As stated in the title, I'm looking for an Ohio and southern Michigan deer (and possibly coyote) scope. I'm new here, so I'd love input from Ohioan hunters with what you like to use, but I've been looking at 2 specific scopes: the Vortex Viper HS 2.5-10, and the Leupold Mk3 3-9×40. Do you guys like these scopes? Should I be looking at a 1-6? I am hoping to buy a bolt gun in .350 legend (also open to suggestions there) to put this scope on, as in Ohio we may only use straight wall cartridges and .350 seems the way to go for my family.
Budget- sub $600. I don't want super cheap glass but I can't swing nice glass right now. I'm always happy to buy used, especially something like Vortex with their excellent warranty.
Second Focal Plane- almost goes without saying, but I have a Vortex 3-15 in FFP and the reticle is pretty much unusable at 3x, and I think with .350 legend that's where I'd want to be for a lot of shots. But I understand any bdc reticle would have to be verified and only used at full power.
Illumination- would be nice for low light. This is not a "must" but I would like illum.
Other stuff like parallax, weight, exposed turrets, I just don't think I need because my shots wouldn't be past 200 yards, and i wont be walking around so much.
Thanks in advance!
Budget- sub $600. I don't want super cheap glass but I can't swing nice glass right now. I'm always happy to buy used, especially something like Vortex with their excellent warranty.
Second Focal Plane- almost goes without saying, but I have a Vortex 3-15 in FFP and the reticle is pretty much unusable at 3x, and I think with .350 legend that's where I'd want to be for a lot of shots. But I understand any bdc reticle would have to be verified and only used at full power.
Illumination- would be nice for low light. This is not a "must" but I would like illum.
Other stuff like parallax, weight, exposed turrets, I just don't think I need because my shots wouldn't be past 200 yards, and i wont be walking around so much.
Thanks in advance!