Anyone ever used a low power, wide FOV bino setup when glassing to check out the stuff closer to you when glassing longer distances?
At one of my glassing spots this weekend, I could actually see around 270 degrees around me. I had a great view of the canyon I was hunting and I also sat in between two draws going into a canyon toward a creek bottom. The far hillsides that I assumed the deer would be bedding in and we were looking into were all between 1200 yards to a mile away. My 10x42 binos on a tripod helped me to find a few deer on those hillsides. I even spotted 3 mule deer on a far off ridge that I used GPS for and they were about 1.5 miles away. The problem is, I want to be able to get a better look at the stuff closer to me and it takes forever look at the closer stuff with my 10x binos and I end up not looking at it as often as I know I need to.
As I sat on this glassing knob I found myself wishing I had a small pair of 4x binos with a wide FOV to take time looking into the draws beside me as the sun came up. I am sure some deer made their way through those drainages and trails into the thicker creek bottom under my nose because it was a pain to look into with my binos.
At one of my glassing spots this weekend, I could actually see around 270 degrees around me. I had a great view of the canyon I was hunting and I also sat in between two draws going into a canyon toward a creek bottom. The far hillsides that I assumed the deer would be bedding in and we were looking into were all between 1200 yards to a mile away. My 10x42 binos on a tripod helped me to find a few deer on those hillsides. I even spotted 3 mule deer on a far off ridge that I used GPS for and they were about 1.5 miles away. The problem is, I want to be able to get a better look at the stuff closer to me and it takes forever look at the closer stuff with my 10x binos and I end up not looking at it as often as I know I need to.
As I sat on this glassing knob I found myself wishing I had a small pair of 4x binos with a wide FOV to take time looking into the draws beside me as the sun came up. I am sure some deer made their way through those drainages and trails into the thicker creek bottom under my nose because it was a pain to look into with my binos.
