I finally got my computer going now I can respond. I hunt alot like elknut and the use of bino's in our elk country and early season is not needed. At home for late season deer hunts I depend on them a great deal. I have a set of 10x50 windrivers and a spotting scope to go along with them. My hunting crew however has hauled 17 elk out in the last 5 years alone. Not one was spotted with optics before it was killed. Several were pope and young animals. Experience with elk movements puts us into the elk every time. Proper response can bring in that elk that may be standing at 100 yards. Most of my elk are killed in ares with alot of cover. The ever growing presence of wolves here in Idaho is causing the game to travel under cover and forcing them to stay out of the open. The long range glassing game is all but over here in Idaho and we are having to adapt not only to heavy hunting pressure but also to the new predator on the block. It is a new game and those who are not willing to adapt are going to see what tag soup is all about. I won't disagree that bino's may be helpful in other areas with different circumstances but where we hunt it is a different game.

gselkhunter, never give up, do what you have to. I give you alot of credit