I'm serious. I posed this on another forum and was stunned at some of the answers I got. I consider this forum full of experienced outdoorsmen and hunters. I'm hoping to hear from as many of you as possible. Thanks in advance.
JG,
are you keeping track? In order to post the results on the other forum?
Another vote for No, Binocular first.
Short range- able to ID animal as right species and sex, then possible, slightly possible, just to make sure of legal requirements, but if I'm undetected and can use binocular first, then that's the thing to do.
I hate being "scoped" and like others have said, I have a tendency to look at that as a threat. If the object is far enough away I can't ID it without an optic of some sort, it's likely far enough away to use my binoc. and be able to remain undetected.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
