Hunting Optics
Vortex Crossfire II 3-9x40 Review: A Full Season in the Idaho Timber
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Two budget scopes, one deer season, and a gravel pit range in the Idaho panhandle. Here is what 35 years of hunting taught me about choosing between them.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget. Zero at 100 yards, then confirm at 200, without burning a box of ammo or your patience.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget, and the scope that earned a permanent spot on his .308.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Two seasons, one .308, and a whole lot of cold Idaho rain. Here is what the Crossfire II actually does well, and the three things I wish somebody had told me before I bought it.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget, comparing the TIDEWE Rangefinder against the Vortex Crossfire HD 1400.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on ranging deer through timber without spooking them, using a rangefinder that doesn't cost a paycheck.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Two 10x42s from the same company, one at nearly twice the price. I carried both through an Idaho deer season to find out whether the Triumph HD is worth the difference.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
A working Idaho hunter's plain-spoken field notes on Vortex Hunter rings after a full season of rain, cold, and logging-road miles.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Two seasons, one .308, and a lot of gravel pit mornings. What the Vortex Hunter rings do right, where they come up short, and what nobody tells you about mounting them.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Two seasons, one .308, and a whole lot of cold Idaho rain. Here is what the Crossfire II actually does well, and the three things I wish somebody had told me before I bought it.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
Plain-spoken field notes from a working Idaho hunter on a real budget.
A working Idaho hunter's plain-spoken field notes on Vortex Hunter rings after a full season of rain, cold, and logging-road miles.
Two seasons, one .308, and a lot of gravel pit mornings. What the Vortex Hunter rings do right, where they come up short, and what nobody tells you about mounting them.