ok i will be setting up my stand next week.. just wondering if you guys range items that you see and just mark them for a reference point or if you just range the animal and forget range other items? also how did yall mark it if you ranged items? paint ? ribbon?

I just range certain objects in the shooting lanes and keep my distances under 40 yards. And always use the same objects. Ive also quiz myself on the distances while waiting, to make sure I remember then correctly.

That's pretty much what I do to.

Ok will do that as well

Same here. I rarely, if ever, carry a range finder with me when I'm on a hunt. But I take advantage of it to mark my distances before the hunt.

Figured it would be best marking trees and what not be less movement as well thanks guys!!

I carry one, but only to check ranges when I first get my climber up in a tree. And also use it when quizzing myself on distances. Aside from that it stays put away since I want to be as still as possible when I see what Im hunting.

I do both depending on the situation. Feeder hunting it's pretty easy to range a deer and take the shot. Hunting a travel corridor with several trails or nondescript travel paths I like to know ranges of objects because a passing deer may not give you time to range and shoot.