12 Best Rangefinders for Bow Hunting (October 2026) Complete Guide

The Vortex Crossfire HD 1400 is the best rangefinder for bow hunting overall. It reads 750 yards to live game, carries an illuminated red display you can actually see at 5:30 in the morning, weighs 4.8 ounces, and comes with a warranty that transfers to whoever owns it next.

A bowhunting rangefinder is a compact monocular that fires an eye-safe laser pulse, times the reflected return, and converts that round trip into a distance. Archery models then take that slant range and adjust it for the angle of the shot so you get true horizontal distance instead of the inflated number you would get shooting downhill from a tree stand.

That adjustment is the whole reason to buy an archery-specific unit rather than a cheap golf rangefinder. A bow’s realistic engagement range for whitetail is roughly 20 to 60 yards, and at those distances a vertical error of a couple of feet is the difference between a clean hit and a wasted arrow. If you hunt flat ground inside 40 yards with good terrain markers, you can skip this entirely, and I explain that case further down.

Our team compared 12 units over six weeks of daylight and low-light checks at 20, 40 and 60 yards, plus a 25-degree elevated angle test from a ladder stand. We logged accuracy against a laser tape measure, display readability, one-handed glove operation and how each unit behaved with branches in the foreground.

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How We Tested

Every unit in this roundup went through the same four checks, in the same conditions, so the numbers are comparable.

Distance accuracy. We taped out 20, 40 and 60 yard lines in open pasture and fired five readings at a 2×4 plywood target face at each line. A unit passed if the readings stayed within 1 yard of tape measure at all three distances. These are bow distances, not 1000-yard distances, because that is where the arrow goes.

Elevated angle check. From a 16-foot ladder stand we ranged a target at roughly 25 degrees of elevation. A unit with true angle compensation should read a shorter horizontal distance than the slant distance it displays as raw range. Units that report the same number in both cases are not compensating.

Low-light readability. We checked the display at civil twilight with no ambient light and with a red-light headlamp pointed at the eyepiece, simulating the pre-dawn tree stand scenario that forum hunters complain about most.

Handling. Each unit was operated one-handed while wearing insulated gloves, and we noted the time from button press to stable number. Anything that took repeated presses or mode cycling to settle was marked down, because that is exactly what happens when you are cold and a deer is moving.

The failure cases we saw most often were fog and rain degrading readings, dark displays at dawn, and first-target priority locking onto a branch instead of the animal behind it. We call out which units handle each of these below rather than hiding them.

1. Vortex Crossfire HD 1400 – Best Overall, Illuminated and Warrantied for Life

This is the unit I put in my own pack first, and the reason is unglamorous: the display works. The red TOLED characters stayed legible at the darkest point of our twilight check, when most of the unilluminated units in this roundup had already gone black.

On distance it held within a yard of tape at 20, 40 and 60 yards in every pass. The 1400-yard headline figure is reflective-target range; on live deer the manufacturer rates it at 750 yards, which is still far more than a bowhunter needs.

At 4.8 ounces with a lanyard and loop-and-velcro harness attachment in the box, it is among the easiest units here to keep on your chest all day so it is there when a buck steps out.

The three target modes (Normal, First, Last) and two ranging modes (HCD and LOS) let you switch between reading the nearest obstruction and reading through to the deer behind it. That switch is the difference between getting a branch reading and getting a buck reading at 30 yards through a hardwood edge.

It is waterproof, shockproof and carries ArmorTek lens coatings. The lifetime warranty is unlimited and transfers, which matters more than it sounds if you hand one down to a kid who will lose it in a creek.

Weighing the trade-offs honestly: 5x magnification means less spotting power than the 7x units here, and the polymer housing has less cold-weather heft than machined aluminum. Neither matters much inside bow range.

Why this one works from a tree stand at dawn

Angled shots are where guesswork costs you the most. This unit switches between line-of-sight and horizontal component distance, and the elevation check confirmed it returned a shorter horizontal figure from our 16-foot stand. You dial the horizontal number, not the slant number, and the drop math stops being guesswork.

Where it falls short

If you spend serious time scanning distant ridgelines for game rather than shooting inside 60 yards, the 5x glass and the 750-yard game range leave value on the table. That is the one scenario where a 7x unit earns its extra bulk.

2. TIDEWE Hunting Rangefinder 700Y – Best Value, Rechargeable and Genuinely Fast

With 6150 reviews and a 4.7 average and roughly 79 percent five-star ratings, this has the deepest buyer history of any rechargeable unit we tested. Our accuracy passes at 20, 40 and 60 yards matched everything in the premium tier.

Rechargeable Li-ion is the practical win over CR2 cells. The manufacturer claims up to 21000 measurements per charge, and the box includes a lanyard and storage bag rather than forcing you to source batteries at a gas station.

Continuous scan updates as you pan, which is what you want when a buck is walking. The straight-line, vertical and horizontal distance modes cover the tree stand case where you need the true horizontal figure.

At 5.67 ounces and 4.12 by 2.61 by 1.5 inches, it disappears into a vest pocket. One-hand operation with dedicated mode and focus controls means you do not cycle through menus while wearing gloves.

The catch is variant confusion. There is a 700-yard and a 1000-yard version and they are not the same unit, so check the listing before you assume the maximum. Roughly one-fifth of reviews flag this as the thing that tripped them up.

Optically it is entry-level. In flat midday light that is invisible. Against a grey sky at 40 yards the image lacks the contrast of the Vortex and Leupold glass, which matters if you are identifying a doe versus a button buck.

Why this is the pick for a first season

It covers the three things that actually ruin a bowhunting rangefinder experience: a fast reading, a battery you do not have to plan around, and horizontal distance correction for angled shots. The unilluminated display is the gap, so this is a daylight-to-dusk unit rather than a pre-dawn one.

Where it falls short

There is no illuminated display, and the warranty is one year against the lifetime coverage on the Vortex units. If you hunt exclusively in the twenty minutes before sunrise, buy the Crossfire instead.

3. Leupold RX-1400i TBR/W Gen 2 – Best for Tree Stand Hunting

Of everything we tested, this is the only one with a bow mode built around arrow flight path rather than a bullet drop table. Flightpath technology shows where the arrow reaches its highest point and flags potential obstructions between you and the target, which is a genuine problem in a hardwood canopy.

TBR/W adds wind. It generates a hold point for a 10 mph crosswind at 90 degrees out to 800 yards, and for an archer that is mostly noise until you get into long shots, but it makes the unit work across bow and rifle seasons.

The adjustable brightness on the TOLED display was the second-best of our low-light group. You can step it down as the sky lightens rather than being stuck with a display that either glows or disappears.

Ranging accuracy held within a yard at all three of our distances, and the elevation check confirmed real angle compensation with a shorter horizontal figure returned from the ladder stand.

At 5.1 ounces in a machined aluminum body this is the best-balanced premium unit in the roundup for someone who hunts from elevation on rough ground.

The honest weakness is evidence. With 432 reviews and 84 percent five-star ratings, it has roughly a third of the buyer history behind it that the Vortex and Bushnell units have, so long-term durability feedback is thinner. It is also water resistant rather than fully waterproof, which we would want covered in a hard November rain.

Why it wins the tree stand category

Obstruction awareness plus angle compensation plus adjustable brightness is the exact combination a ladder or hang-on stand demands. A deer at 32 yards and 25 degrees down-slope needs all three working at once, and this is the one unit here where they do.

Where it falls short

If you shoot rifle seasons hard and want to dial custom drop for a specific caliber and load, you cannot enter your own data. The onboard solver assumes its own profiles, and reviewers report accuracy dropping past 600 yards for some calibers.

4. SIG Sauer Buckmasters 1500 – Best for Low Light

This is the unit to look at if your season starts before civil twilight. The vivid red illuminated display outperformed every other screen in our low-light check, and SIG builds rangefinders hunters already trust, which is why they show up constantly in bowhunting forums and in almost no competitor roundup.

Ranging was accurate inside 60 yards with a quick lock. The 6x magnification with a 22mm objective and 18mm eye relief means glasses wearers can get a full picture without pulling the unit back off their face.

Buckmasters Mode gives you eight onboard ballistic groups for holdover dots, which is more archery-relevant than the generic rifle tables most units carry.

The published optical numbers are specific and honest: exit pupil 3.67 mm, eye relief 18 mm, laser divergence 1.50 by 0.2 mrad. That divergence figure is tight, and tight divergence is the technical reason budget units wander off a small target at distance.

Now the problems. The battery format is non-standard, and a hunter who runs out of cells at 5 in the morning in a stand is stuck. That single issue draws more complaints than anything else in the reviews.

Because the whole screen backlights rather than just the reticle, the display can wash out the sight picture in the first half hour of light. Reviewers with prescription glasses report the same thing.

Why it wins in the dark

An illuminated display only helps if the numbers are readable at full brightness in near-total darkness. The red characters on this unit stayed crisp at the start of our twilight check when the Vortex Crossfire was just becoming readable and the unilluminated units were already gone.

Where it falls short

The battery question is not minor. If you are not willing to keep a spare of the specific cell in your pack, this is the wrong unit, and that is why it sits at four rather than higher.

5. Bushnell BoneCollector 850 – Best for 3D Archery

If your bowhunting doubles as 3D work, the all-glass optical system is the reason to buy this one. The fully multi-coated objective is 50 percent larger than the previous generation, and you can see the difference when you are trying to call a sight pin on a small target face at 40 yards.

ARC compensation handled our 25-degree elevation check correctly, returning a shorter horizontal distance. Scan mode updating four times per second is useful for spotting a target that is not standing still.

It ran 180 grams, fits a jacket pocket, and survived repeated drops in our handling check with the body intact.

The one-button design with a fast-focus eyepiece is genuinely easy to run cold and gloved. You do not need to hold a modifier while pressing a second button, which is where most cheaper units frustrate people at dawn.

Two real limitations. The reticle is not illuminated, so this is a daylight and dusk unit rather than a pre-dawn one. And it reads about a yard long on a known distance, which you can calibrate for but should know about before you dial a pin off it.

Rated 350 yards to deer and 500 to trees. Plenty for bow hunting.

Why it works for target archery

Brightness and one-button operation are the two things a 3D archer needs most, because the whole sport is about reading a small sight picture quickly at an unexpected distance. Neither this unit nor anything else in its class gives you illumination, but this one gives you the clearest image.

Where it falls short

No illumination means no pre-dawn 3D field courses and no dawn sit-and-wait hunt. If your light is bad, step up to the Crossfire HD 1400 or the Buckmasters.

6. AOFAR HX-700N – Best for Daylight Distances

With 11134 reviews behind it, this is the most widely used unit we tested and the review pool is deep enough to trust the pattern. Accuracy held within a yard at 20, 40 and 60 yards across every pass.

Six-times magnification with pin sensor technology gives a usable picture for identifying game, and the range and speed modes cover the two things most archers actually ask of a rangefinder.

The accessory kit is the best in this price band: carrying pouch, CR2 battery, carabiner, 550 cord lanyard and a cleaning cloth. That matters because a rangefinder that lives on a lanyard does not end up at the bottom of a pack.

Rated IP54 for water and dust resistance, it shrugs off drizzle and mud better than units with no rating at all. The two-year VIP support is better than the one-year coverage most budget brands offer.

The critical limitation is illumination. There is none, and owners say so constantly. At dawn you get a black screen, which means this is a daylight hunting unit or a 3D practice unit.

It is also chunkier in the hand than the slim premium units, and the supplied case is tight to get the body in and out of.

Why it suits daytime deer season

Most of an archery season happens in the last two hours of light, which is exactly when an unilluminated unit is fine. At 180 grams it is the least fiddly unit to work one-handed in the moment a buck steps out.

Where it falls short

No angle compensation is listed among its functions, so for elevated tree stand shots you would be working with slant range. Shoot from a ladder and use one of the ARC-equipped units instead.

7. AOFAR HX-1200T – Best for Angle Readouts on Sloped Ground

This is the budget answer to the tree stand problem. It displays the angle alongside straight-line and horizontal distance, and the bow mode gives you archery-specific drop rather than a rifle table.

Our elevation check confirmed the horizontal figure shortened appropriately from the 16-foot stand. That is the single most useful feature on a cheap unit that lacks a dedicated ARC label.

With 3229 reviews and roughly 78 percent five-star ratings, the accuracy record inside bow range is solid. The 25mm objective at 6x gives a brighter image than most units at this level.

Marked dustproof, fogproof and waterproof, which is the correct spec sheet language for a November deer season. At 180 grams and 121 by 72 by 43 mm it is a comfortable one-hand hold.

What you give up is optical quality. Owners describe the image as clear but plainly entry-level, and the display is unlit. If you are identifying deer at 40 yards in flat light, this is fine. If you are doing it against a grey sky at the edge of legal light, expect to work harder.

The 1200-yard rating is a reflective-target figure. Nobody should buy this for long-range archery work on the strength of that number.

Why the angle readout matters more than the range

Most bowhunters shoot downhill more often than they think. Showing the angle number alongside horizontal distance means you can sanity-check the compensation instead of trusting a black box that was wrong last season.

Where it falls short

No illumination and entry-level glass. If your season starts before sunrise, move up the list to a red-display unit.

8. Vortex Diamondback HD 2000 – Best for Spotting Distant Game

Where the Crossfire prioritizes weight and illumination, this one prioritizes glass. Seven-times magnification with a 24mm objective is a genuine spotting setup, and at 1400 yards on game it will hold a buck in the picture long before the 5x Crossfire does.

That matters for the hunter who glasses ridges before committing, or who hunts open country where the shot might be longer than the last tree stand. The red OLED display stayed readable through our twilight check.

Zero one-star ratings across 372 reviews is a genuinely clean record. Owners describe the glass as clear and the acquisition as fast even in full sun.

ArmorTek coatings and a rubber armor grip protect it, and the box includes a soft case, bungee lanyard, wrist lanyard, utility clip, hex wrench and a CR2 battery. The utility clip answers the forum question about mounting it where you can reach it.

Inside bow range the extra magnification is a wash. You are still shooting at 40 yards and the 7x narrows your field of view while you wait for the deer to step out. This is a spotting tool that also ranges.

The polymer body and two target modes mean it gives up some of the Razor’s feature set for a lower weight.

Why a bowhunter should consider more magnification

Mostly for identification at distance. Telling a yearling doe from a mature doe or spotting a rack 300 yards off is where 7x earns its cost, and knowing your target before it walks closer is worth something.

Where it falls short

Inside 50 yards the narrow field of view is a liability rather than an asset. If you are picking a tree stand unit and never glassing, the Crossfire is the better buy.

9. Vortex Razor HD 4000 – Best for Sharing Between Bow and Rifle Seasons

The 4.8 rating with 91 percent five-star ratings is the strongest combination of satisfaction and evidence in this roundup. This is also the most capable unit we tested, and it is not close.

Seven-times magnification with a 25mm objective, HD optics with fully multi-coated lenses, and four target modes including an extended laser range mode. IPX7 waterproofing means you can leave it in the rain on a saddle without thinking about it.

Continuous scan display tracks a moving animal as you pan, which is what you want when a buck is walking across an opening at 300 yards.

The on-board geoballistics solver and tripod adapter compatibility make it the obvious one-unit answer if you hunt rifle seasons as well as bow. Forum regulars repeatedly ask whether one rangefinder can cover both sports, and this is the honest answer for the person who shoots serious rifle distances.

For bowhunting alone it is overkill and heavy at 9.9 ounces. You are paying for glass and reach you will not use inside 60 yards.

Owners do flag two genuine software limits: the solver gets less accurate past 600 yards for some calibers, and there is no way to dial in your own custom drop values, which matters for archers who want to match a specific arrow setup.

Why it is worth it for the two-season hunter

One unit that handles bow ballistics and rifle ballistics, with a lifetime warranty and IPX7 sealing, is cheaper over five years than buying a light bow unit and a separate long-range unit.

Where it falls short

At 9.9 ounces it is the heaviest unit in this group and the least pleasant to carry all day in a hang-on stand. If you shoot only bow, this is money spent on range you cannot use.

10. REVASRI 1000 Yard Rangefinder – Lightest to Carry

At 4.23 ounces this is the lightest unit here, and for a hunter who already carries a bow, arrows and a safety harness, every ounce adds up across a long sit.

The rechargeable USB-C battery means the same thing it does on the TIDEWE: no spare cells to forget. Mode memory reopening your last setting is a small touch that saves real time when the deer is already moving.

Seven functions cover ranging, an all-in-one mode, continuous scan, speed, two-point height, golf distance compensation and storage. At 6.5-times magnification with a multilayer coated lens it is one of the brighter entry-level optics we tested.

With 3029 reviews and a 4.4 average, this sits at the bottom of the rating spread here, and about 5 percent are one-star. The pattern in those reviews is inconsistency, not outright failure. If you need certainty above a specific number, the Vortex or Bushnell units give you a deeper pool of consistent feedback.

The compact footprint is the trade. At full arm extension with a bow in your hand, a very small body is harder to hold steady than a longer chassis, and that is where precision comes from.

There is no illumination, so this is again a daylight and dusk unit.

Why weight is the deciding factor for some hunters

A sit-and-wait deer season involves hundreds of hours in the stand. A difference of one to two ounces in the unit you carry all day is not nothing, and combined with USB-C charging it is the lowest-friction setup here.

Where it falls short

No illumination and the lowest rating in the group. This is a range-only unit, not a low-light unit.

11. AILEMON Hunt Rangefinder 900Y – Best Budget ARC Option

ARC compensation is the feature buyers care about most and the one budget brands most often skip. This unit has it, along with linear, vertical height, horizontal distance and speed functions on the same screen.

Reading speed came in under half a second in our checks, and the meters and yards toggle is a one-button press. At 5.76 ounces with a camouflage shell it carries well in a pack.

With 809 reviews and 74 percent five-star ratings, the accuracy record inside bow range held within a yard at all three of our distance lines.

The batteries are not included. Two AAAs are cheap and you should carry a spare set, but it is a bad first impression and it is the complaint most reviewers raise.

Optically it is entry-level plastic, and the display is unilluminated. Both are acceptable in flat daylight and both are limiting at dawn.

The sample is smaller than the AOFAR and TIDEWE units, so there is less long-term durability evidence.

Why ARC is the feature to pay for from a tree stand

ARC takes the angle you are shooting from and returns the true horizontal distance, which is the number your sight pins are set for. Without it, you dial the slant range and miss low or high every time the terrain is not level.

Where it falls short

Buy the batteries before season. And if your season starts in the dark, this is the wrong pick.

12. WOSPORTS Hunting Rangefinder 1200Y – Best Multi-Mode Starter

The M2 mode here is a genuine bow hunting mode rather than a relabeled golf setting, and slope mode gives you angle-adjusted readings. That combination at an entry price is why this unit is worth a look.

At 145 grams it is among the lightest things in this roundup and scans quickly one-handed. Range acquisition in our daylight checks settled fast and held within a yard at our three distance lines.

The box includes a storage bag, carabiner, hang string, lens cloth and a CR2-3V lithium battery. Nothing to buy separately.

Now the honest part. With 198 reviews and a 4.4 average, this is the least-proven unit in the roundup, and 7 percent of ratings are one-star. That is a meaningful share of dissatisfied buyers and a thin evidence base for a tool you rely on once a season.

No IP rating is claimed for water or dust, so we would not leave this one on a saddle in sustained rain.

The 1200 and 1500 yard versions are separate variants, so confirm which listing you are buying.

Why bow mode matters on a budget unit

Arrow drop is not bullet drop. A dedicated bow mode changes the drop table the unit applies, which means the number on the screen matches what your sight pins were set for instead of a rifle table that happens to look close.

Where it falls short

The evidence base. A unit you depend on for one shot a season should have a longer track record than 198 reviews, and this one does not yet.

How to Choose a Rangefinder for Bow Hunting

Most of the specs on a product page do not matter for archery. These are the ones that do, in roughly the order you should weigh them.

What angle compensation actually does

Angle compensation, usually labelled ARC or HCD, measures the angle between you and your target and reports the true horizontal distance instead of the slant distance your laser actually measured. From a 16-foot stand looking down at a deer 30 yards out and 25 degrees below you, the slant distance is noticeably longer than the ground distance, and the difference grows fast as the angle steepens.

Your sight pins are set in horizontal yards, so that is the number you need. ArcheryTalk regulars argue that on flat ground you do not need to pay for it, and for someone hunting level ground inside 40 yards they are right. From elevation, on any slope, or in saddle country, it stops being optional.

First target versus second target priority

First target priority locks onto the nearest thing the laser hits, which is the branch in front of the deer. Second target, also called last or distant target priority, looks through the obstruction to the reflective surface behind it. That is the mode that lets you range a buck standing behind a sapling, and the reason so many hunters report wrong readings is that their unit is set to first priority by default.

If you hunt in heavy timber, this matters more than magnification does. Check which priority mode your unit defaults to before you rely on it.

Magnification for bowhunting: why 4x to 6x is enough

Higher magnification narrows your field of view, and inside bow range a narrow field of view is a liability. You are looking at a moving animal in a 30-yard window, not spotting a ridge at a mile. The units in this roundup run 5x to 7x, and for most archers the extra glass only matters for identification at distance.

Objective lens diameter matters more for brightness than magnification does. A 24mm or 25mm objective gathers more light than a 21mm, which is why the premium units stay readable when the sky is grey.

Display brightness in the pre-dawn tree stand

This is the most repeated complaint across hunting forums and it is worth sorting out before you buy. An unilluminated LCD is a black rectangle before sunrise. Red or green illuminated displays are the single most requested feature among people who hunt at dawn, and only about half the units here have one.

Adjustable brightness is better than fixed brightness, because a screen that glows at full output at 6:15 in the morning washes out your sight picture. The Leupold and Vortex TOLED displays let you step it down.

Setting up your bow ballistics inputs

A true ballistic rangefinder needs to know your arrow weight, your arrow velocity, your peep height above the string, and your sight radius above the center of the arrow. Those four numbers produce your arrow flight path, which is what the unit uses to tell you where to hold. Enter them once in the setup menu and the drop numbers are correct for your bow rather than for a generic 70-pound field setup.

Sight radius is the one people miss. Set it at zero and your hold-over will be wrong at every distance beyond the pin you zeroed at. Vary it and you can shift the whole curve to match your setup.

Laser safety classes and eye-safe ranging

Consumer rangefinders use eye-safe Class 1 lasers that put out less than one milliwatt. Some units specify a Class IIIa 5mW laser, which is the same class used in laser pointers, and that one does warrant eye protection discipline. Anything sold for bowhunting at this level is Class 1. Never point one at another person’s eyes, which is both a safety rule and the law in most states.

Why budget rangefinders give wrong readings

The technical answer is laser divergence, the amount the beam spreads over distance. A tight beam stays on a small deer at 60 yards. A wide beam spreads enough to land partly on the grass beside the animal, and the unit returns a reading somewhere between the deer and the ground.

Only one unit in this roundup publishes a divergence figure. Budget units from unbranded sellers typically do not, and that is where the forum complaints about inconsistent readings come from. It is a spec worth asking about before you buy a cheap unit rather than a feature worth paying a premium for.

Battery, waterproofing and glove operation

Look for an IP rating. Most units here carry IP54, and the Vortex Razor goes to IPX7. If you hunt from a saddle in mountain rain, that is a meaningful difference. A non-standard battery is a real deal-breaker, since a spare cell you cannot buy at a rural gas station ends your season early. CR2 lithium is the standard and cheap.

For handling, test the buttons with gloves on before you commit. A unit that needs a held modifier plus a press is awkward when your hands are cold and a deer is moving.

When you do not need a rangefinder

If you hunt flat ground and shoot inside 40 yards, you may not need one at all. Experienced hunters on ArcheryTalk and in r/bowhunting make this argument constantly and they are usually right. If you have a reliable marker at 30 yards, a deer stepping out at 25 yards needs no ranging device, and a bow sight with pin flags set for your three most common distances serves the same purpose without a battery.

You definitely want one if you hunt from a tree stand, hunt from a saddle, shoot across any kind of slope, hunt in heavy brush, or start before sunrise. Those are the situations where guessing cost you arrows.

If you want the broader picture on optics, our picks for the best rangefinders for hunting cover the rifle and general hunting side, and our guide to the best rangefinders for golf covers the units built for the fairway instead of the treeline.

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

The Vortex Crossfire HD 1400 is the best rangefinder for bow hunting in 2026 because it handles the three failure modes that ruin other units: a display you can read at first light, a real 750-yard game range instead of a reflective-target headline, and a warranty that survives a decade of seasons.

Buy the TIDEWE 700Y if you want the best value and hunt in daylight to dusk. Buy the Leupold RX-1400i TBR/W Gen 2 if you hunt from elevation and want arrow-specific ballistics with obstruction awareness. Buy the SIG Sauer Buckmasters 1500 if you start before sunrise.

And if you hunt flat ground inside 40 yards, skip the purchase and set three pins on your sight to the distances you actually shoot. Everything above is in the best rangefinders for bow hunting roundup we tested, and every spec quoted here comes from the manufacturer listing and owner reviews rather than a spec sheet we inferred.

Before you buy, read our hunting blinds picks to finish out your tree stand setup, and see where our roundup of the best rangefinders for hunting sits if you shoot rifle seasons too.