Bino's, the ultimate hunting tool !!!

I like using them a lot better since I bought a harness for them. What a difference it makes.

I use them for "seeing through" the thick stuff. Very helpful even at close range and especially in low light.
 
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I have 2 sets, an old set of B&L Elite 7x and a new set of Bushnell Elite 10x which I do not particularly care for. I have had Swarovski in the past and they were nice and have used the Leica a bit because hunting friends have them.

Hands down a requirement for the serious hunter that wants to see stuff...

Dogleg said:
If you get on the right road, all you need is the pickup truck.
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I've found, since I bought a Lieca CRF rangefinder, my bino's often stay in the car now.
One less thing to carry when big game hunting.

Up here in the boreal forests of NE Alberta, the magnification is adequate, for my needs.

Without a doubt Levi, before I had this rangefinder, I would not hunt without binoculars, at all.
 
rsp1761 said:
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I have 2 sets, an old set of B&L Elite 7x and a new set of Bushnell Elite 10x which I do not particularly care for. I have had Swarovski in the past and they were nice and have used the Leica a bit because hunting friends have them.

Hands down a requirement for the serious hunter that wants to see stuff...
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I've got Zeiss and Swarovski, as well as some junk that I must have thought was OK once. Funny thing is, I'm not nearly as gushingly enthusiastic about binos as most on this thread.
 
A rifle, shotgun or bow always trumps. Unless you choose to throw your bino's at your prey and somehow kill them.
You cant just narrow one tool down as being best cause you need a vehicle, warm clothes, knife, gun...ect...ect. All work together

Cheers!!
 
This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless.
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I think a rifle is more important than binos, but a good set of binos is nice. :)
 
There is a common misconception out there that binoculars are only for open country hunting, or for seeing long distances. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are just as valuable at 40 yards in the heavy stuff as they are in the open prairie. I have spotted game in the timber with binos many, many times. My binos go wherever I go, and are second in importance only to my rifle when hunting. FWIW, cheap binos are not worth packing, IMHO. Regards, Eagleye
 
Eagleye said:
There is a common misconception out there that binoculars are only for open country hunting, or for seeing long distances. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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I used binos for predator hunting but gave it up. I probably spooked more critters with all the movement and gawking around with the binos than they found for me.
 
Eagleye said:
There is a common misconception out there that binoculars are only for open country hunting, or for seeing long distances. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are just as valuable at 40 yards in the heavy stuff as they are in the open prairie. I have spotted game in the timber with binos many, many times. My binos go wherever I go, and are second in importance only to my rifle when hunting. FWIW, cheap binos are not worth packing, IMHO. Regards, Eagleye
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Respectfully disagree.
In Ontario, at least where I'm hunting, deer at close range are far too wary for the movements required by field glasses.
Movement, or the lack there of, is the key to success here, unless you are in a tree stand, or a very good blind.
If you checked the average northern Ontario hunter, hunting in thick timber, you might find glasses, maybe one in a hundred or more carry them.
Timber conditions here are different than BC, and for the most part, we have more undergrowth. Thick enough that a deer may not see you until it is feet from you, if you are still. But move, and you will never know he was there. Field glasses in general give you a close up view of the branches closest to you.
There are exceptions, but not many in my gun hunting area.
For example, this year, a dog chase, involving five dogs, and a buck passes within 50 feet of me standing on a big flat rock where I'd been walking out from my stand (where I watch a narrows between two swamps). I saw nothing at all of the chase, despite it being so close I could hear the deer's feet hit the ground. The four pointer was shot by another hunter a few hundred yards from where I'd come out on the rock.
He had cut 'shooting lanes' in the brush, and the buck ran down one of them, practically right into the guy.
 
I've ditched the binos for a leupold rangefinder with excellent 6x optics. It is not binocular, but the value of being able to range to the metre is very valuable. The other feature is the unit is the size of a thick pack of cigarettes, and 1/4 the weight of binos.

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i hunt in thuck brush, i do use them but i find that my knife is the ultimate tool right after my gun... Without it there would be a whole lot of wasted meat!
 
All I know is i have a hard time using binos because I wear glasses. I take the glases off, and the image in the binos gets fuzzy
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You can get LER binos or if possible just fold the rubber eye-cups back which gives puts your eye 1/4"-ish closer to the lens - easy!
 
I use 7 x 50 Bausch and Lomb Discoverer.
This allows me to see deer at first light even before they are detected by the naked eye.
The bino belt is a huge asset. The only problem is the diopter adjustment moves. The grease they use is stiff at outside air temps, but with body heat, it shifts with clothing contact. I did go to a range finder this year, and the magnification is useful but not at first light. I will continue to carry binos.
 
I hunt in thick brush in Manitoba and use bino's to check cut lines and trails before I move down them when I spot and stalk. I also use 'em to scan timber and willow scrubs.
 
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