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huntnmuleys,
I wasn't trying to say a person would use the higher powered scope as binoculars. I was talking about during the stalk after you have already spotted the animal you think you want and are ready to stalk closer and get a better look. I totally agree rifle scopes should not be used in place of binoculars.

Lets say there are a couple groups of antelope out in the flat and a few decent bucks you have picked out through the spotting scope, one definitely better than the others.
Now you drop behind a hill and make a half mile stalk to get closer.
You crawl to the top of the hill and pop your head up, bam the does are looking right at you (which often happens). If you can slide your rifle up slowly with little movement you might not spook them.
Then looking through your scope with a minimum of movement you can tell which of those bucks was the 15 incher you spotted from the truck and which is the 14 incher which was not quite as good.
At 400 yards that is much easier to do with a 20x scope that it is with a 9x scope.
That is the point I was making.
But as I said lots of folks do just fine with the 3x9 scope.
Have a good one.