Howdy to all. I've been checking the forum every day for the teams to be posted and the one day this week I don't he gets them started.

By my handle you can all guess I'm Dave. I'll be hunting in the Baltimore Area of Maryland as well as the Eastern Shore and will make my first trek to a buddy's place in Wisconsin to hunt private land. I've seen GR8atta2d before in some of the threads but I'm not familiar with the rest of you guys.

I was team captain last year and am not sure if I would like to throw my hat in the ring. At times it was difficult to get guys to check in and some rarely even tried to be part. Rest assured I'll be in here as often as possible. My season starts Sept 15 here and will be in Wisconsin Oct 30.

I hope that all of you are having a great summer and have been getting prepped for this year.

So, I'll start off with a question. I've decided to purchase a pair of good binoculars this year. In the past I've been using a pair of Tasco 8X21's and think they lack the light gathering ability and field of view I'd like. I went today and looked at Bushnell, Simmons and Nikon 8X36, 10X36, 8X42 & 10X42. What do you guys use and what would you recommend? To me the Nikon seemed hands down better but I always appreciate other people's opinions.

Thanks and hello again.

Dave