target aquisition

Charlie · Guest

I tried using a spotting scope on my 1st elk hunt and scouting trips last season. Picking up a target from mountain-mountain is awful at best.
I am now shopping for a good scope of my own. Many of the ones I am leaning to do not say anything about sights.
Two questions:
1. Is there an aftermarket sight that can be added to spotting scopes?
2. Would you have a recommendation for a scope under 36 ozs, water/fog proof, good optics of course, in the $300-500 range?

opticsplanet.com · Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 2:20 pm Post subject:

Hi

Picking up targets in a spotting scope does take practice. This is where a zoom model helps. Always start at low power - which offers a wide field of view - then zoom up as much as you need to do the job.

Many spotting scopes have crude sighting devices on the body, but I don't know of any after-market add-on finder designed to fit spotting scopes.

Here are some good spotting scopes with the features you list:

Bushnell 15-45x60 Elite Roof Prism Spotting Scope, http://www.opticsplanet.net/bushnell-15-45x60mm-elite-spotting-scope-781548p.html

Kowa 600 series Spotting Scopes, http://www.opticsplanet.net/kowa-60mm-high-performance-spotting-scopes.html
Kowa 600 series eyepieces, http://www.opticsplanet.net/kowa-interchangeable-eyepieces-for-66mm-and-60mm-spotting-scopes.html

Nikon Spotter XLII, http://www.opticsplanet.net/nikon-16-48x60-spotter-xl-ii-spotting-scope.html
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