Good deer hunting binoculars?

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 1:34 am

Question by Stupid: Good deer hunting binoculars?
I hunt a field and woods with about a 100-200 yard shot.. what are some good binoculars for this kind of range?

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Answer by pagamenews
When it comes to telescopic sights, I only go first class. That means buying LEUPOLD scopes for all of my serious rifles.

On the other hand, when it comes to binoculars, I usually go the cheap route. Why? Because binoculars are the kind of items that get dropped or left in the woods at your deer stand. Or, someone at camp wants to borrow them to go out...or your Aunt June asks if she can borrow them to look for an ivory billed woodpecker she thought she saw at her birdfeeder. In other words, you may not get them back. My solution is to go to Walmart or Kmart in early January when they have their after Xmas clearance sales. You can usually find a "cheap" pair of Bushnell or Simmons binoculars for about $ 20, new.

There are two schools of thought here...and it's like 6 of one and a half-dozen of the other. You can buy the compact binoculars with the 20mm objective lenses (7x20mm) that allow you to carry them comfortably on a belt pouch. Or, you can go bigger like the 35mm or even 50mm objective lenses. The advantage of bigger is that they draw in more light...so even at 6:45 AM or 4:45 PM, in December, there is an advantage. On other other hand, you have to drag them with you everywhere you go. And personally, the extra 3 lbs of weight DOES make a difference for those of us that like to walk around a bit in the woods.

The one thing I do know....7 power is enough magnification for most deer hunting out to ranges of 200 yards. You just want to be able to tell the difference between a deer and a boulder and a buck versus a doe; 7x will accomplish that for you.

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