RE: Rangefinder for bowhunting?
In my opionion, it's one of the best purchases you can make. Especially for bowhunting and if your not so good at field judging distances like myself. You don't necessarily use it for when game is coming in though. Atleast I don't. Right when I get into a new stand I check yardage reference points. Like that stump is 24 yards.....that tree is 32 yards....that chunk of grass is 18..so on and so forth. You can even mark those points with some different color pieces of ribbon so you don't forget. When you have an animal coming in, you already know your distances and you can spend your time getting ready for the shot and not trying to figure out what distance it is. So with all that in mind, you don't need a rangefinder that has the greatest optics, works at long distances(unless you use it rifle hunting), nor works well in low light conditions. Just a run of the mill unit will work just fine and save you a little in your wallet.