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."
I think a 6X is about the best all around scope and I have a little more confidence in the mechanicals of the fixed. This year however,I may have found my new favorite scope in the Vortex Razor HD LH 1.5-8X32. Only time will tell how durable it is but in every other aspect I have never had a scope I like better for the type hunting I do.
