I have a very low opinion of see-through mounts. It seems like a nice idea, but there's a reason that you see very few see-through mounts on rifles. They usually put the scope up too high. Your scope should be mounted so that when you put the gun up, you're looking through it instantly. If you have to stretch your neck or move your head around to see the sight picture, it's not good. Once you put a scope on, you have a tendency to use it. With a variable powered scope, you can set it at low power to be useful for the closest distance your situation calls for. You can still shoot a deer at 100 yd. with a 2x scope. I've shot deer right below my tree through my 2.5 power scope.