| The best hunting spotting scopes are those which | | | | which means smaller field of view and that in turn can |
| have the zoom eyepieces and are very easy to carry. | | | | cause you to only see the target and nothing else. |
| These two features can easily make sure that you | | | | Because of bigger magnifications you can also see |
| have the best experience with the scopes. | | | | the haze, fog and the mirages very clearly. That is |
| Spotting scopes are nothing but modified telescopes | | | | why the best time to use the hunting scopes is early |
| which have smaller magnification range than the | | | | morning and late evening when the air is calm and the |
| telescopes but more than the binoculars. The | | | | sun at your back. |
| binoculars that as a hunter you use have a very limited | | | | The design for the spotting scopes is either straight |
| magnification and the spotting scopes can help ease | | | | body or the angled one. The straight body has the |
| this restriction and they have magnification in the range | | | | barrel and the eyepiece in a straight line whereas the |
| of about 15-45 or 20-60. The scopes have an image | | | | angled one has these two pieces at the 45 degrees |
| which is upright whereas in the astronomy telescopes | | | | angle. Based on your needs you can choose either |
| the image is reversed. | | | | one. |
| The spotting scopes are best used in conjunction with | | | | The other major thing to consider is the ease of |
| the normal binoculars and other optics. The normal | | | | carrying and you can select one based on whether |
| binoculars will allow you to see the nearby animals | | | | you will be carrying it in your back pack or not. If you |
| however with spotting scopes you can spot a deer in | | | | are not carrying it in your backpack then you can |
| a herd very easily. The challenge however lies in the | | | | easily buy a heavy one whereas if you are carrying it |
| span of view. The bigger the magnification the smaller | | | | in your back pack then you need to buy a smaller |
| is the field of view and that can cause can issue when | | | | eyepiece scope. |
| you are using the spotting scope for the first time. | | | | Always buy the tripod, as the scopes are heavy and |
| The spotting scopes have a very large magnification | | | | you just cannot hold them in your hand. |