rentalrunner22
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- Feb 5, 2023
I'm hopeful for this fall to not eat tag soup after the last 5 years chasing elk in MT. I've gradually and slowly grown my elk hunting knowledge since growing up hunting in thick timber in the midwest. My cheap binos, spotter, and potentially rangefinder are all getting upgraded. Last year after starting to glass finally, I've seen 100x the animals and finally accepted that hiking around with a gun isn't hunting; glassing is hunting.
I'd appreciate any advice for a good set of optics for elk, deer, and bear rifle hunting hunting in Western MT, primarily day hunts.
After a lot of testing friends and rental binos - I'm leaning towards the new Leica Geovid Pro 8x42s and Kowa 88 spotter. No budget.
I've demo'd the Maven 9x45s are they are excellent, but I think I'd really like binos with RF and ballistics for rifle hunting. I am near sighted and rarely wear my contacts while hunting, which leans me toward the 8x for FOV & handholding ability.
Any hesitation on this selection? Any reason to think the 8x42 Geovid Pros won't function the exact same as the 8x32 with a bigger objective?
My other idea is to get a Revic ballistic RF and Maven 9x45s. Which would be waiting until someone with alpha level glass makes some wind reading excellent ballistic bino.
I'm very much still learning how to effectively glass. I demo'd the Maven 18x which were also excellent, but I'm hoping I can long distance glass with a quality spotter, with a digiscope setup.
Thanks for all the help.
I'd appreciate any advice for a good set of optics for elk, deer, and bear rifle hunting hunting in Western MT, primarily day hunts.
After a lot of testing friends and rental binos - I'm leaning towards the new Leica Geovid Pro 8x42s and Kowa 88 spotter. No budget.
I've demo'd the Maven 9x45s are they are excellent, but I think I'd really like binos with RF and ballistics for rifle hunting. I am near sighted and rarely wear my contacts while hunting, which leans me toward the 8x for FOV & handholding ability.
Any hesitation on this selection? Any reason to think the 8x42 Geovid Pros won't function the exact same as the 8x32 with a bigger objective?
My other idea is to get a Revic ballistic RF and Maven 9x45s. Which would be waiting until someone with alpha level glass makes some wind reading excellent ballistic bino.
I'm very much still learning how to effectively glass. I demo'd the Maven 18x which were also excellent, but I'm hoping I can long distance glass with a quality spotter, with a digiscope setup.
Thanks for all the help.