Bino magnification

[squidd]

Just bought the 10X42 Vortex Diamondback from Scheels for $150

Will be little heavy for turkey, but will help glassing large fields!

[Jmillwood21]

Im using 8x42. Only size I've ever owned.  Considered selling and trying an 8x32 but not sure it's worth it.


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[Stickbow98]

I decided a LONG time ago, that I spend more time looking thru my binos than anything else while hunting. So I bought the best IMHO... each for specific applications and have never regretted it.
My glass of choice: Leica.
Leica 10x25 BCA minis for light weight "running and gunning" and field hunting turkeys from a blind.
Leica 8x32 SA My EDC favorite for everything else! 
For longer range scouting and "always in the truck" binos: 12x50 SA Leica full size.
You regret the money you wasted on bad gear... not what was well spent on QUALITY.

[Bottomland]

I bit the bullet and purchased the 10x32 Swarovski years ago.  Use them for turkey and deer hunting.  That is one item I feel naked without if I leave them at the house when I'm in the woods.  Saved me many times glassing before moving and getting caught from a weary gobbler.

Get a quality harness.  I suggest Marsupial gear harness.  You can accessorize it too with different packs and really carry some gear and ditch the vest in high walking excursions searching for turkeys on public land.

[WV Flopper]

 A friend and I were riding and he spotted something? So we stopped and checked it out, we set there and he spotted a turkey under some brush in the shade, "sunny day". I couldn't see it. So we switched binos, I still couldn't see it with his. He couldn't see it with mine either, but did determine it was a clump of grass in the shade.
He was running a pair of 10 power Leica's, I was running a pair of 10 power Steiner's. Both are heavier than maybe needed, but I haven't been under glassed while turkey hunting. The Leica's are really nice but the Steiner's are half the price and the quality is not that far apart.

[Jmillwood21]

I rigged up a marsupial harness to try out this year  over the vest. More minimalist setup. Hate going without binos after using them.






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[Stickbow98]

I like that Marsupial setup.  Great run & gun rig!!

[Jbird22]

10x25 Swarovski Compacts. Crystal clear, light, fold into chest pocket. Love em....

X2...Same ones I use. They are awesome!

[etapia]

I have one set of binos for all types of western hunting therefore it's 10x42's for me.

[Jmillwood21]

I like that Marsupial setup.  Great run & gun rig!!

Thanks! Hope it does me well this season.  I carried the harness with my vest last year. Be nice to do without the vest. 


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[Cut N Run]

Been toting Leupold 10 x 28 gold ring compact binoculars in my turkey vest for over 30 years.  Really love the smaller size and quality optics.  Lifetime guarantee is also hard to beat. Light gathering is not as critical to me for turkey hunting as it is in deer hunting, where they're more likely to move in low light.  They have helped me clearly identify all sorts of things I couldn't see well enough.

I carry 10 x 40 Zeiss in my deer pack and a pair of 10 x 50 Zeiss in my truck for every day general use.  I (obviously) like 10x and want that much magnification to positively identify my target.  I swapped my 10x for a friend's 8x one day when he was deer hunting a cutover & needed the extra range.  Looking through his, I found myself wanting more.  It is better to have than to want.

Jim

[GobbleNut]

We are talking about bino's for turkey hunting here, but if we expand the conversation to hunting other big game under a variety of circumstances, here's my suggestion based on decades of hunting big game in the wide-open west (I'm sure this applies to some places in other parts of the country, as well).

First, buy the best you can afford.  If that's high-end stuff, great.  However, a lot of folks aren't willing to put a grand or two into binoculars,...and you don't need to.  You can get really good, light-weight binoculars nowadays for a few hundred dollars that will do the job at the ranges and conditions that binoculars of any sort are good for. 

If you are investing in optics for meeting your needs for any type of hunting, my suggestion is to spend the big dollars on a quality spotting scope rather than binoculars.  For glassing those really long distances where binoculars just aren't gonna cut it, having that high-end spotting scope is where the rubber really meets the road!   

Again, though, spend what you can afford for optics that are going to meet your needs for what you hunt, or plan on hunting. 

[Big Jeremy]

It's a good thing there are so many options available! As you can see, what's right for one is not necessarily right for another. I've tried both compact and full-size, 8x and 10x...my favorite for viewing pleasure are my old Leupold gold ring 10x42s, but they're heavy. Most often now I carry a "cheap" pair of Vortex diamondback 10x42s. Quality of viewing isn't as nice as the Leupolds, but plenty good, and they weigh about half as much.

I like 8x binos just fine, but I prefer the 10x and haven't personally had any issues with holding them steady. I know many that do, but thankfully I don't have that issue.

Regardless of which binoculars it is, I NEVER hunt without them. The only things I'd walk back to my truck for are a weapon, TP, and binos.


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