Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Show of hands please,how many hunt with..

Yup, always with me; never know when you will need them!

Makes me glad I don't hunt back east! In my lifetime I only recall two intances of having another hunter look at me through a scope (when I was aware of it) and the memory burns fresh with anger and fear each time I recall it. Not only does my little circle not do it, I'm not used to having other hunters do it.

Brushing it off as "everybody does it" trivalizes a deadly serious action.

Sorry, yes. 100% of the time.

Ken,
You might be shocked at what you've been missing. Get yourself a 6x and give it a whirl.

Yes.

Yep...Ive killed a number of whitetail in the thick stuff locating them with good binos first. FWIW one was 20 yds. away, unseen, and another was 15 feet.

That is good to hear. You must hide yourself well.
I am thinking you do not need a riflescope. This would
be archery I am thinking.

Nope, with a rifle. And not from a stand...the 15 footer I was crawling on my hands and knees( yeah..it was that thick...) Saw something odd on a log 15 feet away...the Swaros showed it to be an eyeball...which he got shot in...

the 20 yarder was also in thick stuff, holding stock still and I saw something that looked out of place, a teardrop shaped black thing...it was the deer's nostril....doink!

Yes, I would be lost without them

Scanning the tree line at first light is my favorite part.I know he is in there.Where are the does?Exciting.

Hmmm. My spidey sense is tingling. So many 'yes' votes. I'm wondering if some posters got confused and thought the question was, "Who owns binoculars?"

Maybe a few people saw somebody using them on TV or spotted a pair in a store one time. They probably thought the question really was, "Do you know what binoculars are/look like?"
---

My buddy Nelford swears by binoculars. When we're at the lounge after a range session or at hunt camp, he'll chastise anyone that doesn't own a pair. Really!

"Binoculars is useful for so many things. You can see stuff that you couldn't normally see if you didn't have any. I gots at least five pairs what I use for different chores. I guess my number one thing to do with them is stack 'em up. When you pile two or three pairs on top of each other, they make a nice, level perch for to sit on when a fellow needs what you call, 'a pandemic view'."

"But Nelford..."

"When it's Oh dark thirty in the morning and I'm in a pitch black forest, overgrown with plants and stuff, I'll lay them binoculars on the ground with a piece of cardboard sittin' across the tubes. They make a dandy mini coffee table for my canteen or my favorite breakfast - a Mars bar."

"But Nelford..."

"When I'm sittin' on top of a piney ridge or starin' down a mountainside, I stand them binoculars on their end, with the big lenses on a rock or restin' on the ground. The large end has what you call 'objectionable lenses', in case you didn't know."

"But Nelford..."

"Your experts will tell you that in order for them to work better, you need big objectionable lenses. It's true. I been using them for forty odd years like that. The bigger they are the less likely that they'll tip over when they're sittin' on the ground."

"But Nelford..."

"And then there's your other end. This is the one with the small rubber circles on 'em. These are called your magnifiers, but I'm not quite sure why. Anyway, they may look small, but they are sure powerful. The trick is your rubber circles. There's actually two of 'em. When I was younger, I learned why they used rubber there. When the binoculars is sittin' on the ground, objectionable lenses down, the gummy side can support heavy objects like a loaded rifle or a back pack. It props everything up and keeps your valuable stuff off the cold, wet ground. You don't want nothin' slippin' off when it's rainin', so them rubber things keep everything in place."

"But Nelford..."

"I'll tell you, I never seen the point for the container they ship them binoculars in. But I don't like to waste nothin', so that's where I keep my lunch, a jackknife and a pair of dry socks.

"But Nelford..."

"You keep interruptin'. What is it?"

"Well I'm sorry, but that's the dumbest thing I ever heard!"

"Don't get all worked up! If you want to use the container for something else like underwear, an apple, or spare ammunition maybe, I guess that's alright too..."

Dat's how its done!!

I ain't that good most of the time, so you are in-spy-rationous.

My lesser parrallels: with binos found a deer hock at 15 feet, a two inch patch of elk hair at 40 feet, a buck's antler tip at 40 feet, a buck's nose at 40 feet, etc. I didn't shoot most of those but at least I knew they were there before they ghosted away. Crawling for mule deer in thickets while glassing for their legs with binos is an art form, maybe should be an Olympic sport.

"But Nelford..."

I declare, ah aims to use this henceforth...

LOL

Thx.

That's what I'm talkin'about!

Turrets helped ?

yes

YES

Even in the thickest woods, I can't think of a situation where binos wouldn't be very useful. In low light sitations, a good optic will reach into the shadows and pull out figures and forms you couldnt see otherwise, even at close distance.

Yes.

Yup