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<blockquote data-quote="VLD Pilot" data-source="post: 2846484" data-attributes="member: 103947"><p>I'm only siting my experience with excellent optics. I have shot ground hogs at 1000 yards with excellent Optics and the cross hairs have been put in the body dead center with quite a bit of ground hog on both sides of the reticle. This was with a 14x magnification. I've done the same with an inferior optic and couldn't do it. Pretty sure point count would be fairly easy with that optic. I've counted whitetail antler points at 800 yards with my VX5HD 3-15 easily but I was hunting mature deer with larger antlers, not 1-2 year old deer. Cheaper optics I'd agree that the magnification would be more important. The lower power option won't cut it. Don't skimp on optics and 12-14X would be more than adequate on a spotter. I'm not saying a higher power wouldn't be a better choice but that at that range, they'd would work fine. I guess I'm saying magnification isn't the number one qualifier for a spotter or even a rifle optic for hunting</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VLD Pilot, post: 2846484, member: 103947"] I'm only siting my experience with excellent optics. I have shot ground hogs at 1000 yards with excellent Optics and the cross hairs have been put in the body dead center with quite a bit of ground hog on both sides of the reticle. This was with a 14x magnification. I've done the same with an inferior optic and couldn't do it. Pretty sure point count would be fairly easy with that optic. I've counted whitetail antler points at 800 yards with my VX5HD 3-15 easily but I was hunting mature deer with larger antlers, not 1-2 year old deer. Cheaper optics I'd agree that the magnification would be more important. The lower power option won't cut it. Don't skimp on optics and 12-14X would be more than adequate on a spotter. I'm not saying a higher power wouldn't be a better choice but that at that range, they'd would work fine. I guess I'm saying magnification isn't the number one qualifier for a spotter or even a rifle optic for hunting [/QUOTE]
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