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What power do you set your scope?
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<blockquote data-quote="UTGrad" data-source="post: 5774086" data-attributes="member: 5116"><p>I keep mine on 3-4x almost exclusively. Wider FOV to see the deer's reaction at the shot and a larger exit pupil to allow my eyes to take in all the available light. </p><p></p><p>Google "Scope exit pupil and low light". You'll see why lower magnification is best in low light. </p><p></p><p>I have a 3-18 power scope and zoom to 6x to shoot 500 yards at the range. I only zoom to 18x to shoot 1000 yards or sighting in at 100 yards. </p><p></p><p>Too many people, myself included in the past, zoom up close with a variable power scope and as soon as they touch off the shot, they have to come off the gun to see the deer.</p><p></p><p> It's better to shoot at low power and follow through the shot staying on the gun and watching through the scope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UTGrad, post: 5774086, member: 5116"] I keep mine on 3-4x almost exclusively. Wider FOV to see the deer’s reaction at the shot and a larger exit pupil to allow my eyes to take in all the available light. Google “Scope exit pupil and low light”. You’ll see why lower magnification is best in low light. I have a 3-18 power scope and zoom to 6x to shoot 500 yards at the range. I only zoom to 18x to shoot 1000 yards or sighting in at 100 yards. Too many people, myself included in the past, zoom up close with a variable power scope and as soon as they touch off the shot, they have to come off the gun to see the deer. It’s better to shoot at low power and follow through the shot staying on the gun and watching through the scope. [/QUOTE]
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