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I have a pair of Nikon Monarch 8x30's that I keep in my truck. I take a pair of Leica Geovids in 10x42 for hunting where I will be hiking quite a bit. For hunting that requires hours of glassing, like Coues deer in Arizona, I have a pair of Swarovski 15x56 SLC's. I carry a lightweight tripod for both the Leicas and the Swarovskis.
It greatly enhanced my success at spotting animals when I started using really good optics on a tripod. With the 15x56 glass I often leave the spotting scope at home or in camp.
On a given hunt I might spend hours a day looking through my binoculars but only 15 seconds or less looking through my rifle scope.
So when purchasing optics I spend a lot more on binoculars than I do on rifle scopes.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
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Campfire Ranger
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Yes. You will really like the increase. Quite a difference over 8s. Spend as much as you can. With glass, you get what you pay for. Yes................10x42 does it all. Nothing wrong with 8's but I like a 42 over a 32 all day & twice on Sunday. I've used Leica for a long time, but plenty of good glass available today at lower prices that what top glass was when there were fewer manufacturers. But the glass is not the only consideration, mechanics & robustness count too...................buy the best you can afford. Buy once, cry once. Top end glass is not something you replace often as "better" glass in the higher end price range evolves very slowly over time. YMHO, YMMV MM
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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The Siggy 8x 6K's are fhuqking amazing. My 10x Geovid's were OFFICIALLY retired,after I installed the battery in the 8x. Hint. The Siggy 10x 3K's DESTROY Geovids too. Hint. Just sayin'..............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Great night vision is what your sayin??? Haha
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Great night vision is what your sayin??? Haha It's not legal to hunt blacktails on PW at night, Judman. LiL Fish is strictly a LR hunter now, but he does not seem to have any pictures or videos. Strange?
John Burns
I have all the sources. They can't stop the signal.
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Campfire Ranger
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Her imagination and pretend knows no bounds!!!!
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Campfire Tracker
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I have used 10x42's almost exclusively for the last 20 years.
Have some 8x30's that went by the wayside. They might get used more since they sit by the window for looking at critters in the backyard or across the gulch. But not in hunting situations.
Had a pair of 15's that I sold, the 10's do just as good for locating criiters. If I need more than 10x, 15 is not enough. I go to the spotter.
That is what I have found works for me from the prairie to the Black Hills, Florida to Alaska, and Africa for good measure.
Arcus Venator
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