Yardage markers or range finder?

[Taylormike]

I'm wondering, do you guys and gals use yardage markers for distance accuracy?  If so, how do you do it?  I have trees marked at 20 but that's it.  I'm thinking about marking another at 40, in between would be 30.  Just curious.

[Taylormike]

I'm wondering, do you guys and gals use yardage markers for distance accuracy?  If so, how do you do it?  I have trees marked at 20 but that's it.  I'm thinking about marking another at 40, in between would be 30.  Just curious.

[Jeremy K]

20,30,and 40 . I use colored duct tape around the tree that matches the color of the pin that corresponds to that yardage.

[Taylormike]

I like that...

 

[fasteddie]

What I sometimes do is take one of the plastic holders that the lawn service people put out to show that pesticides have been used . Toss the warning card and spray the plastic piece with scent remover . Spray the round top if you wish to make it easy to spot .. You can place a scent wick in the top and pour or spray some scent on it . This can be used as a yardage marker or even a scent wick holder . 

[nyslowhand]

IF...you own your own property or lease, distance markers are fine. As a guest on someone else's property or on public land, rangefinders are probably the only option. I put a single streamer or wrap of orange surveyor's tape at 25yrds and wrap or tye a double streamer at 40yrds. Setting these marker's is about the only time I use my rangefinder. Way too preoccupied in watching a deer coming in, deciding if it's something I want to shoot, where it's headed, looking behind it, all while being as motionless as possible to mess around with a rangefinder. These distance markers are determined by the bow or arrow's s/u, shooter's ability or max distance they're confident at shooting. So, there's no "rule of thumb" that applies to every one every situation! Most new bows are pretty flat shooting from about 15yrds (or less) out to out past 25yrds (up to 30yrds +/-) with only a slight variance in drop. God knows I'd probably never shoot out to the 40yrd marker, it just gave me a reference as to where the deer was relative to my other 25yrd flag. The 2X distance flags comes more into play if you're confident shooting your compound at or beyond 35/40yrds, how or where your stands are s/u or esp once Xbow season rolls around, if you're so inclined.

[ATbuckhunter]

I'll range certain trees near where i expect deer to come out and try to remember that


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[Tughill Tamer]

I've got trees marked in about every conceivable shooting direction at 20 30 and 40 yrds during the excitement just trying to eliminate some of the guess work

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[LJC]

3 hours ago, nyslowhand said:

IF...you own your own property or lease, distance markers are fine. As a guest on someone else's property or on public land, rangefinders are probably the only option. I put a single streamer or wrap of orange surveyor's tape at 25yrds and wrap or tye a double streamer at 40yrds. Setting these marker's is about the only time I use my rangefinder. Way too preoccupied in watching a deer coming in, deciding if it's something I want to shoot, where it's headed, looking behind it, all while being as motionless as possible to mess around with a rangefinder. These distance markers are determined by the bow or arrow's s/u, shooter's ability or max distance they're confident at shooting. So, there's no "rule of thumb" that applies to every one every situation! Most new bows are pretty flat shooting from about 15yrds (or less) out to out past 25yrds (up to 30yrds +/-) with only a slight variance in drop. God knows I'd probably never shoot out to the 40yrd marker, it just gave me a reference as to where the deer was relative to my other 25yrd flag. The 2X distance flags comes more into play if you're confident shooting your compound at or beyond 35/40yrds, how or where your stands are s/u or esp once Xbow season rolls around, if you're so inclined.

On public land I have stacked rocks or sticks to mark range, range finder takes to long for my liking and the exstra time it takes gives  you more chance of being spotted by the deer 

Edited September 24, 2016 by LJC

[sweet old bill]

I put out a orange 12 inch marker at 25 yards, if a deer is inside they he or she is within the kill zone for me.

[nyslowhand]

1 hour ago, LJC said:

 range finder takes to long for my liking and the exstra time it takes gives  you more chance of being spotted by the deer 

Exactly why I carry mine in my pack, but never take it out during a hunt. With the rare exception of using it's magnification as a mini-bino if I need it. But.. To each his/her own! Little preface as to why I use yardage markers, I'm the world's worst distance judge!!!!!!

[growalot]

With as many stands as I have,my woods would look like the after math of a New Years Eve party. I've conditioned myself to know basic yardage points. .That said ,on stands not used in a long time I have my range finder...Not difficult at all to climb or sit in a blind,wait until the light is good..rang different trees around you and remember those ranges..put the finder away and hunt.

[fasteddie]

I have a WildGame Halo range finder that has the angle compensation . I have enough stands that I lose rememberance of distances I have ranged in the past so I do a recheck on trees , etc . 

Sometimes when things are slow and I get bored , I pull out the range finder . I try to visualize something 10 yards away and the double the distance then imagine another five for a 25 yard shot . I pick up the range finder to see how close my estimation was . A person ina a tree stand can get pretty good at this . 

I am not a golfer , but it seems fairly good golfers are good at estimating distances ..

[Taylormike]

I think many hunters are miss calculating distances.  We have all shot low or high, i think majority timeits because we are not accurate on distance. Ideally, I need a bow that shoots 0-40 flat.  

[Adkhunter1590]

Used to mark off trees with orange flagging tape at 20, 30 and 40 or even farther depending on the stand. Haven't used a range finder since I started bow hunting until this year I picked up a Halo xrt7 rangefinder. I'll be using it to range certain areas in my shooting line and go off memory. Unless I have plenty of time when a deer is coming in then I'll use it up to the last second before drawing back. A lot of newer camo clothes have pockets setup for range finders that keep them close by and easy to pick up and put back quickly.


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