Thread: Spotting Scopes

Originally Posted by High Country Boy

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I run a canon SX60 and I know quite a few other hunters use them. The photos aren't greatest quality because they're taken simply to evaluate headgear. But when holding on them you can get it cleared because they go fuzzy because you shake it when you push the shoot. The photo with the stag was taken at about 500m and through the binos you could only see it had length but through these you can evaluate that its a nice 12pointer but still a young animal. The photo with the bull tahr under the rock was taken at 500+m and and you can quite easily see that its young and its bases are huge but it does have nice tips and is about 11-12inches but in a couple of years would be a great trophy. The more bleached coat bull was taken at about 700m hence why its quite fuzzy but i was able to see it was also about 11-12 inches however looked young and would benefit from more growth. The mob of bulls was taken between 800-1000m and although you can't see in detail how big they are you can see there looks to be some mature bulls that warrant inspection. Since I've got this camera its all i use for evaluating animals and i think its a really good way to do it. You then get the bonus you can take excellent picutures at close range also. By using this it means you don't have to carry both a camera and a spotting scope. Hope this is of some help
cheers

Try taking the photo with a shutter delay. You know, where you can push the button and get yourself in the picture.