Not sure how to best express this but here's a try. My question is have you been struggling with clean kills that have been the result of misjudging distance? If not, may be a rangefinder is not necessary. Here's my logic ....

I bought a range finder 3 years ago. A great one. Spent a bunch of $$$. Had to have one. Everybody else did. However, it stays in my pack more than it does out. And I have been surprised that I have found it of such little value. But hey, I went over 35 years hunting without ever even contemplating a ranging device. So ... duh !!

I am not claiming to be any good at judging distances. Certainly no better than any experienced hunter is. But apparently I had been getting by OK.

I thought I'd use the range finder extensively archery hunting. And that is where it has been used most, but it is very seldom that I have found it practical to take the time to range or wise to move as much as it requires to range ... before the shot needed to be made. So .... I guess I wasted my $$$, except for those rare times when I need to know "Is it 300 or 375?"