So this is going to be my first year hunting with a bow, and I was woundering how many of you use a rangefinder?

I've been using the Nikon 440 for a few years now and really like it. It's had the same battery since I purchased it and the only time its failed me was in a fairly thick fog.

i just got one for Xmas and since this will be my first bow season, i hope to use it, i like mine its a bushnell i think it is a 450 series.

Depends on how much you want to spend...I have a older Bushnell sport I paid over 200 for it back then now its under 200.I was just at the store yesterday and was looking at True Balistic range(gun/archery)one for 499.00,good to 600yrds it was a leopold(spl)gx3 or gs3 something like that.....

I am looking at picking up a nikon 440, they are priced under $200 and from what I hear about them is that they are a great little unit for bowhunting clear and reliable.

yep i use a range finder...can't judge distance (short distance) to save my life...if i could of i would have hit the 3x3 this year when he was 22 yards, but i shot for 30[:@]

oh well next time never leave without range finder!!!!

How is the bushnell 450 series, if you dont mind me asking?

this is the rangefinder i have and you cant beat the thing with the true ballistic range, it also has a fog and rain setting, this leupold is hard to beat.

i use the nikon monarch 800, love it. i looked at several top brands last year and settled on this one. i bought mine off ebay and saved about $100. if i was you, goto a sporting good store and pick each one up and look through it to find which one fits you. at first i wanted the monarch 1200, but when i held it, i realized it was too fat for me. i also really liked the nikon 440, but the viewer is really small and hard on my eyes. i also checked out several new models with arc. i like the idea of arc, but i didn't like the bushnell model, a little big for me. and the other brand with arc was getting really bad reviews on the net. but i did like the overall feel of it though. hope i was helpful.ps if you think about buying one from ebay, make sure it's new and not used or rebuilt. i've bought two now from the same guy. no problems yet.

Nikon 440 works for me. Great little unit.