Range Finders

Hi all. New to hunting and working towards full gear setup.
Is a range finder mandatory? If so, what ones are decent but budget friendly?
Cheers

No. Not mandatory, if you know what "less than 300 meters" looks like. If you are new to hunting I would keep it that way for a while anyway.

A must for 300m + so open tops . I run sig with a/p so it's range and go with out haveing to use an app or chart for adjustments.
I don't carry or use one in the bush all of my deer are sub 100 m in bush .on the odd chance I see one on a clearing I'll hold high on shoulder.

Definitely recommend the sig rangefinder if and when you need one

Wicked, thanks guys

I just bought a Bushnell Prime, it does range and angle compensation as well as having some calibre and bullet combinations built in. Price was on point for me and since I don't have a dial scope but just use a simple drop chart it does everything needed for a newish shooter

Newish hunter here, I've a Leupold RX650 which I bought 2nd hand off a mate,(think they're around $400 new but don't quote me on that) does everything I need it to although it struggles when the light starts to go but that could just be my old eyes!
Mostly I'm hunting open country, sub alpine and my .243 limits my RELIABLE (on fallow and smaller) range to around 330 metres
I have dialled in my scope to max point blank zero so from zero out to 320 I'm going to be within that 6" (or is it 8") magic circle without any need for holdingover, so far that's worked well for me and I've taken fallow out to 286m
IMO, if you're shooting sub 300 then dialling your max point blank zero takes all the guess work out of it whilst you're settling into your shooting and developing your marksmanship. If you start shooting further than that then I'm all out of knowledge :thumbsup: