School me on central wa mule deer tactic's

[pashok23]

Just get a tag and your favorite pair of tennis shoes. Don't need a gun.  First 1 to the deer tags it. 

LMAO

[wt]

Also, yes the BT is yours this Saturday and Sunday lol.
Thanks you to the other members for the in put. Any recommendations for spotting scope worth owning under $500?

[Reidus]

What size spotter? Compact?

[wt]

I'm not sure on the size, I'm new to the whole thing. I will have it in the pack, however it wouldn't be for a high hunt with weight restrictions. but I also don't want it to be silly heavy like something on the observation deck. $500 is not a firm ceiling. Just trying to not get caught up in 1,2,3,4K$ recommendations.

[PastorJoel]

Also, consider locating other hunters and sit and wait a mile or so away.  Any deer they push will come your way.

[JLS]

http://cameralandny.com/

Look up the Minos MD 62 demo.  I tried to link it but I'm an iPhone idiot.


I've used these, and they are a great scope for the money.  An eyepiece will run you about three Benjamin's

[Reidus]

I'd go as big as your willing to carry and get the best you can within your budget. You may be able to find a used vortex razor under $1k. I havent looked at the viper or diamondback vortex lines. I see used gold ring leupolds in the $600- $700 range fairly often. I think they would be a good choice. 

[JLS]

I have an older Leupold Gold Ring that is a 25x50mm.  These are pretty good scopes for the money, very compact and lightweight.  Relative to the Minox I don't think they have/had as good a quality of glass. 

Edited for Autocorrect gibberish

[wt]

Thank you jls,reidus,pastor Joe and others. I appreciate the pointers.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I don't keep up with the optics market, but Nikon Monarch used to be a good one for the budget-minded hunter. 

[wt]

I went for the Vortex razor hd 65. More than I was going to spend but I wanted to make sure I didn't pay good money for something that didn't do what I hoped. It has good feed back and a killer warranty/ support I believe. Keep the tactic recommendations coming! And if you want to share some spotting scope user advice to a novice that would be great as well.

[Reidus]

Some guys like to use a patch over one when using a spotter very long. I have yet to try it. I just know I get fatigued from squinting if I look through a spotter for very long. It's supposed to help.

[vandeman17]

Some guys like to use a patch over one when using a spotter very long. I have yet to try it. I just know I get fatigued from squinting if I look through a spotter for very long. It's supposed to help.

I tried it this early season and like it. Arrrrgghhh 

[dscubame]

Also, consider locating other hunters and sit and wait a mile or so away.  Any deer they push will come your way.

One of my favorite techniques hunting public land.

[Cylvertip]

Some guys like to use a patch over one when using a spotter very long. I have yet to try it. I just know I get fatigued from squinting if I look through a spotter for very long. It's supposed to help.

I tried it this early season and like it. Arrrrgghhh 

One of the Beyond Belief videos talked about doing a lot of glassing.  They would use binos until they thought they found something and then switch to the spotter.  Doing that helped them handle the long sessions on the glass.  I don't have much experience myself, but the bucks those guys where taggin adds validity to it.