What's the difference between a backcountry scope, and a frontcountry scope?
Great question. A backcountry hunt would be a hunt were a scope could not be replaced in a timely manner to finish the hunt and punch the tag. In other words, you cannot jump in your rig and run home or to town for a replacement or have a replacement in the truck.
I do both style hunts and fortunately failures have happened on hunts without a lot of time, sweat, or money invested.