Binocs

[HighUintas]

How many of you use the term binocs?

I'm reading a book my wife picked out titled The Last Ranger.

Almost immediately, I decided the author isn't a hunter, or much of one, and not really much of an outdoorsman. Maybe he's from Boulder or the East Coast and likes to camp and fish a bit.

After 20-30 pages and numerous lines where he's used the term binocs, a couple references to "sniper rifles" in place of any other term indicating an accurate rifle, reference to a suppressor being used on a poaching gun likely because only bad guys use suppressors of course, and finally making a statement about observing wolves from a half mile with a Kowa or Swarovski scope as if you can't do that with a shitty vortex from 1.5mile like I've done..... It was obvious that he's not very knowledgeable on that side of outdoors gear and maybe did a poor job of researching those aspects.

It is unfortunately extremely annoying to read such statements as his descriptive nature prose is fantastic. It's like enjoying a really nice sunset or view and someone suddenly pokes you in the eye.

So it got me wondering how many people here actually use the term binocs. I don't know that I've actually ever seen it used other than a few suggestions that popped up when I typed in the name of this thread.

 

[Matt5266]

Binos for me. Binocs sounds wierd

 

[JMundy84]

Binos unless I'm joking around and say beenos, my wife says noculars for some reason.

 

[tall]

As a late onset, adult hunter, binos was new to me. I grew up in a family of very casual birdwatchers. We called them binocs. Pronounced it “buh-nocks.”

 

[Boarmaster]

Binos is how I refer to them when speaking to non swaro users. When speaking to other swaro users I refer to them as my EL’s. That way they know we are Bro’s….LOL. I had one old hunting bud that called them “field glasses “.

 

[n816kc]

Binos. Occasionally beenos after listening to too many Shoot2Hunt podcasts…

 

[MuleyFever]

You forgot to include the hillbillies that say bins.

 

[intunegp]

Culars

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

Field glasses, of course

 

[survivalistd]

Specs

 

[schmalzy]

Binos. For some reason it’s drives me crazy seeing them referred to as “bins”.


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[Tony Nile]

nocs
My dope of a friend thinks he's cute and says knockers as in ( . )( . )

 

[Axlrod]

It's official winter is here...

 

[RockAndSage]

I remember some of my grandfather's friends at deer camp calling them binocs, when I was a really young kid, but it's been probably 30 years since I've heard anyone call them that. I think the term may have gone out of use about the same time bino harnesses started to become a thing. Binoc-harness vs bino-harness, one is said easier than the other, but that's pure conjecture.

 

[HighUintas]

You forgot to include the hillbillies that say bins.

Fixed!

It's official winter is here...

It sure is. It doesn't help I'm not able to shoot rifle or bow at the moment. Living vicariously through everyone else

 

[ODB]

Binos. For some reason it’s drives me crazy seeing them referred to as “bins”.


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Bins are popular in Africa.

 

[schmalzy]

Bins are popular in Africa.

Did not know that! Appreciate the context.


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[chasewild]

I say binos now, but as a kid my Dad always called them Binocs (said "buh nocks"). Made sense to me until I heard "binos."

 

[huntsman22]

My meskin bud calls them binnickelers....

 

[Eastonsgrandpa]

My dad called them binocs. They always were labeled Tasco, and had a Kmart price tag on them.

A common way he used the term was

“Hand me the damn binocs and quit eating all the bologna. Damn your mother for making me bring you.”

I on the other hand use Swaro so my statement is

“Good sir, kindly hand me my fine European optics with large field of view and amazing edge to edge clarity that cost me more than I paid to welcome you from your mother’s uterus and into my hunting camp.”