Field of View: Importance

Depends what your doing with said optic .. If your say watching a particular animal or looking at a target , who cares about FOV. If your scouting a tree line or something for an animal on a hunt that yes FOV is kinda important
 
Yes, FOV is important. You always need enough FOV or you will not have enough. Only you can really know what is enough for your purpose.

Tell your friends, "Thanks for your input, I'll try them for a while and see if it works out o.k."
 
I find the more time you spend in the field with a rifle scope combination the less important field of view becomes. Have you ever watched a novice trying to find an object in a scope for the first time, it can be quite entertaining....in this situation FOV is probably very important. On the other hand, for someone with a lot of experience when they shoulder the rifle and look through the scope, chances are the crosshairs are within a foot or two of the intended target.... in this situation FOV isn't all that important.
Personally, I've never let FOV influence my scope purchases.
 
With binoculars, I don't find field of view to be as important. With a hunting rifle, I find it of much more value, which is why I use scopes with a minimum magnification of 3x to 3.5x on my big game rifles.
 
hawk-i said:
I find the more time you spend in the field with a rifle scope combination the less important field of view becomes. Have you ever watched a novice trying to find an object in a scope for the first time, it can be quite entertaining....in this situation FOV is probably very important. On the other hand, for someone with a lot of experience when they shoulder the rifle and look through the scope, chances are the crosshairs are within a foot or two of the intended target.... in this situation FOV isn't all that important.
Personally, I've never let FOV influence my scope purchases.
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OP is discussing binoculars, not riflescopes.

291' @ 1000yd seems small, even for 10x binoculars, but whether this matters depends on how you plan on using them. If your glassing is linear, say a distant treeline or open plain, it's not a big deal. If you're trying to spot sheep on a mountainside, with much more area to cover, it could matter.
 
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