I'd go the campfire elite route...
$1650 Nightforce with a $349 Ruger American Underneath it.
That's what all the campfire elite would highly approve of.
now we're talking some sense. of course i beat that, i bought my RAR at clearance prices.. just trying to even the odds, and keep meat-hunting an economical enterprise.
but the cost of killing animals does seem to be increasing on an annual basis.