Binoculars

As far as bino's and price goes, everyone has an opinion. I have cheaper pairs of bino's and I finally bought a good pair, now I am done. But in asking about bino's and how they work and for your setting here are some helps. i would not go over 10X they are hard to hold still and get a good look at anything without it looking really shaky. Leave the higher power ones for spotting scopes. 8X is probably good for banging around in your truck and having available to look at a hawk or a falcon or a pheasant at a distance. Obviously if you are looking to elk hunt and glass for hours at a time you would not grab the bino's off the dash of your truck and pack them into the mountains. I also would not keep my good bino's in my truck for everyday use and abuse. Just my 2 cents.
 
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They couldn't pay me enough!! :D


I've been hunting for almost 60 years. That includes upland birds, waterfowl, turkeys, deer, antelope, moose and elk. Never owned a pair of binoculars that cost more than $150 in my life and haven't gotten by quite well. There are some very decent binoculars for $150 or less. Just make sure you do your homework.
 
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While I love leupold scopes, I don't hold the same opinion of their binocs, at least the Wind River variety. I bought a set of Wind rivers several years back, and hated them.

I've had Nikons in the past. Nice binocs, but never lasted. Tried the Leupolds, no thanks, the last couple pairs have been Pentax, and I must admit, for the money, they are a pretty nice piece.

I use them for hunting and dirt track racing, and the racing use is much harder on them than hunting. Next pair I buy, will never see a race track.

I've never owned a really, really expensive pair, like Swarovskis, but my buddy does. I really like looking thru his piece, but not sure I'll ever spend that kind of money for a set, but you never know..
 
Over the weekend I went to cabelas and looked binoculars, planning a elk hunt for the fall of 2016.
I looked at Nikon, leupold, vortex, ziess and Swarovski.
I'd have to say all the $500.00 and less ones were similar, couldn't really see a difference between ziess and leupold, I think the biggest difference between these price range bino was the amount of dial movement it took to focus quickly from say 100yards down to 30, some took 2 hands to hold and rotate the dial.
i know you mostly use two hands anyways but just for the fit and function sakes that's why I put that in there.
Swarovski is really crazy expensive but I'll throw up just before I waist all my cabelas points, they are that much better. If I was paying cash out of pocket, probably wouldn't spend that much, BUT they are tool....870 or SBE2 ??? Kind of the same thing, is it worth the extra $ who knows, what ever fits the budget and the use!
 
Deweybagger said:
Over the weekend I went to cabelas and looked binoculars, planning a elk hunt for the fall of 2016.
I looked at Nikon, leupold, vortex, ziess and Swarovski.
I'd have to say all the $500.00 and less ones were similar, couldn't really see a difference between ziess and leupold, I think the biggest difference between these price range bino was the amount of dial movement it took to focus quickly from say 100yards down to 30, some took 2 hands to hold and rotate the dial.
i know you mostly use two hands anyways but just for the fit and function sakes that's why I put that in there.
Swarovski is really crazy expensive but I'll throw up just before I waist all my cabelas points, they are that much better. If I was paying cash out of pocket, probably wouldn't spend that much, BUT they are tool....870 or SBE2 ??? Kind of the same thing, is it worth the extra $ who knows, what ever fits the budget and the use!
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Good point about the Cabelas bucks, I switched my business over from a GM card to Cabelas, primarily because I had no interest in buying a new GM. (And walked away from 4k). . I just went to Black level at Cabelas, so maybe I'll hold out for a pair of the swarovskis and never take them racing. :)
 
I bought my Nikon Prostaff 7 10X42x "camo" binocular last year & love them. Iv been using mine allot lately scouting for turkeys for California's turkey season. I use the Boss Bino System to attached them to my backpack or bibs. Great binoculars & the Boss Bino System works great. So I think Nikon Prostaff 7 10X42 is best!
 
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