Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting How far can 6x take you?

For real highcountry, multi-day, backpack hunting (not the imaginary, cyber-version of same), a fixed is going to be more stout/reliable than a variable (same brand - brand), as well as being lighter.

Not all BG is the same size, but with a 6x I'm comfortable to 500+ yards on deer-sized game and 600+ on elk in field conditions.

But I'm not going to shoot ANY animal past 600 yards.

A 6X Fixed is KISS and highcountry backpack hunting and KISS go hand in glove. Murphy hates this sort of hunting above sitting in a deer stand, or wandering the wide open shooting coyotes.

That's not to say variables don't have their place, they certainly do. And the extra magnification in a variable is bad how?

Not all tools are intended for the same purpose, any more than an F22 can do the job of a 777... even though they're both airplanes.

One has to determine one's needs based on what and how something is hunted.

But rest assured, EVERY choice is a compromise in one way or the other. You just have to determine how you want to make YOUR compromise...