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Don't take binoculars into the woods when bowhunting!!!
This cost me a chip shot at a big 10 point this year. I was glassing some does 150 yards away when a 10 point snuck up to my left at 20 yards. I never knew he was there until I moved to hang my binoculars on the hook and the buck blew at me and bolted. It would have been the biggest buck of my life, if I'd only left the damn binoculars home..... Save em for gun season. They'll just distract you and you never know what could sneak up on you while you're glassing does on that ridge 150 yards away.
I'm the complete opposite, I live with my binos when I'm out in the woods. More than once I've caught a glimpse of something that turned out to be a nice buck that I was able to grunt in. Without the binos I would have missed out.