Where I live, a 50mm scope is a sure sign of a novice hunter.
The most experienced hunter I know has a 56mm S&B on his deer rifle. That scope has probably helped bring down 500 or so deer including some now in the B&C book. I wouldn't be so quick to stereotype someone's hunting prowess based upon something like that. There's a reason those scopes are made and not everyone hunts in the same conditions as you. A western hunter that's back at camp well before last light might think a big scope is a burden, while it might make perfect sense to a southern whitetail hunter that hunts fields where mature bucks are only going to show themselves in the shadows at last light.
