Who of you dial turrets on your Alaskan big game hunts and who uses reticle hold over, like on "set & forget scopes"? No good or bad here, just curious.

I use turrets. SWFA fixed 6 and 10 power, and 3-9.

Previously used the Leupold 3.5-10 and 6X42 with M1s quite a bit.

I don't own any turret scopes. Don't need them, and keep my shooting to no more than 500 yards.

Same here only 450 yards and a good fixed power scope.

Iron sites here, 100 yards and under.
I like to get to know the animals I shoot first.
My main goto firearms for Alaska are a Ruger #1 375 H&H Mag for Moose and Bears, the AR covers everything else.

I have one rifle equipped with a Leupold CDS but have not used it in about five years, so that's how excited I tend to get for dialing. I like to get closer generally and can't think of a time I failed to get an animal due to this philosophy. I'm also not hunting sheep or caribou where I live so it's easy for me to think that way. Three out of four of my most used rifles have Talley QDs with back up peep sights. I end up using the peeps for about half the stuff I kill.

I've never hunted hay.....

Yes.

Both.

Nightforce nxs 2.5-10
SWFA 3-9 (I think I have 3 of these)
Nightforce 4-14f1

Leupold vx3i (a few different ones, 1.5-5, 3.5-8 etc)
Meopta meopro 3-9
Nightforce shv 3-10

I’m probably missing a few but like I said, I use both.

I'm with the "set and forget" crowd. If I need to be concerned with dialing in range adjustments, I'm not really "hunting".

What is hunting ? Sounds like you have a "real" definition.

Jeff it sounds to me like he has the “definition “ for him not everybody. But I could be wrong.

Word of caution dialing dope is fun & addictive

Both. Yes.

Where and what do you hunt?

Set and forget for me.

Thus far turrets on a sample of one (1) critter.

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Same here.

Never dialed a scope, never will.
I like to hunt.

I’m always prepared to dial when needed.

Some of these scopes with the big tactical dials impede carry at the balance point of the rifle. They bite into your wrist. They also catch on things. The lower profile the scope caps, the better. So far the lowest profile caps I've witnessed, are on the leupold ultralight 2.5x. That is one heck of a scope.

Somehow, sniper wannabes and match shooters have influenced the hunting rifle. Devolving from sleek, to stupid.

Set and forget with VX3 2.5-8 and Conquest 3-9. Duplex.

I have the intention to use my fancy dial on my vx-5 but everything I've encountered since getting that setup has been within 150 yards.
But maybe I will use the turret someday. It's there and I practice with it.

I have used set and forget scopes for 50 years.
As I have stumbled through life with fewer brain cells than most of you, I have judged myself as nowhere near smart enough to deal with turrets.

I can use the knobs on the non target conquest pretty easy.

But dialing makes more sense than guessing. Unless one has dots and knows how to use them. I"m good with that to a point, though I often wonder if a plain crosshair setup is better in a crunch that you don't use the wrong mark. But up close it likely would not matter. Hmm a good test to run maybe.

Nothing new under the sun....its just coming around again, started with variable Power scopes, remember? Lots of lost opportunity for trophies by guys walking around with scopes on 9x or higher! Then the mad scramble to lower it to 3x, then getting back on target, sheesh. All the time hunting in areas where a 150yds shot would be a long one! Now, some people forget to "return their" dials back to wherever they started...its another form of Conservation...not many critters killed! ha

Hard to beat a good receiver sight!

This made me laugh...Thanks! 😎

When hunting large game, I don't dial, if an animal is too far away for set and forget scope adjustments, it's too far away for me to shoot. I prefer to stalk closer. I have never found a need to shoot at a distance greater than 350 yards or so. I have a couple of quick adjustable turret scopes, and always seem to be worried about them turning accidentally. Much prefer low, capped turrets.