Spotting Scope... Angled or Straight???

[Bean Counter]

If you are going to spend most your time glassing from a ridge top, I would suggest straight.  It might be a little more comfortable on your neck and game acquisition is can be quicker with a straight scope vs. an angled scope (especially for folks who aren't accustomed to using an angled scope).

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I have an angled one because that's what was on deep discount when I bought. I manage even from the hilltops.

[2MANY]

Straight is the correct choice.

Angled was made to sell more scopes and look at asteroids.

[JDHasty]

The Vortex Viper HD has a very neat feature, it has a short piece of Weaver rail attached to it.  You can use a cheap pair of Weaver compatible Chinese QD rings and a cheap pistol scope to line the scope up with, or better yet something like an IER scope and all of the arguments about lining THAT particular angled scope up and are nothing but hooey.

I don't own one, but I have used one in the field that was set up with an old Burris IER scope and what I can say about that setup is: I sure wish my scopes had that feature. 

Unless you are looking down a lot, angled scopes can be worth consideration.