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In the country I hunt to get the really big bucks a lot of glassing is required. Sometimes I'll spend an entire morning in basically the same spot. My m.o. is to locate animals with my 10x40's then if he/it requires a closer look out comes the spotting scope. If he's worth going after I'll "stay on him" as long as possible. All the while working out in my head how I might approach him. If he beds downs early and I can see where he is I might go after him then. Otherwise, I'll be in on him at shooting light the next day. For me then, a good glass is extremely important. I like 10x40 or 12x40's and a high quality spotter. The 10x glass will often give me a good enough look so I won"t go to the effort of setting up the spotter. I often hunt elk in the timber so I find a smaller lighter glass best for that purpose. It's hard to under state how important good optics are in MY style of hunting. BTW I feel that a high quality spotter is wasted on a flimsy tripod.