Are you mildot ranging?

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   Just about all the rabbit shooting I do is at night with a thermal scope, which makes it very difficult to judge distance. With a pcp range is important and pellets drop quickly from 50m and out.
I’ve been trying to work out a ranting method using the size of the rabbits head against the reticle, which has dots on it. Magnification of the scope/reticle obviously needs to be kept constant for it to work.

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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 1025	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 May 2023 at 2:10am
	Just about all the rabbit shooting I do is at night with a thermal scope, which makes it very difficult to judge distance. With a pcp range is important and pellets drop quickly from 50m and out. I’ve been trying to work out a ranting method using the size of the rabbits head against the reticle, which has dots on it. Magnification of the scope/reticle obviously needs to be kept constant for it to work.
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2622	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2023 at 3:44pm
	That's length, height of ears is about the same. A hare is 10cm wide, ears about the same. You'll have to judge if it's young or fully mature as there will be a size difference and make slight adjustments on where you hold which may be just above or below your aim point and is usually not much at 50m. I just guess that. Seems to work. Ears standing up are more reliable as height is not affected by angle, where as a turned head is.

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2622	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2023 at 3:32pm
	Or do you just want the head size which is about 8cm. The formula is above

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2622	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2023 at 3:31pm
	Why range finder broken?

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 1025	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 May 2023 at 3:23pm
	So what would a rabbits head be at 50m? Just the head, not including ears.
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Billbobnz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jun 2020 Location: Ashburton Status: Offline Posts: 918	Post Options Post Reply Quote Billbobnz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jan 2023 at 2:45pm
	I did start using this method along time ago but ended up getting a cheap range finder off AliExpress

kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2622	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 2023 at 5:02am
	How many ppl are using their mildot scopes for ranging? It seems to me that everyone is going for range finders these days. Is range finding off a scope a thing of the past for most? Its a simple formula 10x target size ÷ by mildots. Animal sizes can be found all over the Web. This is mildot not moa Espially useful on farms if you work out post, batten, pigtail and warratah size (waratah are wider on hole side than other size) it vertually turns the farm into measurable distances for shooting. Below is starling at 21cm high and my in pocket hare ranges for hunting. You do need to be able to rest gun at longer distances for measuring. Are range finders that much more convenient for this propose? Edited by kruzaroad - 08 Jan 2023 at 5:03am