Sporting Shooter

Tracking by sight

THERE are few pleasures greater than looking through ultra-clear optics, something you can take for granted if you own a pair of Swarovski EL-series binoculars, but if you’re given a host of other useful functions at the same time it’s extremely satisfying. That’s where Swarovski’s EL Range binoculars come into play.

They not only have an inbuilt 10-2000m rangefinder and ballistic calculator, they’ll ensure you can easily find downed game or other distant things with their Tracking Assistant (TA) technology.

I used it a few times to help get around a hill to my target: I saw goats above me in a spot I knew I wouldn’t be able to approach unseen unless I took the long way around, and by using the Tracking

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