Name one thing.No lists or seconds.
What could you not do with out on a Hunt.
This is from the Original Post. Also what I'm saying (answering) is subjective.
***I*** can not do without a SCOPE.
AS has been pointed out LRFs have had a tremendous affect on more than 'distance'. In the 70s only high end scopes were dependable (IMO). Overall scope quality has gone thru the roof. Today there are low to moderately priced scopes that aren't too shabby.
I know I'm not alone in THIS. I have an almost 'built in' compass. Only ONCE in my life have I have been lost. This was @ 1971. We didn't have cell phones, gps, or LRFs.
I don't NEED or use a GPS but if I were to go some/many places I WOULD get one and learn how to use it. I know how valuable they are where they're needed.
Before 1994 I could use 'iron' sights. Since then the rear sight is only a blurrrr. So a SCOPE is the most important GEAR to me.
