Optic choice for still hunting / deer drives in northeast timber?

[BLJ]

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Doesn’t meet approval but this one has worked well for me.

It has some tunneling but has been reliable for quite a few years.
55’ of FOV on the bottom is nice.

 

[North of 60]

My woods gun (a 16" Ruger SFAR) wears a 1-6 Credo HX to have the options for close up work...that lever flips pretty quick when needed. My young eyes absolutely love the red dot.

 

[nm.otter]

Might want to consider a DNZ Game Reaper for the mount.

 

[schmidty3]

Not much help on specifics...

But my OG vx6 2-12, while it lacks all of the features I want now, and might not hold zero if you believe what you read on the internet.... optically is perfect for that 15-250 yards range. If i foresaw the gun only being used in woods id find a good SFP 2-12 (or similar) and be happy. I tended to think 3x was too much on close running shots. I'd lose all perspective.

But I tried that 2-12 in 3 gun with a piggieback dot, and it has been money on those quick 20 yard shots.

 

[CMP70306]

Nah no can, I have a quiver full of short suppressed rifles in all the hot calibers
This is gonna be a dedicated NY rifle
I hate taking cans off to hunt NY.. PA problems lol
This is gonna be a no brake no can situation, all offhand shots

You’re from PA, the obvious answer is a 7600 in 30-06 with a 3-9x in a sky high see through mount so you can use the irons for the close shots.

Personally I run have run either a 1-10 Gen 3 Razor or a NX8 2.5-20 on my deer rifles for the past 6 years though I lean more towards the NX8.

 

[EuroOptic]

You’re from PA, the obvious answer is a 7600 in 30-06 with a 3-9x in a sky high see through mount so you can use the irons for the close shots.

Personally I run have run either a 1-10 Gen 3 Razor or a NX8 2.5-20 on my deer rifles for the past 6 years though I lean more towards the NX8.

My first deer rifle was a Marlin 336 35 remington w/ a 3-9 tasco in the see thru rings.. I was cool before GBRS and the Unity risers were even a thought