What's a good pair of binoculars for deer and turkey hunting that won't break the ba no?
thanks for the help.
thanks for the help.
Binoculars
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How much is your budget?
BSK
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What's breaking the bank? Some darn good binos in the $300 range.
Lone Hunter
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Also, how far are you planning on glassing? Up close or out far? That would depend on what power I was looking for.
I have a big pair and they drag my harness down, they are better for truck viewing, small pair of nikons lets me count points out to my 100y without ant problems, also not in the way when mounting my gun, i just drop them and the harness pulls them in snug. 10x25
Like my Nikon monarch 8x42's.
Clarity in thick cover and low light. Not much over 100 yards.
BSK
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That's what I have and they're the best binos I've ever owned. But then I've never owned a $1,000+ pair either.
Are you wanting to use them to scan open areas like fields or to locate deer in the woods? I have a pair of 10x and to me it's too much magnification for scanning woods. An 8x is better for that imo.
A 10x is fine for more open areas though.
A 10x is fine for more open areas though.
Wrangler95
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I have a pair of Nikon's that are light,pretty good for 100.00 dollars and a pair of Bushnell that dont need focused.nice pair!!
WanderingNomad
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I have these, Carson 3D Series 10x42mm Binocular with High Definition Optics (TD-042) and a pair on Nikon Monarch 10x42. Both are very good binoculars
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deerhunter10
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Leupolds
I have a pair of cabelas 8 x 30 for woods. They do fine. I have a big pair of swaros 15 x 50. I seem to grab them a lot. But they were expensive. I was told buy once and be done.
Nikon P3, 8x30. You can find them for around the $130 mark, give or take a bit. I picked up a pair last season just for general/all around use. I've been very happy with them.
FLTENNHUNTER1
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Good choice.
FLTENNHUNTER1
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These are good bang for your buck also:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017IUQPW6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B017IUQPW6?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
tasaman
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These are on my short list. It's either them or the Maven. Probably a little too pricy if someone is trying not to break the bank. For that I would recommend the Cabelas brand or Vortex. The Intensity HD are an incredible value. The difference between the Diamondback and the Diamondback HD is quite noticeable. The Intensity HD is right there with them. I see there is a Gen 2 version of the Intensity and I cannot comment on them as they were not out when I bought 2 Intensity HD models. Stay away from anything cheaper unless you absolutely have to. I did a lot of research and vied everything available and there are better in the price range up to $350 but for $150 for the Cabelas you are darn close to the same performance. The Leupold BX2 are very nice but we're not in stock when I purchased or I might have went that way. For glassing fields I'd go with 10x. I think 10x is a big mistake in the timber though. 8x is better there. Stay with 42mm objective and you will have very good last light resolution.
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/vortex-diamondback-hd-binoculars-in-truetimber-stratahttps://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/vortex-diamondback-hd-binoculars
https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-intensity-hd-binoculars
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dsa5455
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I looked up some older post on binoculars just yesterday. Watched a few YouTube videos as well. I always seem to have the same problem when researching something. It's hard to justify spending money on what I really want but feel like I am short changing myself if I go to cheap. So I do nothing. I have a small pair I have had for 30 years. Probably a 6 x 25 or so small compact. Works good for the woods in good light but low light it is tougher . So following this post.
Diamondback HD really good glad but heavy
Acorn Goat
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Vortex cannot beat customer service and warranty
I see a lot of posts and reviews with the comment (customer service is great) how many folks talk to the manufactures unless they are having problems? I don't think I have ever but I'm just a poor man and maybe others call up and listen to the sales pitch so they feel good about the $$ they are going to spend lol. I have bought 2 scopes with lifetime warranty's, both failed and the lifetime warranty don't work when the company is no longer selling them, I am setting on a Nikon with a defunked warranty, can't bring myself to throw it away but its a paper weight.
