I totally agree with Keith's thinking. The only IBO shoots I have shot are the Southern Triple Crown events (Have loved shooting them by the way). Those are smack dab in the middle of ASA country. There are a lot of ASA shooters I know who will not shoot becuase they do not want to buy another pair of binoculars.

I went out and bought a pair of sub $40 Walmart jobers. They are ok at best BUT the shooter who is on staff with a bino company etc definitely has the advantage. If you don't beleve it put the gobbling turkey at 36 plus yards and try to find the 10 ring with a pair of cheap binos.

I guess one compromise might be to drop the bino restriciton in the hunting classes or whatever IBO calls the novice class.