How important, and financially intelligent, is an extra inch of eye relief to the guy that shoulders his gun for a limited number of rounds---say---for turkey and deer season?

I see quite a few guys on here touting the "extra" eye relief from either Leupolds or compact scopes, but that "extra" eye relief is in actuality only 1 to 1.5 inches.

At higher power on variable power scopes, the "extra" eye relief may be 2.5 inches, but to me---a guy who uses his scopes to hunt---the "extra" eye relief is not noticeable.

I just topped my shotgun with a 3-9X40 Burris, with 3.1-3.8" of eye relief, and I'm shooting it great. The 3.5 inches of eye relief are more than adequate, even on a 12 gauge.

So unless you're shooting 1) extremely long shots at higher powers, 2) a real cannon with a serious kick, or 3) lots of rounds (target or otherwise)...is the "extra" eye relief really worth the extra buck?

S&R