RE: Binoculars
OlMossyHorns,
I think you need to ask yourself a few question. What are you going to be using them for? Are they mainly to be used for Arhcery Hunting out of a tree stand? If so, are you going to be glassing fields? Or are you going to be in open areas stalking?
I have two pairs of Bino' s. One that I carry with me in the stand deer hunting, and another that I use for open areas in Colorado.
For my stand binos, I rarely use them, so they aren' t the most expensive out there. I have a set of Tasco' s that I spent about 50 dollars for, and that is all I need. Ussually while I am deer hunting, I enter the stand in the morning, and leave at dark. I ussually hunt in the woods, not fields, so my field of view is limited. I don' t need the best thing out there. If I do use them, it is ussually after I have spooted a deer with the naked eye. Then I may use them to look at an arrow after a hit, or where a deer if running to after a hit.
For my other binos, I have a decent pair of Zhumells, but that is for glassing mountains, which is a whole nother thing.
My advice is to get on e-bay and see what you can find. That is where I got my Zhumells. I got them for 50% of retail price, and they had been used for 6 hours.