not a bowhunter, and you could very well get by with about any LRF for ranging targets to 30-40 yards.
I tend to use a rangefinder to the max capabilities just because I normaly shoot at long distance. My first rangefinder was a bushnell yardage pro compact 600, the bushies will normaly range a deer sized soft target at 1/2 its published range (Nikons are about the same. The best thing that ever happened was the day I lost the bushy in a 40 acre thicket on top of south branch mountain in hardy county wv, I came home and ordered a leica 1200 and I have ranged a deer with it at 1210 yards. not gonna say about bowhunting but for rifle hunting, decent LRF's start at leica and go up.
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