I tried and returned the intensity 15x56. While I found the center of the glass clear, crisp, with good color, the full edge to edge clarity was terrible. I estimated roughly half of the FOV was usable because of a wide and very blurry ring of "edge distortion". Perhaps these issues were just on...
1.1 oz for most uses. 1.6 oz HyperD is nice too if you like the diamond grid shape. At the end of the day it's going to come down to your preference. I started to get a feel for what I liked after sewing a few projects.
IMO, not a lot of difference between the nylon and poly of the same weight. I've used both for various projects (not meat bags however) and they both worked. Because I'm primarily in a wet environment I went with the PU4000. No complaints about durability on the rain cover.
No input on your original question... but I strongly suggest against using a braked rifle while slow hunting timber without hearing protection. That's begging for hearing loss. I've tried it, don't recommend it. So a few years back I tried one of the in-ear hearing devices from Walker's. It...
Another option to utilize a BDC you might already have is to calculate MOA or drop of the reticle based on scope power and equate that to a distance.
For example, I have BDC reticle that at 15x has the 4th holdover mark at 398 yards for my ammo. At 14x it's 414yds, 13x is 433yds, 12x is 453yds...
Midway has the WGRS in stock.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/202630/williams-wgrs-legend-guide-receiver-peep-sight-modern-muzzleloading-legend-and-wolverine-aluminum-black