Sig Zulu 6 12’s or 16’s?

[ckuhasz]

What size would be the right choice for someone who’d be hunting thick pine more regularly for whitetail with the occasional elk hunt out West?

 

[tdoublev]

What size would be the right choice for someone who’d be hunting thick pine more regularly for whitetail with the occasional elk hunt out West?

12s. Maybe 10s.

 

[ckuhasz]

12s. Maybe 10s.

@tdoublev Very much appreciate that!

 

[flynfish]

I purchased the 20x version and then returned them for the 12x, the eye relief was terrible on the 20s and I kept seeing black on the edges of my eyes moved 1mm. It was also difficult to find spots on the hillside that I picked out with the naked eye due to the field of view and zoom.

I think the 12x will be much better for walking the Colorado mtns in search of elk. The 20s were definitely nice for the zoom in and counting points on a bull I saw when I wasn’t rushed. When I saw two bulls moving up the side of a slope, it took me a couple attempts to pick them up with the 20x. Those precious seconds count out in the field and I’d rather have the 12x for quicker lock onto my target.

 

[Bitterbrush]

I never updated on this one. I wound up with the 16's (Gen 2) and recently took them on an open country mule deer hunt as my chest rig and really enjoyed them. I don't care for the target mode. I don't know if its my pair or all are like that but they lose some image quality to my eye when locked in target and moving too fast causes them to glitch. I find the scan mode to be more than adequate for all of my glassing. As with several pairs of binos I have owned, even slight pressure on one of the eye cups and it collapses. I spoke with customer service before hunt about that and they were great but I was hesitant to send them back for repair so close to the hunt. I will send them in shortly. I did struggle with some closer glassing on deer that I often picked up with my naked eye as the field of view is limiting but unless I was digiscoping, I rarely needed my spotter. The binos were the star of show on my eventual harvest when I glassed a buck a good distance away going over ridge. I got in underneath his last know location. After a few minutes, I glassed him just in time to see him bed at the top of the draw with just antlers above the sage well up the ridge above me. I waited over four hours for him to stand again. During that time, when I would get uncomfortable, I could lay back to stretch and literally one hand the binos from that position to verify he was still bedded. Going between the gun and binos was much easier than repositioning behind a tripod and spotter. While nothing is perfect, these were a great tool for open country hunting.

 

[357magag]

Had the gen1 16x and recently got hdx pro in 16x. They are incredible, ultra clear and large FOV.
Took a pair of SLC 15x56 and the hdx pro 16x on mule deer hunt. After day 1 I left the SLCs at the cabin.

The SLCs did collect light better in low light but that was the SLC only plus over the 16x hdx pro.

The 1x increase in power seemed like 3-4x over the SLC