is a Golf Rangefinder appropriate for stalking?

[weblyish]

Is there anything i should know if i get a used golf rangefinder intending to use it for stalking?

I mean I assume it'll all be the same sort of thing, right? just this happens to be white not camo but I could be wrong about that.

A friend has upgraded his golf kit and has a spare (originally £150 quid - so it was decent but we're not talking fancy Leica top-of-the-range kit)

He'll let me have it for a fair price but am i going to find it's missing features useful for stalking?

Thanks
Weblyish

 

[Pellet Pinger]

It will do the job perfectly well although if it doesn’t have illuminated numbers you may struggle to read it at dusk.

 

[Klenchblaize]

350 Yard/Metre fallow?

K

 

[Howzat]

Had one for ages, bought of here, perfectly ok for normal stalking at reasonable ranges, cost £20 bargain.

 

[mealiejimmy]

250yard red deer-driver
50 yard bunny - pitching wedge
You can figure out the rest

Cheers

Bruce

 

[JockStalk]

250yard red deer-driver
50 yard bunny - pitching wedge
You can figure out the rest

Cheers

Bruce

I’d struggle to pitch a bunny 50 yards to be honest

 

[Tim1]

If I were you and if it’s still available, I’d grab the Leica 1200 in the Classifieds for sale by Hendrix’s Rifle.

T

 

[weblyish]

If I were you and if it’s still available, I’d grab the Leica 1200 in the Classifieds for sale by Hendrix’s Rifle.

T

the one I'm being offered is £50 for a generic golfing one - is the leica worth an extra £100?

 

[pazmino]

I bought one new on eBay for about £25 and it does the job perfectly well - you really don't need to spend any more!

 

[Jh1986]

What you'll likely not get, is the ballistic range (accounting for angle).

Other than that, it'll work just the same.

I got my first range finder for about £60 on AliExpress. It had everything you could want in a shooting range finder. Sold it on her for about £20 odd a few months back and he was also saying how great it was.

For £50, I'd probably opt for an Ali special one with illuminated readouts and inclination adjusted range, over a golf one

 

[villaman]

Golf ones are normally lot more money wise because it’s golf equipment
I had hawke ones which were ok but both packed up just over a year , so got a cheap one from eBay and still using it three years later, only paid £35 for it

 

[slider]

exactly the same thing apart from the colour

 

[Donkey Basher]

350 Yard/Metre fallow?

K

Par 3?

 

[long_range_rob]

Do long as you can get the deer to hold a flag

 

[weblyish]

Par 3?

You might get a birdie if you're lucky
But make sure it's not an eagle or you'll be on trouble

 

[Foxyboy43]

I left one on a scottish glen two years ago and immediately bought a replacement. Then last year I bought a Zulus 520 lrf which is brilliant - I still carry the rangefinder though just for the handy 6x magnification in a very small package.

 

[Dickie]

See if you can get a deal on the Leica one for sale in the classified if looked after it will last years. + you might even sell it on for what you paid later.