I normally use a pair of 8X binoculars (Swarovski) for general hunting, and 10X for hunting elk. The only drawback with the Swarovski is the price, but you can not find better binoculars.
I bought a pair of Leupold McKinley 10X about a year or so ago and really like them. They run about $600 and to my eyes they were slightly better than the Zeiss Conquest, and $400 less in price. When I bought them I was looking for a nice pair of $1,000 - $1,200 binoculars and this pair was fully the equal of anything I found in that range.
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For around $300 the Nikon Monarch 5 is hard to beat.
Certainly you will get different opinions here and everywhere else, but the only one that matters is yours. You need to find a retailer and look at them yourself.