Spotting Scopes for Hunting (Do you even need one?)
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- A spotting scope is one of the most expensive pieces of optics a hunter could ever buy, so you want to make sure you're choosing one that will actually help you hunt better. I hunted without a spotting scope for years, then I finally bought one...then I bought another. You can absolutely have a successful hunt with nothing more than a good pair of binoculars. But, if you're gonna spend a bunch of days in the field trying to spot and stalk animals across the West, a spotting scope really will help in the process.
In this video, I walk through the situations where you might need a spotter, and compare the two that I've been using and the different scenarios where I would choose one over the other.
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You should have asked: "Do you actually need a spotting scope for having fun with"?
Hell YES!!
SO creatively edited. Great information, too. Thank you and Blessings 😊
After 9 or 10 years of elk hunting, I finally decided I wanted a spotter. Took me long enough. Particularly after last year, as it would have saved me a ton of hiking over fairly steep ridge. Went to my local sportsmans, and stuck my face into all kinds of spotters. Now, my wife, has done the "Upgrade" song and dance with me many times before. I was dead set on a Diamondback HD or Viper series spotter. My wife was, "No, your not buying the 400 dollar one. Your spending a grand". Awesome wife! Anyway, then I stuck my face into that exact razor you've in this video. Tempting, I was sorely tempted, because of the weight. Weight savings are a huge consideration to me. Walked out of the store empty handed, but did more research. I ended up buying a Kowa TSN-554, 15-45X55. It falls right in between the razor and it's bigger brother, and weighs 1 and 3/4 pound. Also cost 1500 dollars not counting tax, but the optics quality is way up there, almost comparable to swaros. Just a middle of the road option on spotters.. .sorta, if you ignore price. Looking forward to using it this year.
Great video sir. Like how you break it down, and I found out on a recent elk hunt that binos only can lead you to a really nice rock…..
hahahaha...been there before, for sure!
Great video. I cannot afford the Razor but I spent as much as I could afford (plus a little more) and I've got the Viper HD 15-45x65. So far, I'm well pleased with it. I will say the neoprene cover it came with is really cheesy and hard to work with. My older spotter which was a cheap Leupold marksman had a much better cover. The optics don't compete, however, so you learn to live with it!
Great video. I've wanted one forever. I just picked up a Swarovski ATS 65 and it's amazing.
Have you noticed a difference in the glass quality between gen 1 and gen 2? I want to get the gen 1 because I can’t stand the barrel focus we have them at work. The fine focus is so much easier and you don’t move your scope trying to adjust the focus
Not saying Vortex is poor quality but why is it every hunter says they love the warranty and have used it several times. I don't want a warranty I want something reliable... as far as spotters they are worth their weight in gold unless you stand hunt, picking out animals bedded down and or making sure an animal is legal to shoot can make the difference between going home with tag soup or a freezer full of meat
The Chinese Athlon Ares 15-45x65 that goes on sale for around $550 is phenomenal and punches way above it's price point and comes with a hassle free lifetime warranty and I'm not really a fan of Chinese optics TBH.
I'm just here for strong bad!
NO !
At the distance spotting scopes become useful the animal is too far away for a decent shot !
I think it's more about "spotting" the animal so that you can stalk closer. Hence: "spot and stalk."