Are you looking at rifle hunting for elk or other animals also? You'd lose about 10 feet in your field of view on the low (4.5x) setting as opposed to a more traditional 3x9x40 scope. Unless you're planning on long range hunting, for most big game, most people use lower power settings on their scopes anyway. It's hard to give more of an opinion since you don't list the state you're hunting in, kind of terrain, etc.