So I have kind of an odd question...
First the scenario. I have a few fields that I hunt on which are for the most part rectangular in shape and will typically set up a blind with a swiveling shooting table inside at one of the four corners with tall trees behind me. One of the fields is approximately 700 yards long and 400 yards wide, another one is a bit larger. I have purchased a 5700 and am planning on using it with something like a Sig Kilo 3000 BDX, or possibly a Leica CRF 3500.com etc.
Due to being backed up in adjoining tree lines I was planning on setting the Kestrel out in the field a little ways on the weathervane mount with a tripod so that it can get a wind reading with direction, and then having it send the computations back to the rangefinder once a target has been ranged. Simple enough as many are designed to do this correct? The issue that I see however is if the rangefinder does not have a compass built in, so say when you range something it sends the magnetic direction back to the Kestrel that the rangefinder was pointing when you take the reading. Without this direction then the data sent back by the Kestrel is partially invalid because it cannot give you a wind hold since it does not know where you are looking? Yes, if you are holding the Kestrel then you can tell it what direction you are facing (i.e. where the target location is) so that it knows, but unless I ask the particular animal to sit still while I un-ass the blind, point the Kestrel in its direction, tell the Kestrel "this is the direction that I am going to shoot", run back to the blind, and range for a shooting solution then the Kestrel does not know the target azimuth...
Maybe I am simply overthinking things, but if there is say a 5mph wind coming from the shorter 400 yard side, but I have a target 600 yards away 90 degrees off then the Kestrel does not have the appropriate information needed to know what direction I need to shoot in and thus cannot give me the corrected windage data. A 150gr .308 with a MV of 2600 FPS would be pushed approximately 20" in a 5mph wind coming from a 90 degree angle, that is a big discrepancy. I know that many people will tell you to learn to read the wind, and I get that, but part of having the Kestrel is to assist in getting accurate met data to include wind speed and direction.
So back to the original question, are there any rangefinders that have a magnetic compass built in that "talk" to the 5700 and give direction information?
First the scenario. I have a few fields that I hunt on which are for the most part rectangular in shape and will typically set up a blind with a swiveling shooting table inside at one of the four corners with tall trees behind me. One of the fields is approximately 700 yards long and 400 yards wide, another one is a bit larger. I have purchased a 5700 and am planning on using it with something like a Sig Kilo 3000 BDX, or possibly a Leica CRF 3500.com etc.
Due to being backed up in adjoining tree lines I was planning on setting the Kestrel out in the field a little ways on the weathervane mount with a tripod so that it can get a wind reading with direction, and then having it send the computations back to the rangefinder once a target has been ranged. Simple enough as many are designed to do this correct? The issue that I see however is if the rangefinder does not have a compass built in, so say when you range something it sends the magnetic direction back to the Kestrel that the rangefinder was pointing when you take the reading. Without this direction then the data sent back by the Kestrel is partially invalid because it cannot give you a wind hold since it does not know where you are looking? Yes, if you are holding the Kestrel then you can tell it what direction you are facing (i.e. where the target location is) so that it knows, but unless I ask the particular animal to sit still while I un-ass the blind, point the Kestrel in its direction, tell the Kestrel "this is the direction that I am going to shoot", run back to the blind, and range for a shooting solution then the Kestrel does not know the target azimuth...
Maybe I am simply overthinking things, but if there is say a 5mph wind coming from the shorter 400 yard side, but I have a target 600 yards away 90 degrees off then the Kestrel does not have the appropriate information needed to know what direction I need to shoot in and thus cannot give me the corrected windage data. A 150gr .308 with a MV of 2600 FPS would be pushed approximately 20" in a 5mph wind coming from a 90 degree angle, that is a big discrepancy. I know that many people will tell you to learn to read the wind, and I get that, but part of having the Kestrel is to assist in getting accurate met data to include wind speed and direction.
So back to the original question, are there any rangefinders that have a magnetic compass built in that "talk" to the 5700 and give direction information?
