Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
how close does something hafta be where you have to have iron sights to shoot? I've shot running deer at 30 yards with a straight 6X leupold, and at 50 yards with a variable set at 12X. with a variable in the 2.5x8 or 2x10 they shouldn't be able to get too close.
RR
most of my deer are shot at 30 yards and less.
the closest was less than 5 yards running with see through scope mounts (using the sights of course) I wouldn't of got that deer if i had been using just a normal scope.