Fair enough, Atlas. THAT assessment is what I was looking for (and not the broad stroke).

In all fairness.....thinking back....I SHOULD have stated that I've ranged my hunting areas enough to know them pretty good. If I can SEE past 20 yds in the early season.....I'm likely not where I should be!

I carried my rangefinder a LOT last year....and ranged my areas pretty extensively (I can still recall the distances to certain trees from my lock-ons). I just never ranged an animal with it. Not once. My areas haven't changed.....so I'll likely use one even less, this year.

Thanks for all of the replies.