT of the Sig Sauer Kilo RFs; in fact I sold more of them than Bushnell RFs this year. I really like mine.

[YFKI1983]

Binos are worth their weight in gold. So are RFs if you are not capable and have practiced without known distances from ground and stand.
I have a pair of Vortex Diamondbacks 10x42 - in great condition. I am missing the small one piece eye cover (the rubber cover that you pull off when using). Extremely low use and I am the original owner. If you want, I'll get them over to you for $100 shipped. 
RFs, beyond the basic junk, are in low supply. I sell a fair amount of them but at this time of year I stop stocking because demand falls off and they sit for another 6-8 months, then sell like crazy again. I have sold ALOT of the Sig Sauer Kilo RFs; in fact I sold more of them than Bushnell RFs this year. I really like mine.

Pm sent. May have to find a used option for RF too or whip out the tape measure.

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[Steve D]

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[Moho81]

Look on the bright side you made my crappy first day seem like a walk in the park! 

 

seriously though no one was hurt and at least the bow wasn't destroyed.