I'm over seventy and still use either a 4-16X40 or a 4 1/2-30X50. The hills I hunt are so steep if you slip you can go a hundred feet before you stop. A couple years ago I moved a deer from the small level spot where it fell and it rolled for at least thirty seconds. There was no way I could keep up with it.
I tried the fixed power when I was in my forties and never looked back.
And the point is....?
The opposite of Pappy348. The steepness of the hills have nothing to do with which scope one uses. It's all about preference.
