I have a Simmons scope 3\*9 by 40 do you think I need something with a 3\*14 or so? For ranges up to 300 yards? what is the average distance a hunter will shot at?
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I have a Simmons scope 3*9 by 40 do you think I need something with a 3*14 or so? For ranges up to 300 yards? what is the averag
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Depends on where you are hunting. There are many places in which you may rarely take a shot over a hundred yards, or if you need a bean field shot you can be taking a 300 yard shot. Remember people were making those 300 yard shot with fixed 4 power scopes for a long time and scopes are not cheap.
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Thuroy makes a lot of sense. A high quality fixed 4X is much less expensive than a variable. Our forefathers managed to nearly wipe out deer and buffalo with nothing but iron sights. I have made shots out to 325 yd with a Leupold 1 3/4 X 5X scope that is 25 yrs old and beat up pretty bad, still works great tho. Most people want too much power when they should go for quality glass.
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The 3x9 is pretty standard for hunting large game that can run fast. Whether you are expecting 50 yards or 300 yards, you leave it on 3 power when you are hunting so you have a large enough field of view to aquire your target quickly. Once in a while, you will find a really stupid deer standing around a long ways away. Then, if you feel like it you can crank up the power and count horns before you shoot. I think it would be wonderful if they could come up with a half pound 3x65 power variable so you could do everything with that one scope. However, until they do, your 3x9 will do a great job as long as you are just hunting deer. By the way, the Cedar Knolls study (http://scilowcountry.org/cedar_knoll_deer_study.htm) shows the average deer shot is taken at 132 yards. This is about right unless you hunt in the timber, then it is about 50 yards. I shoot a 3x9 on the prarie in South Dakota and it is even fine there where we can see deer about half way to tomorrow. You still generally need to get within a few hundred yards to make a clean shot.
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