Treestand Binoculars

[ADKHTR]

Another vote for Swaro 8x32 EL’s

 

[LostArra]

8x32, the best you can afford.

Alpha is the first choice. A bargain option for deer is the Sightron Blue Sky 8x32 HD. On a Rick Young harness it's easy to get a quick one-hand glance. It's so thick I can't see past about 75 yards from most of my deer stand setups and I'm usually just identifying button bucks vs does. I know a shooter buck when I see it.

If I had a nicer rangefinder I would probably go with that.

 

[dreamingWest]

I killed, what at the time was my biggest buck, because I was sitting bored in a tree marveling at the clarity of my new SLC 10x42s. It was about two hours before dark and I wasn't really expecting much action until sunset. My Swaros were new and I enjoyed just looking through them at the brush focusing on various objects, limbs, leaves, squirrels, etc. Doing exactly this on a ridge about 90 yards away...wow huge rack moving through thick brush. Grunt tube...nothing. Frustrated loud grunt...he turns and makes his way right to me.

Silly anecdote! But don't discount binos in the whitetail woods!

 

[JCMCUBIC]

My favorite is a pair of Meopta 7x42's. The biggest pro for them, in my use with RX glasses, is the massive eye relief. Occasionally I'll use one of my other bino's but always wish I had the 7x42's. The 6x exit pupil and 20+mm eye relief make them so easy to get behind, especially at odd angles. They are also very nice in low light.

The biggest downside to them is the weight...they're a chunk. Next downside would be the smaller FOV with the long eye relief. I can live with the con's because of the pro's.

If it's raining, especially if I'm still hunting, I'm usually carrying older Minox IF 6x32 that I don't mind wiping lenses on. I'll be wearing contacts instead of glasses in the rain. The Minox IF's have a LONG depth of focus which is their biggest pro.

Occasionally if I'm wearing contacts I'll use a pair of Meostar 8x32 HD's. Good glass, light weight, great FOV, but shorter eye relief.

I use bino's heavily in the stand. They let me see deer that I would not have seen or been able to pick out from adjoining ridges, brush, etc. They aren't to see the deer I can see easily, they are to see the deer that wouldn't have been seen without them.