I've shot game as close as 10', and agree, the lowest possible setting is the one you want. A 2X or 3X is superior in every possible way to a 6x in that instance.

But beyond 25 yards, I find, even in "the thick", the 6x is not only NOT a handicap, it can really be a help "threading the needle."


“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery