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Do you use 10x binos for Big Game Hunting?
If so, what brand do you use? Specifically looking for what 10x40 or 10x42 type bino you're using.
I'll start with my 10x42 Swaro EL's.
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For most of my western hunting I'm using swaro 10x42 SLC's.
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Pentax 10x42 dcf wp II. Good value in a mid range glass.
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I use 10x42 Swarovski SLC binoculars in big country. For everything else I use a Nikon Premier LXL 8x32.
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Great stuff guys! Thanks a bunch and keep em coming!!
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I use a 10x42 Swaro for everything except bird hunting (I carry a Zeiss compact in my shirt pocket for that). I use my binocular extensively year-round for birding, to check out things when driving out here in the sticks, and around the house to check out birds and things out in the adjacent pastures.
Once you get used to using the glass, it's no problem to use it even in thick cover. I use a binocular harness and can wear it all day without fatigue. I prefer it to my wife's 8x30 Swaro for just about any use.
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Absolutely yes. Since I purchased my Swarovski 10x42 EL's I've forgotten there is any other Binos in the world.
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10x42 Leupold gold ring HDs.
Optically excellent but they're kinda heavy for lugging around. The FOV is pretty limited for still hunting the heavy brush like I do. They are awesome truck 'nocs. I go back to my cheap Nikon 8x20s when I hit the brush. I think a real clear 6-8X is more generally useful as a hunting binocular than a 10X but at the time I didn't have a spotting scope and tried to kill 2 birds with one stone.
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I have used Swaro 10x42's SLC for everything for 10+ years. Saying that though I have a pair of Swaro 10x32 EL's that I am going to use this year.
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Do you use 10x binos for Big Game Hunting?
If so, what brand do you use? Specifically looking for what 10x40 or 10x42 type bino you're using.
I'll start with my 10x42 Swaro EL's. I'm curious, what's the reason for the thread? Big 10X group hug?
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I'm curious, what's the reason for the thread? Big 10X group hug? I s'spect it's because a lot of "experts" claim that 10X is too big.
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Do you use 10x binos for Big Game Hunting?
If so, what brand do you use? Specifically looking for what 10x40 or 10x42 type bino you're using.
I'll start with my 10x42 Swaro EL's. I'm curious, what's the reason for the thread? Big 10X group hug? Yeah Brad. I'm starting a club. Thanks again guys!
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I use 10x42 swaro SLC's also.
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When I want to use a 10x, and I choose a 10 often, it is usually my Leica 10x42.
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last season 6x in the woods / most of the time, and 12x when only stand hunting the bigger fields.
Both were fine, and for me (600yds max visibility) the 6x would have been fine.
That said, I have a 10x coming in to add to my stable!
binocs are like guns...
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I run my 10*42 EL's about 80% and 20% for my smaller 8*32 Leica UV's.
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I've been slumming 10x42 Nikon Monarch ATB's for about 6 years. Keep telling myself I need to save up and get something better but honestly they are good enough for me. Of course I haven't compared them to the really high dollar chit either so I don't see what I'm 'missing'....grin
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10x40 Zeiss Classics for me!
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8x40 Zeiss Conquest and Minox Porros 10x40
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Leica 10x42 UV's most of the time. Just purchased the Vortex Viper 6x32's. I'm very impressed with them so far. Will be toting them in my pack this year as well.
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