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What scope do you trust your sweat soaked, coveted tag, backpack hunting with?

If I had such a tag and backpacked I'd be more than comfortable toting any of my Leupold VariX, VX or whatever they are 2.5x8 scopes. I think I have 5-6 of them varying in age.

S&B PM II fixed power.

This....specifically a 10X42.

What's the difference between a backcountry scope, and a frontcountry scope?

Well Huntsman I would think the backcountry scope you'd see the outhouse and the frontcountry scope you'd see the porch. That's just a WAG.

More than likely my NSX 2.5x10x42, been very trust worthy.........

But I'd like to give one of those S&B PMII fixed 10x a try someday!

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.

Just curious, why so much magnification?

SWFA 10x42....

my LRHS's haven't let me down yet...... at least on a sweat-soaked, OTC tag, wheelpacking hunt.....





Maybe someday I'll get a 'coveted' tag. Oh, and buy a backpack for it.

I have always been a 6x guy. How close can you effectively aim a 10x at game? I might go that route.

SS 3-9x42

I’ve always wanted a LRHS. I get lucky once in awhile with a lower draw odds tag. Last one was bull moose out in the middle of nowhere that paid off. Finally got an elk tag for next season. Out in the middle of nowhere of course.

Leupold VX 3i. I've been using them, and their predecessors, since 1987 and I've never had one fail. That said, I do not twist turrets, tried them, dislike them. Got rid of all my scopes with target knobs and all but one with CDS. Back country here tends to be brush and dark timber and the shots are pretty short.

The LRHS is an awesome scope, but on a backcountry hunting rifle I’m happy to shave the 6–7 oz by using the SS 3-9x instead.

This.

You're only saying that because you have to hump that mutha on yer back, instead of letting a packwheel carry it....

Yes, the oz game is real. A real balance between robust and pounds. I have a 3-9 SS. So far like it but haven’t hunted it yet. A Kimber WSM gets up there with a 20 ounce scope.

Depends on which end you look through. If you look through the objective, everything is faraway "backcointry."