Quote Originally Posted by barney fife View Post
I'd go with a used Nikon rangefinder, (sorry whitetrash but I had a Leupold range finder and it was crap), For a knife, this year I switched to a havalon scalpel knife, they are relatively inexpensive and no sharpening involved, they are GREAT! I agree with all about practice: you need trigger time! You can even stalk around your house and dryfire at pictures; I did that with my daughter before late elk season last year and when the time came she performed admirably!

It's all good. We use what is proven in our situations. Range finder is very important, nothing like thinking you're about to take a 250 yard shot and it's actually 375. Shooting sticks are important. I have never been able to shoot an animal in the prone position.