If anyone is in the market for an 8x binocular Euro Optic has some new razor 8x42 UHD listed at $899.99.
https://www.eurooptic.com/Vortex-Razor-UHD-8x42-Binocular-RZB-3101.aspx
Get there a few days before your hunt and try to sleep a night or two at a higher elevation to let your body adapt. In my experience elevation sickness happens most often when people drive from low elevation to +6,000 ft and expect to put in a 8 mile day with 1,000 ft elevation gain the next...
Live up here in 6C, most of the main roads are passable by truck but are very rough.
If you use OnX anything that specifies high clearance 4x4 is kind of a toss up getting down it with a truck there has been stuff that looks relatively easy to drive down and you go 1/4 mi down the road and its...
I'd recommend the razor, I bought the diamondback 20-60x85 and its ok with anything below 30x ish but quality and identification really falls off past that. If you are using it to count points and score animals from glassing points get the razor. If you are just trying to find animals the...
Best Western Backcountry Riflescope
If you could only use one rifle scope for western hunting, not taking into account warranty as a factor purely off of performance what scope would it be?
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I think for your first elk hunt you could get away with buying some less expensive glass like some vortex razors.
It being your first time you might find out it’s not for you or you could get some NL’s that could double as being used in your other hunting like some 8’s or 10’s.
I also agree...
Depends on weather leading up to the hunt. Might be a good idea to scout the weekend or two before to see what they are doing.
I'd think they'd be winding down at least by that time unless its been unusually hot.
Congrats on the 16B tag! As a new NM resident that unit is on my elk bucket list. I have a 16 Mule deer tag in Nov but good luck and post a picture if you guys get one!