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I'm no bear hunting expert, but I shot my first one this year at about 50 feet. Leupold 2-12x42 with illuminated LR duplex. I had plenty of FOV at 2 power, and shot him in the head with a 110TTSX (black bear, Forbes 270). I've settled on this as a very hard to beat all-around scope. I don't ever see myself needing less than two power for FOV. I don't think I'll need more than 12x either. That illuminated little red dot in the center is awfully nice in the dark timber. And the LR duplex allows me to make hits out quite a ways without worrying about a hunting scope tracking correclty. A very versatile 'set it and forget it' scope.