I'm interested in the personal experiences and preferences of guides/PHs and hunters alike: when the shooting is reduced from tens of yards to tens of feet, do you prefer iron sights or a low power optic - not an Aimpoint or other type of red-dot, but a low power variable (say 1-4 or 1.5-5) with heavy duplex, German 4, or something like that?

Thanks

RM

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown