Australian Hunter

Foresight at your fingertips

It is time to come out from living under a rock if you haven’t noticed the new technology in bow sights that appeared on the market a little more than a year ago.

I’m talking about the Burris Oracle bow sight, that calculates the distance while at full draw with the press of a button. You draw your bow, line up your target using the 20-yard pin then hit the switch. Instantly the Oracle estimates the target and the sight displays the correct light-emitting diode (LED) to shoot that distance.

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