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10x is a good magnification for an all around bino, but you're small on the objective lense which will give you low light glassing problems. If you decide to upgrade get something with an exit pupil of at least 4mm, preferably 5mm. You calculate the exit pupil by dividing objective lense size by power so your 10x25 are giving you an exit pupil of 2.5mm. Thats bad for gathering light. I have 10x42s that ride around my neck and love them. 10x50 would gather even more light, but I personally find them a bit bulky for neck glass. I have 2 sets of bigger glass that could go in the pack depending on where I'm going. 12x56 and 15x56. These are the tripod glass. If you have unlimited budget, you can spend as much as you like. If money is a concern, I like the nikon monarch line. I think the 10x42s are around $250ish. They are rubber armored, water proof and pretty clear for being cheaper glass. Ive been using mine forever and have no complaints. These also do great on a tripd and adapt with the standard front screw type of adapter.

There are adapters that will fit your currrent set. There are adapters that use velcro to strap them to a padded platform, some that clamp on a barrel and the most common screw in type. There is no binocular that cannot be mounted to a tripod. What kind of glass do you have?

then wait until 5:00pm when all the deer you missed start moving lol Too true....

As you've already been told, 22 is a solid unit with plenty of deer. When you're glassing, go slow, don't try to find a whole deer or something big. Pick the view apart, look at rocks, bushes, look at each square foot of ground and all of a sudden a deer will materialize out of no where. I glassed up a doe yesterday at 930 yards using 12x binos on a tripod. The only thing I could see of her was her head and ears sticking up out of bush. When I spotted her I went back over the area around her and found that I'd passed right over another doe that was bedded right out in the open. Early in the a.m. I glass pretty fast looking for deer that are up and moving and then try to follow them to bed, but after it's been daylight for an hour or so, a lot of them are already laying down and you have to go waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay slower with your glassing. See everything on that hill before you move the binos to another spot. And when you do move them, only move them 1/2 way so you still see half of the view you were just looking at. Every time you move the binos make sure you're overlapping the previous view. All it takes is a twitch of an ear for you to spot a deer that had been perfectly motionless for several minutes, or for them to get up & stretch or grab a bite off a bush to chew on. Persistence, never give up until you are 110% certain you've seen every rock, every clump of grass and every bird/squirrel/whatever on that hillside.

Sounds like a real exciting day. Congrats to you guys.

Good size pigs. Congrats!

Heck of an adventure. Glad he kept his cool and did what he needed to. Congrats to him!

Two fantastic bucks. Congrats to you guys!

I'm not sure where, but there will definitely be another out of state trip this year. Probably back to Nebraska for another dose of midwestern whitetails, and/or up to Colorado for OTC elk. Depends a lot on what Az's elk draw has in store for me.

Less beers more cardio. Just went on a couple night backpacking trip and it about killed me. I also haven't been shooting as regularly as I used to and it shows. I will fix both of those problems, expeditiously.

Thats a bunch of horse crap. Insurance companies are worse than politicians, they're such criminals. A gal I was dating about 10 or 12 years ago got rear ended at southern & college In tempe and the 17 y.o. girl that hit her panicked and failed to take her foot off the gas causing her to hit her again and again, ended up shoving her all the way through the intersection. Had to get a lawyer involved. He told us no matter what the accident is, call an attorney before you say anything to either insurance company. Once they have your statement its pretty much in stone. In the end she got the car fixed, all medical covered, more than a year of therapy for back and neck pain covered and a check for around $4k out of it.

hahaha!!!!! ======> the bow stands! Expired

Glad you were paying attention hoghntr, and everyone is alright.

Wow! Buck of a couple lifetimes. Big congrats on an amazing buck!

Grear job, congrats!

A couple of awesome bucks. Congrats to them!

Awesome buck congrats to you!

Awesome buck! Congrats.

Way to go woody. Congrats!

I love hunting both. Each has something to offer. Good luck and be safe!

You are not allowed to use any scents that have cervid urine in them. Sweet! I was wondering why I was still seeing this stuff at Sportsmans! Just be sure it is marked synthetic. Its been a while since I was I cabelas, but they were still selling pee products and also deer cain and other bait products both of which are now illegal in az. Its not the stores responsibility to only sell legal items, its your responsibility to know what you're using.

You are not allowed to use any scents that have cervid urine in them.

Very unique buck. Congrats to your dad!

On a side note, how you doing with the synthetic scents? I bought a couple of the synthetic 'buck bombs' I'll be trying out this weekend. I had some success with the original buck bombs a few years ago, but havent used scents since they banned doe pee.

Congrats to you on your first deer. Bowhunting in az is all about persistence! Tough country and tough animals. Way to stick with it and get it done!