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<blockquote data-quote="keithcandler" data-source="post: 1559215" data-attributes="member: 3728"><p>While deer hunting in Kansas, I learned a very good lesson. Deer fight, and in good population densities, they fight a lot. So, with my out of state fees, land owner fees, I had $3500 plus living expenses tied up in the hunt. Third day, a darn big bucks walks out with a great what looked like a 12 point rack, body weight estimated high 200's. I took him at 560 yards. Walked out, one brow tine was broken off.</p><p></p><p>That was an expensive lesson to learn on low power scope, this was a 4x12. I don't buy the BS that clarity at 12x is better than a little bit of fuzz at 24x. I can always turn the scope down. I don't need to take pictures through the scope to post on you tube, I just need to place the shot. </p><p></p><p>The next year, went with the 4-16, MONSTER buck walking a fence line at 700, could not tell the condition of his rack, he went over 300 lbs...I let him walk.</p><p></p><p>Some of us want to count points and brow tines before we pull the trigger. More often than not, you do not have the opportunity to use a spotting scope, must less steady up a spotting scope sitting in a 15' ladder stand.</p><p></p><p>People fall into two camps, minimalists and maximum usable power(turn it down if you don't need it). It is like trying to talk a democrat into becoming a republican from either end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keithcandler, post: 1559215, member: 3728"] While deer hunting in Kansas, I learned a very good lesson. Deer fight, and in good population densities, they fight a lot. So, with my out of state fees, land owner fees, I had $3500 plus living expenses tied up in the hunt. Third day, a darn big bucks walks out with a great what looked like a 12 point rack, body weight estimated high 200's. I took him at 560 yards. Walked out, one brow tine was broken off. That was an expensive lesson to learn on low power scope, this was a 4x12. I don't buy the BS that clarity at 12x is better than a little bit of fuzz at 24x. I can always turn the scope down. I don't need to take pictures through the scope to post on you tube, I just need to place the shot. The next year, went with the 4-16, MONSTER buck walking a fence line at 700, could not tell the condition of his rack, he went over 300 lbs...I let him walk. Some of us want to count points and brow tines before we pull the trigger. More often than not, you do not have the opportunity to use a spotting scope, must less steady up a spotting scope sitting in a 15' ladder stand. People fall into two camps, minimalists and maximum usable power(turn it down if you don't need it). It is like trying to talk a democrat into becoming a republican from either end. [/QUOTE]
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