Canon 18x50 binos?

[jeephunter]

Anyone use Canon 18x50 image stablizer binos for hunting? I want to spot a deer bedding (eg 12" head) under a tree from 1.5 miles away and tell the difference between a buck and a doe. I figure 1.5 miles = 2640 yards. 18x zoom should bring it about 150 yards away and I should be able to see the 12" head no problem right? Is 18x enough for this?

 

[toddc]

Anyone use Canon 18x50 image stablizer binos for hunting? I want to spot a deer bedding (eg 12" head) under a tree from 1.5 miles away and tell the difference between a buck and a doe. I figure 1.5 miles = 2640 yards. 18x zoom should bring it about 150 yards away and I should be able to see the 12" head no problem right? Is 18x enough for this?

I have seen the tip of a mulies ear at 1 mile so a head at 1.5 should be doable. IS tech rocks and the glass is decent.

 

[FEENIX]

Anyone use Canon 18x50 image stablizer binos for hunting? I want to spot a deer bedding (eg 12" head) under a tree from 1.5 miles away and tell the difference between a buck and a doe. I figure 1.5 miles = 2640 yards. 18x zoom should bring it about 150 yards away and I should be able to see the 12" head no problem right? Is 18x enough for this?

That depends on the environment/background and your eye sight. My buddy and I were out hunting Sunday, we spotted 4 muleys at 600 yards bedded in the middle of the thickets. We cannot make out any horns with our 10X binocs. I used my rifle scope (SWFA 5-20 HD, relax my rifle was not chambered gun)) cranked to 20X and still cannot tell any horns because they blended so well.

We tried to get closer and but they got up when we're ~300 yards; 3 does fled and a 3X3 buck stayed and gave us plenty of time for a shot but we let him go instead.

 

[yobuck]

Anyone use Canon 18x50 image stablizer binos for hunting? I want to spot a deer bedding (eg 12" head) under a tree from 1.5 miles away and tell the difference between a buck and a doe. I figure 1.5 miles = 2640 yards. 18x zoom should bring it about 150 yards away and I should be able to see the 12" head no problem right? Is 18x enough for this?

The answer would be yes and no.
Yes you could use the image stabilized binnocs, but no you wont be probably even seeing the deer let alone make out horns with 18 power while its laying under a tree.
Snow would help, but even with that your talking a very long distance.
There would be better choices.

 

[toddc]

Has anyone commenting on here owned these?

I have. I have worn out 3 sets of IS since 1998 or so. The IS increases the USUABLE resolution A LOT. My IS will regularly outperform 10-12 even 15 German glass. The IS system helps your resolution an unbelievable amount. Not the glass resolution but what your EYE can RESOLVE. Stuff that moves is very hard to see. IS stuff doesn't move. The glass is very good but the real secret is the IS. It's like watching a video not looking thru binos. Even rock solid tripod mounted glass doesn't equal the picture of an IS system.
There are some conditions that the Canons will struggle more than others but those conditions preclude any real long range glassing anyway

 

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Has anyone commenting on here owned these?

I have. I have worn out 3 sets of IS since 1998 or so. The IS increases the USUABLE resolution A LOT. My IS will regularly outperform 10-12 even 15 German glass. The IS system helps your resolution an unbelievable amount. Not the glass resolution but what your EYE can RESOLVE. Stuff that moves is very hard to see. IS stuff doesn't move. The glass is very good but the real secret is the IS. It's like watching a video not looking thru binos. Even rock solid tripod mounted glass doesn't equal the picture of an IS system.
There are some conditions that the Canons will struggle more than others but those conditions preclude any real long range glassing anyway

Being able to identify if it's a buck or doe at their bedding area at 1.5 miles is no easy feat, since you had been using it a while now, have you actually done so?

 

[toddc]

Being able to identify if it's a buck or doe at their bedding area at 1.5 miles is no easy feat, since you had been using it a while now, have you actually done so?

Couple hundred times M/L. Air conditions, lighting, mass of rack will all cause differing results of course. I can see a bedded rack that's ivory against dark brush with less glass than that and can't see it if he's been rubbing cedar. Can you see it every time? Uhhhh Hell no. No glass on the planet will do that. What if it's midnight?
In decent conditions, WITH MY EYES, I can see a rack on a bedded critter 125 class Whitey, in shade with Canon IS 15 or 18. I glass up to 12 hrs a day and 100+ days a yr though. I usually buy over $100 in AA batteries a yr. I have worn out a 15x45 a 15x50 and am working on some 18x50 now. Literally wore the casings out on them. Electronics never faltered and neither did glass.

 

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Couple hundred times M/L. Air conditions, lighting, mass of rack will all cause differing results of course. I can see a bedded rack that's ivory against dark brush with less glass than that and can't see it if he's been rubbing cedar. Can you see it every time? Uhhhh Hell no. No glass on the planet will do that. What if it's midnight?
In decent conditions, WITH MY EYES, I can see a rack on a bedded critter 125 class Whitey, in shade with Canon IS 15 or 18. I glass up to 12 hrs a day and 100+ days a yr though. I usually buy over $100 in AA batteries a yr. I have worn out a 15x45 a 15x50 and am working on some 18x50 now. Literally wore the casings out on them. Electronics never faltered and neither did glass.

Cool, perhaps it's exactly what the OP is looking for.

 

[yobuck]

Well i'll call it exactly what I think it is, and that's B S.
Pa no doubt has more long range hunters than any other state. All of them, I said all,
use large tripod mounted binoculars to glass for game. In my almost 50 years doing
that ive no doubt personally known over 100 others who use large glasses for hunting.
Ive yet to see or even hear of even one who uses I S glasses for that purpose.
First off the 50mm objective alone would be a big disadvantage especially at higher
power.

 

[toddc]

Well i'll call it exactly what I think it is, and that's B S.
Pa no doubt has more long range hunters than any other state. All of them, I said all,
use large tripod mounted binoculars to glass for game. In my almost 50 years doing
that ive no doubt personally known over 100 others who use large glasses for hunting.
Ive yet to see or even hear of even one who uses I S glasses for that purpose.
First off the 50mm objective alone would be a big disadvantage especially at higher
power.

I can see why you would call BS. As you stated they aren't incredibly common in the field. I am OK with that. I hope it stays that way really.
PA has more long range hunters than the WEST? HUH? You long range hunt for fun. We do it because it's all there is. Or do you mean the plains of PA lol.
A 50 objective means nothing BTW. Study TWIGHLIGHT FACTOR a bit. And also I guess my 50mm NF is junk as well?

ONE MORE TIME>......Have you ever owned the product???????????

 

[toddc]

Guys in PA know more about long range glassing than westerners................funniest **** on the internet EVER.

 

[toddc]

And to be clear, I ran a guide service on the plains for over 10 yrs. I glassed for a living in other words.
Canon Glass isn't Leica. However, Canon does know glass quite well and they are decent.
I and my customers owned glass from every company on the planet. Yes there is better glass.
However, the IS feature puts them in a world that makes what they will do in many instances, not comparable to even tripod mounted glass.
IS shuts movement DOWN. PERIOD. Even a huge tripod will not. Well yeah Todd but the binos don't move.........yeah but uhhhhhh your head does....you breath and shake. With IS that is gone.
You may be able to set up and use a pair of Big Eyes at times that are AS STABLE.....but I wouldn't bet on it.
I glassed a LOT. Literally ALL DAY. The eye and neck/back fatigue alone made the IS a choice for me. They were my go to glass. That being said, all glass is a niche product. I also ran some 10-12x for close range glassing(IS did better in the dark tho). I also ran a set of Big Eyes custom made and a couple of different spotters. The IS filled my go to niche and did it all 85% of the time.

 

[yobuck]

State by state, yes, PA has more because its been done there longer. And, many of the
ones encountered in western states, are actually non res from other states, many from
PA.
As for the terrain in PA, obviously you've never been there, at least in the N C region.
Few places would offer equal or better ridge to ridge hunting. And there are several
million acres of public land.
Fact is, you or no one else, can hold binnocs for more than about 5 minits without becoming arm weary. When that happens your done glassing and just simply looking, and that's the reason for the tripod. I would suggest people try doing it, and see for themselves.
Not knocking I S glasses, as they have a purpose, but it isn't for the purpose you claim.

 

[toddc]

People have hunted LR longer in PA than he west? Laughable. Most of the hunters in the west are from PA.....even more laughable.
If you can't hold a set of 18x50 IS without your arms burning out in 5 minutes, you might want to look into a gym membership.
This kind of attitude is comparable to the election we just had. Everyone back east thinks they KNOW IT ALL and are gonna pick for us unwashed heathens in the fly over state.

ONE MORE TIME.....do ya own a pair?