Range Distances?

[rg_1111@yahoo.com]

What's the best way to find range/distances with out a range finder? Is there a formula?
I can guess a 100 yards ok,But to guess 300 yards is hard for me to do.
If you guys say to buy a rangefinder. What do you recommend that wont break the bank and work good?

[steelrain82]

imagine the length of a football field. from endzone to endzone. not the touch down areas. thats how i do it. and practice it when not at the range.

[Black_Talon]

I use one of these:

[Jonathan Doe]

I use Mildot in my scope.

[Scratch705]

trigonometry. but you will need to get angles.

[NapaCountyShooter]

Playing golf helps me. I've gotten better at seeing distance. Otherwise, if you have a mildot scope, read this.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=154413

[rg_1111@yahoo.com]

Thanks for posting NCS.

[Fjold]

It takes practice, lots of it. If you walk or jog then whenever you're out, guess the distance to objects ahead of you and then pace off that distance. As long as you know how long your normal stride is you can measure the actual distance accurately.

[Sinixstar]

What kind of scenario are you talking about? Just general shooting/practice - or in a hunting situation?

In a practice situation - you can just pace it out, and get a pretty good idea of where you're at. Before hand, walk 5-10 paces and measure with a tape measure so you can get a good idea of what your stride length actually is. It's not going to be EXACT, but it'll get you in a usable ballpark.

If you're talking about hunting - it gets a little trickier. When I hunted - it was normally from stationary, predetermined positions. What I would do is find 50-100-150-200 yards out, and look for identifying landmarks at those distances. then when I was hunting - if a deer walked out - I could say, okay - this is deer is between the 100 and 150 yard landmarks, closer to 150.

Over time - doing these types of things, you start to get a better perception of distance. Very few people can just look at something and say 'oh - that's about 150 yards out'. The ones that can, have a ton of experience working at known distances.