Hunting in the rain with a scoped rifle

[headshot5]

Quality scope and a full cover imo. I run neoprene covers on all my scopes now..also a sun shade helps.
Did the flip up cover thing for years and hate those things with a passion. Always flipped up on there own.  Trapped moisture, or fell off. Never again.

My neo cover goes on and off with weather changes..and having it on has never slowed me down enough to miss a opportunity. 

    Neoprene covers for the win.  I've been in some hellacious rainstorms out hunting and my scopes stay bone dry right up til the shot.  I used to use butler creek covers but somehow my scope lenses were always wet.

[Skyvalhunter]

    Neoprene covers for the win.  I've been in some hellacious rainstorms out hunting and my scopes stay bone dry right up til the shot.  I used to use butler creek covers but somehow my scope lenses were always wet.
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During your hellacious rainstorm hunts what Neoprene cover did you prefer? Not all Neoprene is made the same

[Mtnwalker]

    Neoprene covers for the win.  I've been in some hellacious rainstorms out hunting and my scopes stay bone dry right up til the shot.  I used to use butler creek covers but somehow my scope lenses were always wet.

During your hellacious rainstorm hunts what Neoprene cover did you prefer? Not all Neoprene is made the same
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Don't overthink it. Is it technically 100% waterproof? Probably not, but it's not like a pair of waders where it's moving and stretching and being submerged in water. I've used a few different kinds including the ones that come on leupold scopes and never noticed one leaking no matter how much rain. Scopecoats are fine as well as a bunch of others I'm sure

[Iveexcaped3]

I use the cabelas store brand(pre bass pro purchase) neo cover on mine and haven’t had an issue. Most “store brand” names are made by one of the bigger guys. Me and this guy probably felt the same at the end of that day, the rain never let up.

[hunter399]

Maybe rainx 
I just wipe it off . Sometimes if it's raining a lot ,I just carry the rifle instead of sling on my shoulder.
That way the scope is level with the ground ,rain can fall on top of scope,instead of right on the lens.
Then I wipe it off with my dry shirt under my hunting jacket every so often.

[buglebrush]

"Quality scope and a full cover imo. I run neoprene covers on all my scopes now..also a sun shade helps.
Did the flip up cover thing for years and hate those things with a passion. Always flipped up on there own.  Trapped moisture, or fell off. Never again."

Agreed.  Despise flip up covers!  I always run a neoprene cover, and if it's a multi-day hunt in pouring rain I'll put a bikini cover under it. Will never go back to flips

My neo cover goes on and off with weather changes..and having it on has never slowed me down enough to miss a opportunity. 

[Stein]

Add me to the anti-flip list.  I have a neoprene as well as one of the cordura elastic things that goes over the entire rifle.  I use the latter in snow and the former in rain.

[buckfvr]

Wont ever buy replacement flips going forward, having moved on to Scope Shields on 2 rifles so far.  The flips are only good in the safe/case, and sometimes not even then.

[NRA4LIFE]

I use the neoprene thing also.  Seems to be the easiest for me.

[bobcat]

I like my Butler Creek flip up scope covers. No they aren't perfect in heavy rain, but better than nothing, and I really like them in dry conditions just for keeping all the dust off the lenses.

[BigGoonTuna]

sure wish the old uncle mike's scope covers were still in production.  2 hard rubber caps fitted to your scope model with a rubber band between them.

i don't like the butler creek caps, too noisy and they seem to break easy.  most of the time i use one of the "bikini" type covers, since they're cheap and have a tendency to get lost.

[Ingwe]

I still use the old uncle mikes scope covers. If you check eBay once in awhile you can find still find them. I tried butler creek flip up covers a few years ago and they broke

[Okanagan]

Plus 3 for Uncle mike's, though I haven't found any for several years.  I use Butler Creeks as my favorite among those that don't work well.  I try to seal them tight and never pop them up till the shot, but they do pop up at the wrong time sometimes and I break about one end or the other per year.  Will have to check out the neoprene ones though I'm skeptical of the concept.

[Bullkllr]

I remember Uncle Mike's getting caught on brush frequently. I have some see-through Butler Creeks that are ok. But they break too.

[Damnimissed]

I’ve used butler cr flip-ups forever. They work great for me. My glass only get wet if I’m busting brush in crappy weather. I just try and be mindful of it.