The fact is I never use a range finder! Don't need one, don't want one. I have walked and shot in the woods and fields with judo points for so many years now, I just learned how to do it. And my practice range is 80yds, it is all about form and tuning and doing it. Shooting an animal at 40yds, I don't even think about. And the bottom line is that if you don't practice at long range you will never be able to understand how someone else can shoot that far and be comfortable with it. Todays compound bows will easily kill animals at eighty yards if set up right, the bow isn't the problem. I am saying if you don't ever shoot any farther than 20yds in practice, don't try and shoot an animal at 30yds. But if you are that kind of shooter don't judge someone that can shoot at 80yds. You have nothing to base your judgement on. And as for making a mistake in taking a shot and wounding an animal, if you hunt it will happen to you sometime. OH, PS I killed my Ram at fifty five yards. And he didn't hear a thing, he just felt it. Only went 60yds.
Gselkhunter