I have been there man. When I first got into hunting, I was married 2 whole weeks. We made little money and had lots of bills. So, I was forced to buy the cheaper priced gear. The advice I got from everyone was to "save up" and buy a leupold, swarvski or ziess and nothing less. Wasnt an option. 600 for a scope? Spending that would mean we didnt eat for a month. Anyway, I am not going to tell you to buy a 600 dollar scope but I will say buy the best you can. The bushnell 3200 elite series scopes are very nice for the money, I have three nikon prostaff 3-9X40 scopes and I paid 150 for each of them. For the money, they are the best. for about 120 you can get a pentax gameseeker which is a nice one as well. Good luck. EJ