I range a perimeter around my stand/blind and then wait for something to walk into it, at least with a bow. I don't even take my range finder with me half the time when I bow hunt. Just more crap to carry and I don't need it if I already set the stand and did the homework for it.

I even use my range finder when I shoot 3-D, I don't keep score though. My only goal with 3-D is if it was a dead deer. Some of the time the high score on a target isn't always the best shot to take on a live animal. I don't always use the stakes that are set up either. Sometimes I move around to make the shot a bit more difficult or interesting. Like taking a longer shot, or shooting through an opening in a tree or something. I like to make it fun for me. If I ever set up a 3-D course people would probably beat me after they got done with it.

Paul