When standing face-to-face with an animal as dangerous as a charging cape buffalo or an angry elephant, hunters need a rifle optic they can trust without hesitation.
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With Aimpoint’s original red dot sighting technology combined with the ability to shoot with both eyes open, big game hunters and dangerous game hunters have faster target acquisition while remaining fully situationally aware at all times. It can place the red dot on the kill zone in seconds–and when hunting dangerous game, every second counts.
In rough terrain, foul weather, poor light and high levels of stress even the most experienced hunter will be put to the test. Tests have proven that the single red dot reticle is the fastest on target, providing the greatest hit probability with moving targets. They are also easy to use, which is extremely important in a stressful situation. On top of that you have years of continuous use on one single battery and no matter the weather or climate conditions, your sight will work – always.
Speed is a top priority when hunting any quarry, but it could be said for dangerous game hunters in the plains of the African savanna that sacrificing speed is simply not an option. With a red dot sight, target acquisition is as close to immediate as any shooter can get. Hunter and gunwriter, Craig Boddington, was using an Aimpoint sight when he had a buffalo running toward him:
“The solution was simple,” Boddington says. “I was still on sticks from the first shot, so I let him come a little way with that red dot just under his chin, then I stopped him with a second shot and dropped him with a third to the neck.”
Elephant hunters in particular stalk tracks for miles, for days in pursuit of an old bull. Exhausted and aching by day five of the hunt, when a hunter finally has the moment to take his shot, he needs all the support he can get to avoid a complete miss, or worse, a detrimental loss of wounded game. With the many thoughts and adrenaline and fatigue clouding judgment in a crucial moment when one is forced to act and react quickly, Aimpoint sights put your mind at ease in that the only course of action is to put the red dot on the kill zone.
Another crucial factor to prioritize when hunting dangerous game is situational awareness. When hunting herd animals like buffalo and elephants with traditional iron sights (risky choice) or a riflescope, the shooter is forced to rely on only one eye. This limits the field of view, and though they might see their singular target clearly, their peripheral vision is limited. Being unaware or having lack of visibility of other animals in the herd increases the chance that something could go wrong. And in this type of environment, hunters should always aim to control as many variables as possible in order to maximize safety.
What the Aimpoint sight lacks in magnification it makes up for in brightness and clarity, and for aiming at a big game animal 100-200 yards away, visibility and clarity of the red dot on the target takes priority. However, if magnification is something you simply cannot sacrifice, Aimpoint also offers magnification units compatible with all of their sights.
With an Aimpoint sight, you never have to worry about centering the dot inside the sight. Once you see the dot on your target, you’re ready to shoot. Other red dot sights with substantial parallax can cause you to miss by as much as 12 inches at a distance of only 50 yards. That can mean the difference between a clean kill and irresponsibly wounding an animal or missing it completely. Or in the case of a charging cape buffalo, you may just make him even angrier…
Professional Hunter Kabous Grunschloss from Jamy Traut Safaris shares his experience: “As a Dangerous Game Professional Hunter in Namibia,” Grunschloss shares, “you need to be at your best to make sure you, your client, and the entire party on the hunt is taken care of and most importantly, safe. For the last three years I have been using the Micro H-2 on my Merkel .470NE Double – a wonderful work horse. The double plus the Aimpoint sight makes for a deadly, accurate, and very fast combo. Not even to talk about the durability of the Aimpoint. We tend to hunt in harsh and rough country, not to mention intense temperatures. To have a product that I know will still be spot-on after carrying and dragging it every single day when I am out in the bush is a definite must!“
Life and death is the essence of hunting, but when it comes to dangerous game, hunting becomes about your life or death. Aimpoint red dot sights give you increased aiming confidence and allow you to remain on target and shoot with both eyes open. With legendary reliability and 45 years of dedicated innovation, nothing is faster or more trustworthy when things go wrong than an Aimpoint sight.
