Binoculars

  • Art
    Posts: 439
    September 13, 2008 at 10:54 pm #711371

    It’s a great area to fish. I’m on the water a least once a week in the Winona area. Don’t ever hear many reports from these pools but I think you will be very surprised if you give them a try. Smallies are really on a terror right now. Been having so much fun with them haven’t really been fishing for anything else. I agree, been getting some big sunnies off the tops of wing dams. Good luck.

    erick
    Grand Meadow, MN
    Posts: 3213
    September 18, 2008 at 1:50 pm #712493

    Tuck this winter meet me in Winona instead of Wabasha there are some BULLS down there for sure and fun through the ice as well!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    September 19, 2008 at 1:39 am #712632

    Ritter and I will be there in a heartbeat!

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    July 19, 2012 at 5:23 pm #205009

    Just curious, what binculars are you guys using? Brand and power?

    backstraps1
    Posts: 49
    July 19, 2012 at 5:49 pm #121455

    NIKON trailblazers 10×50.. bought them two years ago and there are sweet….

    hooknfinger
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1290
    July 19, 2012 at 6:34 pm #121459

    Nikon monarch 12×52 for scouting and burris euro’s 8×50 for hunting.

    Next pair will be vortex if their binos are as sweet as their scopes.

    Jon Stevens
    Northfield, Wi
    Posts: 1242
    July 19, 2012 at 6:53 pm #121460

    Nikon Monarch ATB 8×42 Any more power than that and I can’t hold steady enough see clearly. I have great low light vision also. If I need more power, I just use my spotting scope.

    wiswalleyenut
    Central WI.
    Posts: 343
    July 19, 2012 at 8:12 pm #121461

    Vortex Diamondbacks 8×42. Sweet binos, and the price is right too.

    Nut

    super_do
    St Michael, MN
    Posts: 1085
    July 19, 2012 at 11:26 pm #121462

    Nikon Monarch ATB 10×42 Great glasses for the money!

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    July 20, 2012 at 12:20 pm #121467

    I would think for your out west hunts you would want something in the 10×50. I also have a pair of 8×42 that I use in the woods of Mn.

    Mine are cheapos, $100.00ish glass. Something I definitely want to upgrade in the next few years.

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    July 20, 2012 at 1:05 pm #121468

    Thanks guys, just gathering a little intel for work.

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    July 22, 2012 at 3:26 am #121479

    Quote:

    Nikon Monarch ATB 8×42 Any more power than that and I can’t hold steady enough see clearly. I have great low light vision also. If I need more power, I just use my spotting scope.

    What do you have for a spotting scope? This is something I want to invest in one of these days but there is so much out there I have no idea where to start.

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    July 22, 2012 at 4:29 pm #121484

    Leupold 10×42 have been around my neck for 20 deer seasons.

    neusch303
    Posts: 539
    July 24, 2012 at 10:06 pm #121534

    Swarovski is the only way to go if you are doing any long range work. Actually Swarovski is the only way to go period (or any quality glass) but I am aware pricing can hurt.

    However once you do a side by side comparison in low light and adverse conditions to Nikon, Leupold, Leica, etc you will know what I mean.

    Swarovski ATM 20-60X65 spotting scope

    Swarovski EL 8×32

    Leupold WindRiver Range finder binoculars

    Leica CRF 800 rangefinder

    willy_d
    Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
    Posts: 97
    July 25, 2012 at 1:10 pm #121543

    Spend what you can afford. When getting in to the high end stuff it is pricey but worth every penny.I myself have swarovski 10×42 EL binos and a 20x60x65 Swarovski HD spotting scope. Worth every penny and its not like i am spending or upgrading evey few years although I may need to upgrade to the new ELs. I spend hours behind the binos or scope first thing in morning while mule deer hunting and they have saved me many of long(miles) walks from being able to see what I was looking at as opposed to my old stuff.

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    July 25, 2012 at 1:19 pm #121544

    I agree on the Swaro’s. I have a pair I bought in the early 90’s and I think they are still better than the Nikon EDG’s I bought last year.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18605
    July 25, 2012 at 5:06 pm #121556

    It sucks that most are in the few hundred dollar range but you have to go over a grand for the ones you really want. That’s the main reason I havent purshased any in recent years.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    July 25, 2012 at 6:30 pm #121558

    Heck, does a grand even buy much now days? I agree, it’s the major limiting factor for me. It’s hard to justify a full year’s budget on a pair of glass. If I hunted out west, I’d probably feel differently.

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    July 25, 2012 at 6:45 pm #121559

    Quote:

    Something I definitely want to upgrade in the next few years.

    Let me know, I have a pair of Nikon Monarch’s I would be willing to sell cheap…

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    July 25, 2012 at 7:34 pm #121562

    Sounds like we need to get together and officially meet. Maybe Schrumy, G and I should meet you for a little bow practice….

    dennisdalan
    St Cloud, MN
    Posts: 974
    July 25, 2012 at 8:15 pm #121563

    Anytime, I’ve got the targets ready…

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22418
    July 27, 2012 at 12:33 am #121595

    I am up for it BTW, I am running Nikon Monarch 10×42. FWIW, for $1000+ more, I realize I could see the tick on a deers azz from 100 yards at sundown, but I don’t need to

    neusch303
    Posts: 539
    July 27, 2012 at 11:56 am #121601

    Quote:

    FWIW, for $1000+ more, I realize I could see the tick on a deers azz from 100 yards at sundown, but I don’t need to

    I will disagree with that statement. Being able to count tines through thick brush (or see any detail) in low light conditions is a must for me when hunting.

    It is amazing the difference in glass when doing thid test. Take a 3-D target and put it in thick brush about 75 yards away. Then at Dusk or Dawn (low light) do a side by side comparison and see the difference.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22418
    July 27, 2012 at 12:57 pm #121604

    If you truely want the best for counting tines to shoot through the brush at lowlight from long distances, I would suggest you carry these Leica’s

    neusch303
    Posts: 539
    July 28, 2012 at 1:44 am #121621

    Quote:

    If you truely want the best for counting tines to shoot through the brush at lowlight from long distances, I would suggest you carry these Leica’s

    I was talking even close distance.

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