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The good ones do

I guess I lead a sheltered life as I've never seen one that didn't rotate

Perhaps we’re talking about two different things?

Like straight for the ease of switching between binoculars and spotting scope.

Same here for me, I've owned and used both a good bit. Angled is nice for certain things, like glassing from the bottom and looking up several thousand feet, but overall I'll take straight all day, every day.

Yup, agreed. Elevation differentials are really where an angled scope shines, IMO, but otherwise I'll take straight.

I'm curious where the disconnect is here. I dont recall seeing a quality angled spotting scope that didn't rotate.

I have both angled and straight spotters and I take straight if I am caribou hunting or moose hunting but angled for sheep and goats.

You don't like anything that's straight.

Don't BS me.

Quit sexting me.

Your hormone therapy is working but not interested.

I read somewhere to install a sturdy cable tie around your ocular, orient the tag end so that it's inline with the plane of the scope's angle, and trim the end so that it's the right length to act as a front sight. Sight across the top of the eyepiece through the tip of the zip tie to line up on targets.

Angled for me, in a landslide. My scope's mount collar rotates around the scope body, allowing correction for uneven ground or flat viewing at a bench.

Too late.

Straight for me.

Have several of both, because I find both handy for various purposes. But apparently many people are just as wedded to angled or straight as they are to 8x binoculars versus 10x binoculars, or to 7mm vs. .30.

I have both and have used both. No doubt comfort goes to angled, but if it is serious, straight is the only option for me. Many times I have been there when those with angled spotters could not find the critter, period. Speed in finding critters goes to the straight by a lot.

You often do not have the time and speed is crucial to find an animal, I am used to straight.

Straight for me.

There is definately a learning curve to find game quickly with an angled spotter. I dedicated myself to learning and now have zero trouble finding game with mya angled

In the areas I hunt I like the straight because there are more times that I am looking either straight across a canyon or looking at a steep down angle. A couple years ago I was watching some elk about 1500' below me and a guy came along and pulled his angled spotter out and I have never seen anybody contort themselves to try and get lined up on those elk. I ask him if he would like to look through my spotter but he was bound and determined he was going to use his angled just to show me that his angled was better than my straight. As for pickup use I much prefer a straight. But as mentioned above it is whatever you bring to the dance is what works for you. This conversation is probably one of the most hotly debated topics on the internet, not only on the hunting forums but the birders also.

So people who use straight scopes suffer from a learning curve or lack of dedication in learning to be proficient? Copy that...