I don't have on are they worth the money?

I dont use one because I dont have one. I think one is in my future though.

I just use my dads. I use muzzleloader, so when i get to my blind i just see how far away landmarks are, and compare deer with them to see if their close enough. I dont use them after about the first 5 minutes in the blind though, they are too loud and if a deer comes out while using one you are in trouble, cause you might spook it while putting the range finder down and picking up your gun.

Yes, primarily when bowhunting. Use it to check distances to various trees around my stand. Also use it periodically to gauge my guess at objects at various distances.

Nope there to expensive

Just like most other have said, I always carry one bow hunting, its nice to know the distances to certain objects before the deer shows up. I take it during rifle season but dont "use" really. I use it when I am bored and need to kill time by picking a landmark and guessing the distance and seeing if I am correct. Otherwise any deer I can see where I rifle hunt is close enough to shoot.

I think that it gives you the thought in the back of your head: "o that's close enough i think".

Nate

Yes, but not while a deer is comming. I prerange out different trees along corridors so there is less movement when an animal is comming.

I had rather forget my binoculars than my rangefinder. I figured out long ago that in the wide open west where I hunt no one can accurately figure the range, not even natives. The rangefinder will make a lier out of you most of the time. It also decreased the distance that a lot of people claimed they killed animals since a guy with a rangefinder could check out the shot. Just practicing with one will give you a more secure mental idea of what a specific distance looks like. Money well spent if you hunt with a rifle in open country. In the trees of the east its probably just something else to lug around.

Depends. If you hunt whitetail from a treestand with a bow there is no need for a rangefinder. You will probably take no more than a 40 yd shot in the woods and you should be walking off those yardages prior to hunting that stand so you can get your bearings on what those distances look like from that stand's point of view. However if you're using a gun and will be shooting 70+ yards it would be a decent investment.

i do because i like to be sure, the only time i dont is if the deer is coming in fast and cant get them out in time

Yes I do!!!