I've always watched those western hunting shows where the guys sit on the side of a mountain for days looking through their binoculars and thought. "I don't need those. The longest shot I might have on our property is maybe 150 yards."

Well, this past season I got a pair of binoculars. Nothing crazy expensive. Just a $100 dollar pair of Bushnell 10x42mm. Still, I thought it was probably a waste of money. Since I'm not looking across mountains and valleys. I'm usually looking at lots of woods or maybe an acre or so of green field.

After this season, I can say that it absolutely was not a waste of money. I probably saw at least a dozen deer through those binoculars this season that I never would have spotted otherwise. Would I have killed any more or less deer this season if I didn't have them, I don't know. If I was having to spot a deer in the woods with the binoculars it usually means they are too far away and behind too much brush to make a shot.

I just wanted to talk about this because I was pleasantly surprised by how helpful those binoculars were, even in the woods. It was like I was able to focus deeper into the trees, and see what was happening. Definitely won't go hunting again without them.

And you will continue to enjoy hunting more and more by using them. Hence the reason I just bought a backup pair.

I am miserable on the few hunts I forget binoculars.

Now you will carry them in ur truck all the time just in case.

You mean you stole a backup pair

HAHAHAHAAHH! Seriously , Buy a really good pair and you will be even more amazed. I couldn't imagine not having a pair at all , but when I bought my first pair of MEOPTA MEOSTAR 10x42 I was shocked how much better they actually where.

I get confused on the meopta. Is it the meostar or the meopro which is the higher end stuff?

meostar

Ha! Boom!

EHH is a meostar PRO

I never leave the camp without them. You can see things that you would never see with the naked eye or even with a scope. It is amazing to look into thick brush and pick out an antler or an ear that you would have never seen without them.

Yes I scored a big touchdown with the PURCHASE of the binos

Damn right

I wear glasses and cannot see squat thru my binoculars with my glasses on. So i must take off my glasses. I must constantly switch back and forth and was concerned I was going to end up dropping my glasses then i would be screwed.

Not all are eligible

But Lasik is the greatest thing i ever did

Hopefully they'll last longer than that coach will.....

I'd rather leave my gun in the truck than my binoculars.

I don't want to go without them. I feel like I'm lost and my hunt is over. Also makes me feel like there is no point in being there