Leupold's New Rangefinding Binocular—and random bizarre hunting stories
Backcountry Hunting Podcast
Joseph von Benedikt
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Leupold's long-awaited ranging bino is about to hit your local dealers! It's an awesome optic called the BX-4HD Range, and is initially available in 10x42 for $1,600.
In this episode, I'm joined by friends and hunting partners Skipper and Colton, who both have experience with the new BX-4HD Range, and we hash out the advantages of a combined binocular and rangefinder. Why deal with 2 items, extra weight, extra movement, and the more time needed when using separate optics?
Skipper gives us the tech skinny on the BX-4HD Range, plus a look at the new hunting-appropriate, highly advanced 2-10x Leupold Mark 5 riflescope.
We also talk through spotting scope selection; using a spotter with a reticle to calculate antler width on moose in Alaska when a bull must be 50 inches wider to be legal; adequate magnification for long-range shooting, and more. This is just an awesome discussion on all things optical.
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| 0:00.0 | Man, it is snowing outside like it's Christmas Eve and kids across the nation have been praying for |
| 0:07.2 | white Christmas, but it's April. In fact, Easter is coming right around the corner. By the time you hear this, |
| 0:14.4 | Easter probably will have been passed, but I'm pretty sure it's going to keep on snowing. |
| 0:18.1 | I'll still be snowing because that's just the way this winter's been. |
| 0:21.1 | Folks, thanks for tuning in today. |
| 0:23.1 | This is the Backcountry Hunting podcast. |
| 0:25.2 | I'm Joseph von Benedict here with two good friends, Sean Skipper of Leopold, and |
| 0:31.0 | Colton Heward, who you all know from past episodes. |
| 0:34.0 | Both these guys have been on the show and |
| 0:37.0 | just been good friends, good hunting partners for a long time. |
| 0:41.0 | Guys, thanks for joining me today. |
| 0:43.0 | Ah, happy to be here, Joseph. |
| 0:44.8 | Thank you for having me on. |
| 0:46.4 | And I know Colton for one is obviously always thrilled to join us on the podcast. |
| 0:51.1 | Always. |
| 0:52.1 | Well, I like it. Always. do other than shovel snow right at the moment. |
| 1:02.7 | And so, yeah, I understand where he's coming from. |
| 1:06.1 | Yeah, I know you guys out in Utah, Idaho, that whole area, |
| 1:09.4 | be getting hammered with snow. |
| 1:10.4 | We've had a pretty rough winter here in Western Oregon as well, typically the |
| 1:14.4 | the Beaverton area near Portland. We don't see a lot of snow, but from what to understand, February was a record. Now, granted, it was only a few inches, but for |
| 1:20.8 | Portland, that is a record. |
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