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<blockquote data-quote="archangel485" data-source="post: 1996459" data-attributes="member: 97905"><p>You planning to hunt long range or do a timber hunt? Lots of elk never even go in the trees. Where I hunt elk there is timber but not super thick, that said I elk hunt with an 8-32 with a 30mm tube and 56mm objective, 8 power is plenty low for the closest shots I'd take although others make an excellent point that low end is very handy for timber hunting. I have said before that while I have 32x as an option I almost always do long range hunting shots on around 12-16x. I only use 32x for getting shots on paper at 100yards. Too much magnification and you'll miss where your impact is. The more important thing than magnification IMO is light gathering ability and glass clarity. I'd recommend 30mm tube and large objective lens, although I know some like smaller for the ease of carrying it around. Also do research on quality glass, don't buy a cheap scope, better to get a lower mag scope with a reputation for quality than a $200 4-50x Chinese junker.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archangel485, post: 1996459, member: 97905"] You planning to hunt long range or do a timber hunt? Lots of elk never even go in the trees. Where I hunt elk there is timber but not super thick, that said I elk hunt with an 8-32 with a 30mm tube and 56mm objective, 8 power is plenty low for the closest shots I'd take although others make an excellent point that low end is very handy for timber hunting. I have said before that while I have 32x as an option I almost always do long range hunting shots on around 12-16x. I only use 32x for getting shots on paper at 100yards. Too much magnification and you'll miss where your impact is. The more important thing than magnification IMO is light gathering ability and glass clarity. I'd recommend 30mm tube and large objective lens, although I know some like smaller for the ease of carrying it around. Also do research on quality glass, don't buy a cheap scope, better to get a lower mag scope with a reputation for quality than a $200 4-50x Chinese junker. [/QUOTE]
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