Hey all,
Some of you all may have seen a post I made a few months back regarding spotting scopes. After some further discussion with a hunting buddy and some unique circumstances I decide to come back to the forum for some input from the experts.
Most of my hunting is done in the east for whitetail. I am going to be making more trips west and obviously optics are an important and expensive piece of equipment. On my last trip west I ran 10x42 Leupold Mojave BX3 Pro Guides. I used them off hand and am surly going to be picking up a tripod if I decide to continue with them. My eyes seem to like them and I have zero complaints but that may be subject to change once on a tripod.
Back in 2009 I suffered a serious eye injury. I am now blind (zero usable vision in my right eye) . By the grace of God it was my non dominant eye that sustained the injury and it hasn’t stopped me from living life to the fullest extent. I had never put much thought into using a monocular for deer hunting as I had binoculars then and have continued to use them because it was what I was used to. As backcountry hunters we are always looking for a way to reduce weight and I wanted your thoughts on this so here it is for discussion.
I can continue to use 10x, 12x or 15x binoculars off a tripod or hand with no foreseeable benefit over a spotter. My field of view with a binocular is only half of what it is for you folks with two operable eyes. It’s slighty more or less than a spotter depending on model or zoom obviously.
Stick with the 10x and just pick up a tripod.
I can ditch the binoculars, pick up a spotter and use my R1000i range finder that is 6x and always with me when lower end power is needed or during a stalk.
Throw some feedback my way, your thoughts and even some shade for being a One Eye Willy. Thanks Alan
Some of you all may have seen a post I made a few months back regarding spotting scopes. After some further discussion with a hunting buddy and some unique circumstances I decide to come back to the forum for some input from the experts.
Most of my hunting is done in the east for whitetail. I am going to be making more trips west and obviously optics are an important and expensive piece of equipment. On my last trip west I ran 10x42 Leupold Mojave BX3 Pro Guides. I used them off hand and am surly going to be picking up a tripod if I decide to continue with them. My eyes seem to like them and I have zero complaints but that may be subject to change once on a tripod.
Back in 2009 I suffered a serious eye injury. I am now blind (zero usable vision in my right eye) . By the grace of God it was my non dominant eye that sustained the injury and it hasn’t stopped me from living life to the fullest extent. I had never put much thought into using a monocular for deer hunting as I had binoculars then and have continued to use them because it was what I was used to. As backcountry hunters we are always looking for a way to reduce weight and I wanted your thoughts on this so here it is for discussion.
I can continue to use 10x, 12x or 15x binoculars off a tripod or hand with no foreseeable benefit over a spotter. My field of view with a binocular is only half of what it is for you folks with two operable eyes. It’s slighty more or less than a spotter depending on model or zoom obviously.
Stick with the 10x and just pick up a tripod.
I can ditch the binoculars, pick up a spotter and use my R1000i range finder that is 6x and always with me when lower end power is needed or during a stalk.
Throw some feedback my way, your thoughts and even some shade for being a One Eye Willy. Thanks Alan
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