Binoculars?

[Tom007]

I carry Swarovski 10x25 compacts. Very compact and light-weight. Pretty much use them for everything I hunt. Very clear optics.

[bbcoach]

Vortex Viper 10X42's with Vortex harness right in the middle of my chest for Quick access.  Never leave the truck without them.

[Tail Feathers]

A buddy suggested using a rangefinder.  Mine is lighter than the lightest small binos I could find.  6x monocular and of course you have rangefinder capabilities. All in about 5 oz.

[g8rvet]

Vortex Diamondback 10x42 as well. 

[Gooserbat]

Swarovski EL 10X42

I might add in hindsight I wish I would have gotten the 8.5x42. 

[MK M GOBL]

I have a pair Swarovski SLC 8x30 that are excellent glass, they are my spring turkey/fall bow hunt binos. I went with a compact pair as they easily fit in my Turkey Hip Hunt Pack


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[Alabama556]

Kahles 8-32. Compact and clear. Got a super deal on them 10 years ago and they are still working great.


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[Sir-diealot]

Since I started shooting photos from inside the blind where I hunt I use the screen on the back of the camera to see distance and don't even touch my binocs unless I am trying to see the spurs and beard and in most cases the camera works for that too.

[painterjp]

Swarovski 10X32 EL Range are what I carry

[Bowguy]

Guys understand the amount you spend if you go super high glass becomes less relative to the quality comparatively. A $2000 pair is not twice as good as a $1000 pair for instance. Prob barely noticeably better if at all.
That being said cheap glass gives you a headache, is less clear and crispy, rougher low light and often made in china, an enemy of the United States so please don't buy from them.
That being said I use Zeiss conquest 8-40 for roosting, Conquest 8-32 for hunts. The bigger glass is better for light gathering. Realize higher magnification will hurt you here and these are woodlot use so I go no higher than 8. 
You can prob find conquests open box with lifetime warranty for 600 bucks if you look.
Understand any 20-25mm glass is gonna be really hard to impossible to see low light or in the dark. Often walking in, roosted bird or not I'll glass treetops to look for or find birds. I'm a guy if I can gets fairly close.  My daughters and I when they were young climbed cattle fences as birds slept under 40 yards away watching with binoculars for them to stir. If so we stopped and let them tuck their head before continuing.
I'd def never hunt without em.
I'd say any of the non super small Zeiss, Swarovski, Leica are good bets.

[Badger]

I use a pair of Maven B.3 10X30.

[deerhunt1988]

Don't carry binos too often, normally just a rangefinder. But I do have some Maven C2 10x28 that I bought just for turkey hunting. Can get them for ~$250 and they function exactly as I want. I use the Rick Young ultralight bino harness with them.
https://rickyoungoutdoors.com/safety-ultra-light-bino-harness/

[Nathan_Wiles]

8x32 from Vortex work well for me here in the South.


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[GobbleNut]

...A little information about bino's for those possibly having less experience with them.
A lot of the binoculars mentioned are the more expensive brands.  Someone shopping for binoculars might take a look at a $1,000 pair, then look through a $100 pair...and think, "these look pretty much the same, so why should I pay for the more expensive bino's"?

Here's are (some of) the reasons: 
>>  Cheap bino's are much less durable and are much more likely to get knocked out of alignment over time, and often rather quickly when getting banged around in a lot of hunting situations.
>>  Dust infiltration into the inner lenses...which can significantly impact viewing clarity...is much more likely and will much more quickly occur with the cheapo brands.
>>  Less expensive brands generally have no long-term warrantee on refurbishment/replacement like the expensive brands...and if you put your bino's through the ringer like some of us do, that long-term warrantee is good to have.
>>  As has been mentioned, low-light use through quality glass can be significantly better than the cheap stuff.

Having stated the above, I also think there are "serviceable" bino's for most "average" applications that can be purchased in the $200-$300 range...but generally speaking, avoid the really cheap, off-brand stuff. 

[Dtrkyman]

I carry 10x42 when I carry them, but that is not every day.  Totally depends on where I am.

My old Steiner are small for a 10x42.