Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics How important is alpha scope glass for your hunts ?

I almost never carry a pair of bino's with me. One binocular is generally enough.

A scoped crossbow ?

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I’m watching.

Bunch of damned hacks using optics anyhow. Real hunters don’t need sights. Shoot, Fred Bear managed to get after it

A scoped crossbow wouldn't be much more challenging than a shotgun.

I’m watching.

Bunch of damned hacks using optics anyhow. Real hunters don’t need sights. Shoot, Fred Bear managed to get after it

That damn Beav has me 2nd guessing my optics now..... damn him... this place gets $

My contribution to 10 pages....

I'm a predator hunter/caller, days only now. I've been at this game for 50 years and started with 4x Weaver. Preds are big animals and I do my scanning with my eyes, scanning with a rifle or binoculars introduces more movement and a better chance of getting busted. If I can see them with my eyes I can see them in a scope. Scopes have come a long way since I started, I used to have to black out a square to see it in the scope at 300 yards. Now even low end scopes are sharp and clear.



On this target with a much more modern scope the small diamond was visible.



I have about 10 dedicated predator hunting rifle and don't think I have a scope over $300 but that does include Bushnell Elite 4200, Burris Signature Select, Meopta Artimes, but it does include a couple low end Weavers and Kronus scope that work well also.

How well does a $90. Weaver 1-4x24mm work, it kills coyotes. Win Mod 70 222 Rem I bought it just to see how well a $90 scope would work, it is clear and precise but bulky for a 1-4.



Kronus M-30 1.5-6x44mm circle dot. RPG .223 I liked this scope enough that I bought another for a custom 6x45mm bolt action.



For me it is a matter of putting the crosshairs where needed not how well I can see the animals.

A lowly Weaver V-3 on a rifle I drove 1700 miles for the hunt, it worked perfect for still hunting the forests of northern WI, it has proven very reliable.



You can spend a $1000 more for your scopes, I'll put it into gas and hunting.

I killed my biggest buck with an old Ted Williams pump shotgun. No sights. just a bead on the barrel. Winchester rifled slug. 195 lb. dressed 10 point.

I killed my biggest buck with an old Ted Williams pump shotgun. No sights. just a bead on the barrel. Winchester rifled slug. 195 lb. dressed 10 point.

That’s about how everyone did it back before scope and rifle sights were prevalent back when I was a kid. The old bead was a pretty good sight if the gun threw a slug well.

Anyone got an example on why running top shelf scope glass is an advantage?

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Provided the scope is mechanically sound, ie, retains zero, tracks correctly, and returns to zero reliably, how could Alpha glass to top it off with be a disadvantage? That being said, if cost is a consideration, mechanical reliability is the priority. I haven’t bought what I consider to be a true Alpha glass yet. ZCO, Tangent Theta, or maybe Schmidt and Bender. If I had unlimited disposable income, would I? Absolutely. As it is, I go for the best glass I can get in a scope that has a track record for mechanical performance, at a price point I’m willing to pay.

John

Same…. I’d lose the 2nd bin.

Buddy of mine was cruising a forest road in Colorado and lo and behold there was a pair of bins hanging on a tree limb.

Good for him. Does he kill many ?

They probably belonged to blackheart's buddy, that's why he never wears them anymore.

Every year. He's killed three out of one bunch more than once. When he knocks down a tom, the others jump on and start spurring it.

The few times I've gone with him, we were in turkeys every time.