I'd hate to find out this is because of one of those article that are really just glorified sales pitches. You know, when they have to tell you the exact name and model of expensive gear that they just couldn't have gotten the animal with but don't bother telling you how expensive it is or the fact that it was supplied by some manufacturer wanting more "free" advertising. Oh yeah, and way down towards the end of the article is the fact that this was on a guided hunt. Bet the guide used different gear that costs less. Not trying to bag on the OP. But a lot of these articles on gear needed seem way overblown. If you're hunting whitetails, binos will work just fine.