ORIGINAL: npaden
ORIGINAL: skeeter 7MM
Safety is the reason why you shouldn't use a rifle scope as an identification optic. How do you know that behind what appears to be a deer isn't a hunter, house, etc? Use your binos instead, rifle scope is a site tool so it should be used when your are wanting to shoot not look!!
I guess I'm just used to hunting in Eastern Montana were there are no hunters, houses, etc. whereI'm out hunting. Generally you can see for several miles and where we typically hunt there for sure wouldn't be a house within 10 milesand probably not within 25 miles.
I typically would use the rifle scope to help me figure out whether the buck was worth walkinganother mileto try to stalk or not. I wouldn't be looking at it to figure out if it was a deer or another hunter.
That is why I was wondering if the 14x would help over the 9x - I would be looking at points, etc. trying to figure out if the deer was going to be worth the effort or not.
npaden, I am nottrying to be a bearhere butit is common sense not to point a rifle at an unidentified target. It is a site device, intended for the purpose of shooting a target not for identification.Use binos or other unloaded devices for such decision making tools on whether to cover the distance between you and the game.
Yoursaying your the only one who hunts in eastern montana??? If you can't identify if the deer is big enough how can you postively identify what is beyond the deer? How would you like to be binos up and see a rifle pointed in your direction by a hunter who happened to be viewing an animal in line with you but didn't happen to notice your where even there???Control your muzzle means ensuring it is pointed in a safe direction at all times, yesthis includes horizontally and brings in another golden rule with firearm saftey know your target and beyond!! Safety first, these are not toys!