Many big-game hunters, particularly those who frequent open country with a rifle or any type of country with a bow, consider both a binocular and a laser rangefinder to be essential equipment. An animal must first be found, and then the distance to it accurately determined, before a shot can be taken. Optics do a much better job of revealing game and measuring range than the naked eye.
Since both will be on the trip and used almost simultaneously at times during the hunt, it makes sense to combine a bino and a rangefinder into one unit. A rangefinding binocular streamlines gear and eliminates fumbling from one optic to the next in those tense
