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    6 minutes ago, CouesPursuit said:

    Thanks for the posts. It is pretty clear from the interwebs that Swarovski's 2x was a letdown and you see them for sale quite often. Not bashing them but I'd imagine Vortex's level of quality, slightly or not, puts it at an auto disadvantage for the concept. I did read a couple positive reviews about Meopta's but nothing compelling, and I'm not sure who else made one. 

     

    I'm mostly just curious. I figured there would have been a niche somewhere whether backpacking, digiscoping or something else, but don't come across very many reviews at all, let alone positive ones. 

    I got the meoptas not too long ago. Saw a YouTube vid of a guy talking them up but still was apprehensive.  All this was a deciding factor for me to build a set of big eyes with the 664s, my intention is to have one easily removable to throw in the pack to have a lightweight spotter when hiking in.  

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    14 minutes ago, oz31p said:

    Nope. I backpack hunt a ton. Very seldom do I need a spotter at all. If I can’t see what I’m looking at with the 12’s I’m too far away to kill it any way. 

    Yeah I've always wanted to look through one myself but never wanted to spend the money just to be disappointed.  When researching duel spotter big eye set ups I came across an old post where a guy had 2 on a pair of swaro 15s. I thought maybe that might be the ticket but I've never heard anything but bad about doublers.  

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    4 hours ago, oz31p said:

    DONT DO IT. 

    I’ve tried it on slc 15 hd and non HD’s and 12x50el . 

    I've wondered this myself when it comes to top tier glass.  If any place I'd imagine it an option it would be the 12s.  Would you not even trust it to verify points on a backpack hunt?

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    12 minutes ago, ProCamper said:

    Thx for the replies guys im just really desperate to shoot a buck lol been bow hunting 10 years and havent killed anything. 

    Dang dude. You need to take me up on my offer.  I mean no disrespect but obviously what you have been doing has not worked. Come down my way for a weekend or somebody please help this guy out.  

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    1 minute ago, MT_Sourdough said:

    I just had that same conversation earlier today.  Some dude woke me up when he came in to the tank I was sitting to check his cam.  He justified coming in despite my truck parked at the entrance, by saying the hunt is over at 8.  I agreed.  Then I said but the coues come in around noon,  He said "Really?"  I laughed because he is the one with the trail cam on the water hole.  I am sure he already knows.  Don't get me wrong, I wasn't upset about him coming in.  Heck I was sleeping.

    So seriously though, do you find Muley water at sun up and sundown and not mid day?

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    6 minutes ago, MT_Sourdough said:

    Water!  Look for water.  Then walk around the water.  Chances are, you'll see you Muley tracks around the water's edge.  Then look for the deer's trails coming and going from the water.    

    At this point, you can set up at the water and sit it at the break of dawn and at dusk.  Looking for muleys in the middle of the day, in this heat, would most likely prove futile.  Middle of the day is good for scouting water sources for areas with more deer activity than others.  

    Another tactic is find a good elevated glassing position that is in the vicinity of water source.  Sit at that glassing sight at dusk and dawn looking for deer coming and going from water.  Once you glass some deer, plan your stalk.

    I've always heard for whitetail up north glass in the am and evening, from 12-2 you sit water.  Do Muley not water mid day?

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    7 hours ago, 654321 said:

    Take a look at Montana's regulations, when they say  • Skull plates or antlers with no meat or tissue attached I would assume that means no velvet.  So far every state that has restrictions has this clause.    If CWD infects enough animals, it will probably reduce the herd in the long term. Other states have seen deer populations decline when CWD infects 20 to 40 percent of a herd. In Wyoming, heavily-infected herds of mule deer declined 21 percent per year and whitetails declined by 10 percent. Colorado saw a 45 percent decline in infected mule deer herds over 20 years. Clearly, if left unchecked, CWD could result in largescale population declines.  
     This is from Montana website.  Arizona is surrounded by CWD positive states so why wouldn't the state do everything it can to try and keep the disease out as long as possible.

    I wonder why the whitetail herds seem less affected then the mule deer?

    Any thoughts?

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