Short range optic for heavy woods whitetail

[omicron1792]

I like the Steiner h6xi in 2-12 or 3-18. I have two and love them.

 

[KenLee]

@KenLee “delusional”? Since you obviously know where and how I hunt, know my eyes better than I do, and know what I should be seeing, maybe PM me a few onx pins of where I hunt? Having another set of eyes on things can shed new light, ya know?

Your hunting hours are not my hunting hours. Your eyes are not my eyes. Your terrain is not my terrain. Your style of hunting is not mine. Your priorities are not mine. Have you considered that perhaps no single persons experiences are universal?



If you are the “other folks”, thats fine. The most extreme situation of low light is not
my priority. Im fine on this scope having 30min past legal in dark woods most of the time, as opposed to under the darkest conditions I see maybe once or twice a season—because in this use other priorities are more important to me. Again, if your priorities are different, you do you. But yes, more often than not my 28mm scope sees me to the end of legal light in the woods.

I went too far with the "delusional" comment. That afternoon/evening consisted of making funeral arrangements, fajitas and margaritas. There's no good excuse for a grown man to be pissy over a scope discussion.

 

[KenLee]

So I can’t hear anything moving because it’s raining. And it must be too dark to see the deer with the naked eye, or I’d just pull up with my scoped rifle. At this point am I to be scanning the “dense” woods constantly with binoculars for, idk, 30mins or however long this absurd theoretical situation requires?

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30 minutes vs. Hours glassing on a mountain or watching the prarie. How is that absurd?

 

[Macintosh]

Dont worry Man. We are, after all, grown men passionately discussing the nuances of inanimate objects with other grown men whom we’ve never met. There is some level of absurdity regardless! I’ll therefore not be casting any stones from inside my glass house.

Sorry to hear you had a loss. I do love me some fajitas though, cant think of a better way to make a bad situation better. Lets not discuss the tradeoffs of various size tortillas though, that could get ugly.