Arizona Coues country spotter advise.

[Chells83]

Drew a tag for early Nov in unit 29 . Looking for advise on a spotting scope. Price range around $500. Also wondering what size spotter is normally used.
-thanks!

 

[Esau]

What bino do you have?

 

[Esau]

...binos

 

[Chells83]

Leica duovid 10+15x50. My brother is coming along and he has GPO 10x42.

 

[Bubblehide]

Most guys run something like swaro 15s. If you have good 15s then use at least an 80mm spotter, or no spotter at all.

 

[Esau]

I’ve used swaro 15s for 10+ years and never used a spotter. But you must glass through your binos with a tripod. It will help you spot more coues deer and there little movements. So I would just use your Leicas and if you don’t have a good tripod and fluid head spend the 500$ on that.

 

[BBob]

You'll find anything from no spotter up to say 95mm BTX so I wouldn't say anything is the norm. On that note I would say a spotter isn't an absolute requirement to hunt Coues and be successful and I'd also say the majority of people I see don't have any sort of spotter. I'd bank that $$ and save for higher quality down the road.

 

[Chells83]

Thanks for the info fellas. Might go in together for a nice set of 15x binos for my brother!

 

[blazinta]

I wouldn't worry about getting your brother new binos without addressing the spotter situation... i would personally save up and try to get a vortex razr hd spotter. The higher the magnification the better.

 

[gr8fuldoug]

In the sub $500.00 class take a look at the Hawke Endurance ED 15-45x60 Angled Spotting Scope. Please feel free to give us a call, 516-217-1000, to discuss optics

 

[Chells83]

I wouldn't worry about getting your brother new binos without addressing the spotter situation... i would personally save up and try to get a vortex razr hd spotter. The higher the magnification the better.

Thanks, seems like we have some choices to make! I have a friend who would let me borrow his spotter but I'm pretty hard on my equipment so that's probably a bad idea! Lol

 

[Chells83]

In the sub $500.00 class take a look at the Hawke Endurance ED 15-45x60 Angled Spotting Scope. Please feel free to give us a call, 516-217-1000, to discuss optics

Thanks, I'll have to do that!