Originally Posted by
hunters_life
Man you guys are too fancy for me. All that extra stuff ya gotta operate like a scope and such. My go to favorite is my old TC Renegade smoke pole. No worrying about a busted scope, no worrying about out of battery, no worrying about the safety, just point, shoot, watch a deer lay down. Simplicity has more advantages.
I've never had a scoped rifle that didn't also have iron sights, just in case. Having said that, you really don't want me shooting at anything *at a distance* without having first checked it out with my binoculars and then seen clearly through my scope. Honestly at a hundred yards and low light I really couldn't tell the difference between a Hog and my mother inlaw bending over to tie her shoelace.
Funny story about that, end of a Deer hunt and I see something trotting over the top of a nearby hill, maybe 4-500 yards, I glass it and decide it is a Fox, but it doesn't have a tail, I'm thinking it is a dog that resembles a Fox. I watched it through my glass for a long time and was conflicted as to whether it was a tailless Fox or a dog, Finally, at 40 yards I shot it, it was a tailless Fox.
If you have eagle eyes go for it, mine aren't all that good and getting worse with age.
I feel naked without good optics.