Yall use rangefinders or guess?

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Just wondering what everyone else did. I just guess since I have been doing it my whole life way before range finders came out. I feel like I am usually pretty good at it. I got a range finder a few years ago, a wildgame innovations something. I would enjoy using it but the battery goes dead after like one use, and they are them expensive batteries. I have never even used it in the woods.
 
What type of batteries does it use? Try checking Amazon for your batteries. As a former retail store manager, the actual COST on batteries is next to nothing. Amazon has some excellent prices and I always check there first!
 
Don't know what they are called. They are the short wide ones if that make sense. Not the AAs or Ds or watch batteries.
I guess the ones that most good cameras use now days.
 
I just got a range finder this year and I range a few trees around me before hand then put it up. When the deer comes I just reference distance compared to known distance of nearby tree. I've learned I'm not as good at guessing as I used to be when I shot all summer long.
 
The ScubaCamper said:
Looks like it might use the CR2 battery - here's a listing for 10 of those batteries for $12.14 as an example...
http://www.amazon.com/Tenergy-Propel-Li ... R2+lithium

I like UTG's idea though - pick some landmarks from your stand, take their range and estimate when it comes time to shoot.
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It works. Before range finders I would pace off and make a mark with something at 20 yards around my stand.
 
I range trees/patches of grass/whatever as soon as I can when I climb a tree, but I'll always range the deer if possible.
 
infoman jr. said:
I range trees/patches of grass/whatever as soon as I can when I climb a tree, but I'll always range the deer if possible.
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Same here�I range everything as soon as I get in the tree, and then sporadically throughout the hunt in times of boredom, and then try to range the deer if I have time.
 
Unicam said:
It works. Before range finders I would pace off and make a mark with something at 20 yards around my stand.
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I used to do this too. When I hunted field edges I would make a 20, 30, and 40 yard radius marked with bamboo sticking up in three directions. Must say it really did help out, judgin distance across a field at dusk is tough.
 
I use one to mark all my stand sites prior to shooting an animal. I learned a long time ago that modern bows don't need the amount of pins we used to need. I sight in at 25 yards and know I am about 1.5 inches high at 10 yards and about one inch low at 30. 99% of all my shots in 30+ years have been inside of 30 yards at whitetail. I carry a rangefinder and seldom use when actually hunting. I use it a lot when setting stands and will mark things at 30 yards for reference.
 
I use my Nikon all the time. During bow season before hunting I range several trees, bushes, ect to get distances and then put it away. Most shots are 30 yards or less.

During gun season I range the deer when possible. Shot distances varies from 30 yards to 200 yards.

Oh and I have had my range finder for 10 years and havn't had a need to change the batteries yet.

Jp
 
UTGrad said:
I range landmarks on stand and then put the rangefinder up and guess when drawing on an animal.
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Before range finders I always stepped off Landmarks when hanging a stand.
Now I use a range finder when hanging a stand and put it away,
If you have one running batteries down it must be staying on. One with a auto shutoff when not in use is a good thing.

Now if they would just make one with trajectory figured in. :)
https://www.google.com/search?q=arrow+t ... 16&dpr=0.9
 
I use one mostly for muzzleloader hunting in open fields. Big open fields are tricksters for me. I ranged a round bale of hay yesterday that I would have swore up and down was just about 60 yards...in an open field...and it ended up being 95. Talking about being WAY off lol If you saw the places I typically bow hunt, you would understand why I don't really carry one in bow season. The places are usually very thick and only allow for a 30 yd shot at most...and in some spots, you'd do good to see one at 25.
 

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