I have used the IHR in NXS compacts for several years. I mostly hunt in open mountains, but I do a couple of weeks of hunting each year in the Northern Idaho panhandle in woods that are about as dark as any. Especially when I am there in November. During the day, I don't have any trouble seeing the reticle. When it starts to get dark, I turn the illumination on if need be.

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places. Fridtjof Nansen