Never mind the elk hunts, and the pronghorn hunts, and chasing caribou across the tundra. How many of you carry binoculars for hunting in the rural farm country of the Northeast?
I ask because, in another thread, a poster asked me why I'd carry binoculars when hunting. My main reason is that I'd hate to do something stupid with a firearm, while using the sight as a telescope. (The other reason is that waving a rifle around all day would be tiring enough to discourage using the glass at all, late in the day; binoculars'd be a lot less tiring.) However, I'm looking to start my hunting career in the Northeast, not out west. I'd want to set up on partially cleared property, farm or abandoned farm or meadow, whatever. In such a situation, how many of you carry binoculars?
I ask because, in another thread, a poster asked me why I'd carry binoculars when hunting. My main reason is that I'd hate to do something stupid with a firearm, while using the sight as a telescope. (The other reason is that waving a rifle around all day would be tiring enough to discourage using the glass at all, late in the day; binoculars'd be a lot less tiring.) However, I'm looking to start my hunting career in the Northeast, not out west. I'd want to set up on partially cleared property, farm or abandoned farm or meadow, whatever. In such a situation, how many of you carry binoculars?