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GaryO
Optics Apprentice Joined: April/08/2005 Location: Roseville, CA Status: Offline Points: 74 |
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Posted: September/18/2010 at 10:10 |
< style="MARGIN: 0px; WIDTH: 100%" id=texteditor =- =2 =storeCaret; ="storeCaret; hide_menus;" rows=10 name=>Maximum range is about 75 yards at most. Turkey and deer. What say you? Thanks...
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300S&W
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Not knowing what you'd be willing to spend I'm going to suggest these Nikons. I've had mine for longer than I can remember and they've been all the binoc I've needed for the woods and thickets hunting I do. This series has been one of Nikon's staples for MANY yrs (thinking since the late 80's?). There are other brands selling this configuration out there but these are the only compacts I have experience with.
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Klamath
Optics Master Joined: May/20/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1308 |
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Let me be the first of many to recommend the Leupold Yosemite 6x30. I will follow that with the Eagle optics Raven/Vortex Raptor 6.5x32. Those are porro prisms. In roof Prism look at the Vortex Fury 6.5x32 or the Zen Ray ZEN ED2 7x36. I have all of the above. The ZEN has the widest fov and the best depth of focus, and clearly the best optics. The Fury is not quite as good optically as the ZEN, but close. Good wide field and somewhat smaller than the ZEN. The Yosemite is likely the best binocular for the least money today. The Raven/Raptor is a slightly longer version of the Yosemite. It is a bit brighter than the Yosemite, but is a bit more money.
Don't think 6-7x will loose anything to higher magnification at the woods ranges you are talking about. You will have far better depth of field to work with with 6-7x and that will eliminate a lot of focusing. Edited by Klamath - September/18/2010 at 10:40 |
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Rancid Coolaid
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Vortex 6x32, great binos at a great price.
I use them for bow hunting and low light hogs hunting, nothing but great things to say about them. |
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Edited by Bird Watcher - September/18/2010 at 14:57 |
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