Actually Matt brings up a good point. All of the better night hunting, predator hunters I know use a light for their hunting. The trick is to shine the light over them and pick up just the eye shine. Then drop it on them when the shooter is ready to shoot. BTDT. Don't need much in the way of fancy scopes for that. Any 6X is just fine.
What JJ is concerned here about is seeing with his scope what his binoculars or spotting scope already shows him. More magnification with a larger objective is the way to go.
Again, I know what I'm talking about concerning the euro vs. Leupy glass coatings from two sources. One, they lab test so close as to be no real difference. Two, I can see alot more than they can with their Lepys. And here is the clincher. When I refocus their scopes for them, so can they. E