Recommending optics without knowing the country someone hunts, or how good (or bad) they are at holding steady, is sort of like recommending a size 10 boot for someone without knowing the size of their foot - it might work for them or it might not.
I hunt some very open country in NM and love my 15x Swaro binoculars for that. They're tripod-only but to me are a lot more comfortable to sit behind than my spotting scope.
I used to use Swaro 10x42's too but I found that for extended glassing I held 8x42's steadier.
A lot of folks pick up 10x binoculars in a store, look through them for a few seconds and buy them, but that's not the same as glassing for an hour straight in the cold and the wind.
Gig Em, by the way!
