Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum Scope question

There are a lot of opinions out there.for example you go to a bow shoot,you see people with the exact bow you have.but just to be showoff,s they have a stablelizer 2 ft long that cost more than there bow,s.
Im talking about there bow,s are matthews or hoyt,s very expensive but they pay as much or more for the stapelizer,s. So back to your scope questions my advice is the leopold varix 3 or a nikionprostaff.they are in the 300$ range.there is no sense buying a 1000$ scope.
they wont be nothing different but buying someone,s name.these are just my thoughts.like the stabelizer,s they spend a 1000$ for dont hardly help no better than your standard hunting one.

This is the advice I have always given regarding scopes.

Decide how much you are willing to pay for a scope, add 50% to that and go buy a scope in that price bracket.

And don't be afraid to buy a used scope.

I agree completely. But these will be better than the $250 ones.

If your scope will hunt as late as you want, what else do you need?

Optics threads are 2nd only to politics in contentiousness.

Lot of strong opinions about the matter.

My $.02..... I have shot, owned, hunted with, looked through, handled, fondled, etc, pretty much any scope out there. Further, I consider myself to be kinda picky and snobbish about quality items. All that being said, there ain't jack-squat difference between a $1,500 Kahles and a $250 Nikon. Now, do I mean spec-wise?...no. But to 99.99% of hunters, in 99.99% of hunting situations, there is ZERO discernible difference.
I know to never say never, but I will NEVER own anything but a Nikon Prostaff scope again. They do everything I want with 101% satisfaction. I can shoot hundreds of yards, I can see in darn near pitch darkness, sit on a plot till slap dark, thread the needle at 200yds in a cutover, you name it. Why on the Lord's earth would I spend obscene money for a scope that does the same? I stood at my truck one night after several of us came out of the woods. We were parked in an old hay field. Everybody was slobbering over this boy's 56mm Zeiss (I was too), so I picked it up and looked across that field. No crap, it was sweet, I could've shot a deer I'm confident. I then picked up my 50mm Nikon (Buckmasters series) and to my surprise, I couldn't tell any/enough difference. I could've done the same.

Here's what it seems like to me... If you hunt around a bunch of fellas who use and tout high-dollar scopes, so will you. It's sorta like a duty of acceptance. But for practical hunting situations, that $189 - $359 Nikon Prostaff lineup is fantastic.

I actually prefer the smaller,light and compact scopes. Most of my hunting us done under 100 yards, so I like a 1.5-2X up to 7 or 8X with 32mm-36mm objectives. Right now the Kahles 2-7X36 is my favorite but I am looking forward to trying the new Vortex Razor HD LH 1.5-8X32 and possibly the new Leica in the same size and power.

and a $1000 scope dosen't have chitt to do with KILLING deer......I can't think of a single instance in over 50 years of deer KILLING that a high end scope would of given me a deer kill where my Leupold didn't.

and a $1000 scope dosen't have chitt to do with KILLING deer......I can't think of a single instance in over 50 years of deer KILLING that a high end scope would of given me a deer kill where my Leupold didn't.

the problem shooters is that you are smack talking without any real experience to bank it on....

ANY half decent pair of binocs will outdo the best scope made and any half decent scope will KILL that same deer. Real life experiences count for way more than theoretical horsepucky.

I have used Kahles and Zeiss binocs for years and they will out do ANY rifle scope made for identifying a low light target. Are you saying YOU use yer rifle scope to ID targets and not a binocular????? Or did you fergit this lil real world thingy in yer zeal to smack talk the greatness of high end scopes???