Binoculars: Do You Take Them With You?

[UTGrad]

I have some Nikon Monarch 8x42s that I bought a few years ago. I haven't even carried them in the past couple years. I just carry my rangefinder instead due to less weight. I'm thinking about carrying the Nikons again.

Do you carry binoculars?

 

[W.Seay]

I NEVER hunt without my binoculars!!!!

 

[Shed Hunter]

Nope, I probably should though.

 

[mike243]

every time i hit the woods they go with me

 

[TheAirMan]

I always want to have my binoculars.

 

[DMD]

I NEVER hunt without my binoculars!!!!

x2

 

[DIRTTRAX]

No, I use my luepold rangefinder.

 

[PcDeer]

Sometimes it seems like I pack in everything but the kitchen sink to carry hunting. Always have my bushnell's with me.

 

[AllOutdoors]

Take mine on every trip!

 

[rem270]

Id rather forget my gun than my binocs

 

[Mudbone]

If I carried binoculars I would have to buy a new pair each year, which I used to do. I pretty much only bowhunt due to my hunting spots. I lose everything.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

Absolutely. If you're going to carry them, though you have to have one of the crooked horn outfitter style harnesses. I forget I'm wearing them but they're always there.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Id rather forget my gun than my binocs

^ this...no joke.

 

[jwin]

I usually only carry them during archery. The rest I just use the scope on whatever I have.

 

[UTGrad]

If I carried binoculars I would have to buy a new pair each year, which I used to do. I pretty much only bowhunt due to my hunting spots. I lose everything.

That is one of the main reasons I quit carrying them.

I bow hunt a bunch and don't feel I need 8x42 binoculars to see what is going on in the woods around me.

 

[UTGrad]

I usually only carry them during archery. The rest I just use the scope on whatever I have.

I guess I will be the first to say that is not a safe practice.

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

i always carry mine

 

[Crosshairy]

I rarely carry them. If I had a pair of compact ones that I liked, I'd probably start (I added the harness-style binoc straps to my wish list).

I'm still blessed with excellent vision, and since I mostly hunt in the woods, I typically hear deer coming before I see them.

If I hunted more open areas, I'd probably start using them. For now, it's pretty much unnecessary.

 

[AlanH]

I carry some cheep ones but never use them bow hunting I normally can not see that far because of the brush

 

[cecil30-30]

Never have needed them..

 

[Mike Belt]

What's the pointof having them if you don't use them. Mine go on every trip.

 

[ghosthunter]

I carry mine

 

[ImThere]

I carry and use my binos and rangefinder all hunting season

 

[BMan]

Every time I go to the woods - even when not hunting.

 

[BMan]

I usually only carry them during archery. The rest I just use the scope on whatever I have.

If you're scoping, you're advertising your location. Swinging that rifle around is far too much movement.

And, as someone else said, scoping is extremely dangerous.

 

[droptine]

I usually only carry them during archery. The rest I just use the scope on whatever I have.

for this very reason, we kicked a guy off our lease. When you have been looked at through a scope of a loaded rifle once or twice, you get a little uneasy.

 

[UTGrad]

What's the pointof having them if you don't use them. Mine go on every trip.

They are great in the off season for glassing bean fields.

 

[redblood]

no

 

[gil1]

Nope, got to prioritize to travel light, and they take up too much space and are too heavy. I can't think of a time I ever needed them.

 

[muddyboots]

Yes. One of the most important tools i take in the woods. Harness around my shoulders and i never know they are there.