Experts on hunting open country advocate glassing in a methodical grid pattern. The GridSpotter™ provides the most accurate and easy way available to accomplish this. The product converts knob rotational movement into smooth scanning angular movement of the optical device mounted to it. In addition the device provides angular position indications for both the X and Y axis, making it possible to mark a point of interest with a X/Y cooridinate.
The GridSpotter™ has large knurled knobs for X and y scanning, making it easy to use even when wearing bulky gloves in cold weather. All working components are made of precision machined stainless steel and bronze or brass, with a housing of light weight and rugged engineered polymer. There are 110 degrees of angular adjustment available in the X direction, and 95 degrees available in the Y direction.
Primary uses for GridSpotter™ product.
Glassing for game in open country:
This product will be of the most benefit to hunters using it to glass in a methodical grid pattern. The most useful applications are in glassing situations in open country where animal densities are relatively low, and an animal could occupy most any of the areas in the search area. These conditions are frequently encountered while scouting and hunting for wild sheep, mule deer, and coues whitetail deer. There may be situations encountered while hunting Sitka blacktail deer that would benefit from the use of the GridSpotter™ as well. In particular, early to mid season Kodiak Island hunts, where the deer are up high in open pastures, and the most effective method of hunting is spot and stalk. I also used an early prototype version of the GridSpotter™ on a Himalayan Snow cock hunt in the Ruby Mountains in Nevada. The Snow cocks were typically in the rocky talus slopes around glacial lakes. We set up and scanned the slopes and rock outcroppings around the lakes. When birds were found, the challenge then became keeping out of sight of the birds well enough while stalking to within shotgun range, without spooking them causing them to flush. We failed to harvest any birds, but had a lot of fun in a beautiful piece of the World.
Photography:
I have used my GridSpotter™ extensively for photographing wildlife. The pages of this website are a sample of the wildlife pictures I have taken with a camera attached to a spotting scope mounted to a GridSpotter™. I have found the GridSpotter™ most useful when following an animal that is moving. Which most of the animals I try to photograph seem to do as they go about their business of living. The GridSpotter™ also makes it very easy and fast to center the object to be photographed.
