Backcountry College - optics for close quarters hunting

[Clay Hayes]

How many of you guys use binos in tight country?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MGlj24uKhak

[tim roberts]

The best way to pick out those whitetails that magically appear outta nowhere!
Thanks,

[sticksnstones]

I do! Just wondering what magnification and objective size most guys lean towards for this type of stuff? I switched from 6x to 8x, then right back to 6x. Considering a new pair of 4x currently.

Another great video Clay!
Thom

[meathead]

I use mine. Looks like you ran out of arm hair and had to test broadheads on your beard hairs. I hate when that happens. Lol

[Joe2Crow]

Never go out without them.

[Longbow58]

With me all the time. Ready for a new pair.

[DennyK]

I'm going on 20 yrs with my 8x32 Leicas. Don't hunt without them.


Denny

[Doug_K]

8x Monocular here

[Clay Hayes]

Originally posted by meathead:
I use mine. Looks like you ran out of arm hair and had to test broadheads on your beard hairs. I hate when that happens. Lol

Dang, I thought no one would notice   :D

I use 10X but only because I'm hunting in a mosaic of closed canopy timber and open country where longer glass really comes in handy.  If I were back in the eastern hardwoods, I'd have 8 or 6X.

[Biathlonman]

Me too.  I've ran 6, 6.5 and 8.  Just have an 8 now because I use them for everything. Swarovski  8x30 cl

[BAK]

A 5x monocular for the light gathering capability.

[PeteA]

I bought a pair of 6x35 Leupolds.  I have not had them out yet.
Just used them around the yard. I'm very impressed with the optic.

[Orion]

I use 8x Leicas as well.  Work well in open country and good in tight stuff, though I think 6x is better in heavy cover.

[Barry Wensel]

I never leave home without them. I use Swarovski 8x30s hooked to my belt with a monostrap so you don't even know you have them on. Coincidentally, I just wrote a piece in the upcoming issue of Bowhunter magazine on still-hunting that I mentioned using them for close range work. Using binoculars will make you slow your pace when slipping along. Believe it or not, I also use binocs when bowfishing rivers to look up and/or down stream for feeding fish. BW

[jbpharmd]

I have some 10x42 steiner binos that I got when I was only using rifles. They are awesome optics for low-light sitting in a stand. I use them to scan in tight cover but they are a much too heavy/cumbersome for the still hunting that I do now. Anyone have a good light weight binocular suggestion that won't cost me a mortgage payment?

[Bjorn]

I can't hunt if my binos are not around my neck. Can't pick fur from brush without a little help.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

Being from Washington, I can be glassing a long ways in the wide open across a clear cut hillside one minute, and in thick, heavy brush and timber the next.  I've came to the conclusion that 8x42 and 10x42 binos seem to work the best for me.

[blacktailchaser]

great topic clay..SO,when is the DVD coming out..i CANT WAIT..thanks john

[TSchirm]

I feel almost naked if I go hunting without my binoculars.  I can't image hunting without them no matter what type of habitat I am hunting.

[GRAYBEARD]

6.5 Vortexs, use in PA for deer and SC for picking out piggies. Remember to look twice before you step once.