Best reticle for hunting?

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Looking at upgrading my scope and been reading about reticle and not sure which one is the best for hunting.

I hunt deer and moose in Ontario, so distances are not huge.

Advice? Comments?

Thanks
 
I bought a scope a while back with a German #4 style illuminated dot and it is nice! I can turn it on when the light is bad or leave it off and the dot shows black. The dot is 1 moa.

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I also hunt in ONT where I don't shoot anything at any great distances, and really like Leupold's heavy duplex offering. The H.D in a lower powered scope (1.75-6) works great for running game, and is better early morning/late evening as the X-hairs are easier to see.
 
I have a B&L 1.5x6 on my main gun. It's very light & compact, while the 6x works nice when playing at the range. Sometimes wish I had the illuminated reticle option for those last few minutes of shooting light but can't justify the cost.
 
I like the B&C enough that all I want to buy anymore. It doesn't weigh anything to have along and you don't have to use it if you don't want to. I doubt that I'll be swapping out all my old standard duplexes though, they got me this far.
 
As already stated - standard "Duplex" is probably all round best. I also use and like the German #1 and #4 shown in Can-Down's excellent photo.

Illuminated dots are great in the right application - I think they work best with a very low power scope when you can keep both eyes open or in heavy brush when the reticule gets lost in the tree branches.

I only have an "ESD" (simple Redfield with excellent intensity adjustment) so not sure how an illuminated reticlue helps with a higher power scope. I would imagine if it was too bright your iris would contract a little defeating the purpose .... would be worth trying to trial one in your situation to see how it might help. I have used a 6x,42 with a non illuminated thick picket and it provides all the image you might need even well after legal light.
 
AP said:
I only have an "ESD" (simple Redfield with excellent intensity adjustment) so not sure how an illuminated reticlue helps with a higher power scope. I would imagine if it was too bright your iris would contract a little defeating the purpose .... would be worth trying to trial one in your situation to see how it might help. I have used a 6x,42 with a non illuminated thick picket and it provides all the image you might need even well after legal light.
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It would help last minutes of the day when you can see the deer fine but when you background is a dark treeline the crosshairs disappear.
 
I use a heavy duplex for my main deer rifle in Ontario. Ranges can exceed 300 yards, but I won't shoot that far. I recently accidentally bought a Redfield with their accurange reticle, and I like it alot. Not overly busy and that little dot comes in handy for my .22
 
I like B&C's, varmint and fine duplex.

For my meat gun, I have B&C with 2.5-8x. It is set at 2.5x 90% of the times. This season I turned it up 8x for a long shot - best of both worlds.

Leupold scope are very good, though not the best. They stand the test of time! :)
 
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