I was going to buy a VX-III until I went to the store and looked through it and then a Conquest 4.5-14x44. That's what sold it for me and I bought the Zeiss. So when I was looking at binos I went with the Zeiss too. More expensive than I wanted to spend but considering how much time and money I put into hunting it's worth it to not have to pass on an animal because you just couldn't ID it. Here you have to have 3 points on 1 side to shoot a buck and Elk are spike-only. There is a lot riding on proper ID of your target and without good "eyes" you'll end up letting a legal one go, or worse, shooting an illegal animal.

I had to let a spike elk go one year to later be shot by my brother-in-law. That was due to the Nikon scope and my cheap Bushnell binos. After than I saved all summer and bought the scope and last year bought the binos. It's been worth it for me.