Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Tell me about a fixed 6x in the woods....

That's exactly what I did and I'm happier.

I have 3 fixed 6's. Monarch I like it, Leu 6x42 I like it, Leu6x36LR. I just ordered another 6 and guess what. Another 6x36LR. Also bought a 6x weaver today off the classifieds. Shot 4 deer this fall 2 running. 3 with fixed 6's and 1 with a 2.5x8 set on 6. Maybe I'm learning something.

If sumptin' was better than the 6x42,I'd simply use it.............

Have yet to have a problem with a 1.5-5x20 in Pa. Then again, I don't try to hunt at night and the bigger Bucks these days make identification easier. Let the underage guys have a pass for a year and most anything good works here.

Sigh! One of the problems with posting to the internet is that it is hard to tell a joke.

GrimJim

Sigh! I took it as tongue in cheek. A little truth mixed with some humor. I rarely take this stuff all that serious.

My way-and it often changes-certainly is far from the only way when it comes to Pa Deer.

The 6x42 is the "Thinking Man's" scope.....

1) I think I like the eye relief

2) I think I love the low light performance

3) I think I can kill anything I can see with it

4) I think I can bob my head around and still have a full eye box

5) I think I'll keep buying them

Robert

6x is a fine fixed power choice **for wide open country**. If your shots are going to be less than 100 yards in deep cover, why in the world do you need 6x? You would be far better off with the faster acquisition offered by a 2 or 2.5x than being hindered with more magnification than you need. If you occasionally need a bit more magnification, get a 1.5x-5 variable.

"My what big eyes you have" said the barely legal deer in deep cover to the hunter with the Leupold 6x42, "The better to see you with, my deer" said the hunter.

You read too much and shoot too little...............

There you go being serious again. Lighten up a little, it's good for the BP.

I know it is a prehistoric thought around here, but serious play with a .22lr goes along way to making anything reasonable work in the thick stuff.

The number of things that "can't be done",by folks who've never done it,is rather sumptin'...................(grin)

If I'm constipated and push real hard I manage a dump too...

Try Senokot. No need to pop a hemmorrhoid spewing chit.

6x country.

Sam,

Looks looks about picture perfect, although it wouldn't be my first choice for here, although I've done it.

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Take the Dog out, I hunt Deer here also.

6x Country.








It do run the gamut..................(grin)

Battue, that does look like gauge country...(grin)


And did somebody mention Gamut(old Indian buddy)?

Love that dog pic, battue! I wish grouse were more common in coast range near me. I've killed a few up there, but to really get into 'em requires more of a safari than I've been inclined to mount lately. Bummer, cause taking my knuckleheaded Lab and my Citori out to play is one of life's true pleasures! We've been contenting ourselves with a (gulp) planted pheasant hunt at the nearby wildlife refuge.

On topic: while my scopes have certainly ended up turned up to ~6x for shots on deer, I much prefer a lower setting, usually 2.5x or 3x, for general hunting in the thick stuff. OTOH over in eastern Oregon where it's typically much more open, I'm generally set at 4x while hunting.

The 6x42mm Leup is extremely eye-friendly and I can see why it gets the love it gets. But then, every scope I use is eye-friendly at low powers, or I wouldn't be using it, and in the end I appreciate having both less and more X's than a fixed 6x provides- at least for what and how I hunt.

I bet one of those 6x42's would be pretty sick on my Bushy M4'gery. Stick, you run them on AR's at all?