This spring will be my first time hunting turkeys. I know I need a good pair of binos that work well in low-light situations. I found a screaming deal on a pair of Nixon Prostaff 7 binos, but are black. The best deal I could find on the same pair in a camo color are about $100 more. How important is it for everything on me to be camo? I've made sure every piece of gear I will wear is camo and a matching pattern so would black binos stand out? Thanks all.
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Find something else to worry about. You'll be fine.
Movement is much more important than camo. Old timers and indians used to kill turkeys with no camo at all. I use black binocs strapped to my chest with bino-straps. I use them all the time, even with turkeys in sight. I just s-l-o-w-l-y raise them up, and s-l-o-w-l-y scan with them. Don't waste your money on camo binocs. :anim_25:
Thanks guys, appreciate the advice. Black it is.
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What is important is what you see when you look through, not at, the instrument.
You could go turkey hunting dressed up like a circus clown and kill just as many birds.....fact. No movement is the key!
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on February 12, 2015, 01:20:47 PM
Movement is much more important than camo. Old timers and indians used to kill turkeys with no camo at all. I use black binocs strapped to my chest with bino-straps. I use them all the time, even with turkeys in sight. I just s-l-o-w-l-y raise them up, and s-l-o-w-l-y scan with them. Don't waste your money on camo binocs. :anim_25:
bingo
I'm pretty sure that the main reason camo binoculars exist in the first place is; If you happen to set them down in the woods, you'll have trouble finding them again and you'll need to buy a new pair.
I know this is exactly how it works with camo flashlights by experience. Truth.
Jim
I've been out scouting and had a jake walk across my feet while dressed in jeans and a white t-shirt and I've killed most of my birds with a plain black shotgun...
Camo on binos is in the same category as the glitter on the top of a Zara Spook.
camo is overrated
Glare. Check the binos you have and make sure that they don't have any glare in bright sun light. Glare from any source is a hunt killer. Other than that, you should be OK with black ones.
Get the black ones
Black is fine I never use them in hardwoods hunting anyway but if hunting large areas out west they are a must sucks to put a hour long stalk on jake that you thought was longbeard