I live and hunt in Arizona. There is a lot of wide open space here and one thing I learned from a successful hunter out here is this: A good hunter will wear out the seat of his pants before he wears out the soles of his shoes.....i.e. spend a lot of time glassing. Out West, I have glassed Coues and Mule deer from over 2 miles away. Depending on where you hunt, the type and qualitie of glass required could be different.

My 1st binos were Nikon Monarchs. They are an okay set of binos at best. But a good value for the money. Before I bought my Nikons, I looked through Swarovski and Lieca binos in broad day light and thought there was not a $1000 difference. The key being broad day light.

Then I went hunting with some buddies, one had Leica and the other had Swarovski binos. They routinely glassed up Coues bucks that I could not even see through my binos. This was all during low light (early morning/early evening hours). I had to look through their binos just to see what they were talking about. That is when I 1st saw the $1000 difference.

After that hunting season, I saved and saved until I could get some top of line binos. I just wish I hadn't spent the $300 on the Nikons. Please do not take this as brand bashing. I put Nikon scopes on all my rifles. I don't spend all day looking through my scope and I don't use my scope to find game. I use my Swaro's to find game, once I find them....I use a very reliable and capable Nikon scope to finish the job.