Best Sheep Spotting Scope

[Jake Larsen]

Kowa 66 would be my choice. I’ve had smaller and much bigger, and this is the sweet spot for weight/reach/clarity in low light IMO.


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[Alpine406]

I would likely lug a bigger optic just for the quality and assurance it provides at longer distances. I use a Leica HD 65mm spotter and Tricer BC and it has been a solid setup.
Here is a bear from 1300 yards through my phone on the Leica.
The nice thing is there are a ton of great optics out there.

 

[Whitefox82]

I scored the 65 Leica APO spotter (older model) with the 25-50 WA eyepiece last year when they went on sale, just as the new models dropped. Glad I did. I’d take it sheep hunting.

 

[WVELK]

Many of these responses, maybe all, come from DIY sheep hunters. And, that is great! I wish I had been in a position to be a DIY sheep hunter when I was in my 20s,30s and 40s. As I new watch the sun set on my 50s, the answer to which spotter to take for me is the easiest answer I will ever give.

I take whatever one is in my guides backpack.

 

[medvedyt]

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Yes, I took a 55mm spotter on a mountain hunt once. My guide had a 65, and side by side the difference in usable performance pushed me to sell the 55 and stay with 65/66-class spotters on almost every hunt.

never look up in a 85mm lol

 

[thinhorn_AK]

n

never look up in a 85mm lol

Yeah no kidding. I have an ats65, I looked into my buddies btx or bts (or whatever it’s called) 95 and I was ruined. It was even worse than the time 10 years or so ago when I looked through my friends swaro binos and thought my vipers were good.