So I have been doing more whitetail guiding the past few years and am thinking of getting some new binoculars. I have two excellent binos now, some Zeiss 7x42 BGAT and Swarovski 7x42 SLC. I have used these for years, because hunting for myself in North Texas, FINDING a deer was more important that EVALUATING a deer. But in guiding, I need to be able to evaluate the better bucks. My question for those that have done this for a while is 1) What are you currently using 7x, 8x, 10x, etc and 2) if you are using a lower magnification, like 7x, has it ever hampered your ability to judge a buck and would a 10x have changed that to any measurable degree? When and if I get another pair, they will be either Swarovski, Zeiss, or Leica.
