When I was living in the PNW I used scopes with illuminated dots quite often and it was easier to stay on a coyote moving through the brush and sage in the dimmer light there. Since my move to NM and hunting the ASW. I find myself gravitating to bold German #1's or #4's, heavy duplex without the illumination. Thinner cover, shorter period of half-light in the morning, less haze in the air, whatever. The fact that the areas are larger, more up and down and I cover more ground, a Leupold 1-4x20, 1.5-5x20 or other low power 1" scopes are considerably lighter.
