Rokcast | Your angled spotting scope is holding you back....

[@brackenstokes1840]

Looking forward to the video on how to tune your base plates!

[@travishobbs]

@@brackenstokes1840 I’ll try and get on that asap! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@natef760]

@@travishobbsI’m a total FNG and looking at spotters. Was thinking angled because it seems obvious that it’s more comfortable. Your video just convinced me to go straight no doubt. Will be on the lookout for that tuning video as well, thanks for the info.

[@TalonID]

Straight Spotters allow you to easier scan; Right to Left, Bottom to Top - the opposite of how you read. This will force your brain to focus on finding targets and not go on autopilot. Many military spotters are taught this technique as it works!

[@iansee89]

Great information!

[@Andyram_18]

Thanks Travis! I think we need a video on your trophy room....

[@mariumrajah]

I had both STM & ATS Swarovski. Both excellent 👌 Neck hurts after a good day birding on the angle 📐. I prefer the straight

[@Rokslide]

@@mariumrajah 🙏

[@mariumrajah]

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[@trident8872]

You are absolutely right! Straight spotting scopes are easy to use.

[@joshh5853]

This also highlights a weakness of the bino clamps (like an aziak) vs a stud system like the outdoorsman’s. The aziak works great just for binos and is considerably cheaper but because it’s not centered you can’t go directly between the binos and spotter.

[@jackburcs]

I don't know if thats really true though. I'll have to test it out, but I think deviations laterally or vertically shouldn't really matter. Only the angle really matters, so as long as the mounting surface/plate is parallel to the tubes on their respective binos and spotter, you should be good to go. Like if you're looking through binoculars standing, and you squat down, you should still see basically the same thing, as long as you don't shift where you're pointing it, right? That said, I don't know if the clamp systems like the aziak are perfectly parallel to the tube.

[@travishobbs]

I can’t comment on the Aziak system, but I do think it is important to get a system that is machined well. Outdoorsman’s is top notch

[@natef760]

@@travishobbswith that, how do you setup a system to swap out like that? Matching plates? I’m starting from scratch here

[@travishobbs]

@@natef760 yes, matching plates. Outdoorsmans is what I use. They have multiple tripod heads, window mounts and every base plate you could imagine. They also have a binocular adapter for just about every binocular available. The binocular adapter base they offer, matches the spotting scope base plates exactly making it super easy to transition back and forth.

[@natef760]

@@travishobbs thanks Travis I appreciate the reply and the help

[@Jasper_r_jones]

I find it funny how other non mule deer hunters make fun of us for solo hunting and using straight spoters

[@leavemwet2739]

Love scanning with my 18x56 vortex uhd and getting close ups with the kowa 88

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

I’m in the market for a spotting scope and have been torn between straight and angled. i’ve never owned an angled so I think I’ll stay away from them. I’m going with Vortx. I’m not hard on equipment but I like the sounds of their warranty.

[@klintbutler4135]

Do you recommend a scope cover for the straight spotting scope? If so, which one?

[@travishobbs]

I personally like a zippered case for the spotting scope from a company like Marsupial Gear. Stay on cases are ok, but I feel like they can interfere at times, getting lens covers off, in the wind etc.

[@sendit220swift3]

Love my range bino combo. Leica geovids. Maybe big game I agree but for coyotes and everything else, having the range finder all-in one works best for me. Great video opinions make the world go round. Learned a lot from your video. By the way love Kent’s go there all the time. Where are you located?

[@sammiller4321]

I’m glad they make both due to different opinions. But as for me I’ve always been a straight scope guy way over angled.

[@JAL94]

For your one pair of 10s, NL 10x42 or NL 10x52?

[@travishobbs]

I think I’d go with the 10x52, saying that I haven’t looked through them, but I’ll bet in low light they are unreal

[@JAL94]

@@travishobbsthat’s what I figure as well. I’d love to see 10x52s and 12x42s on tripod side by side in some low light situations. I wonder if the extra light would translate into greater clarity enough to compensate for the extra 2x. I’m currently running 12x42s. With the fov + mag, they’re ridiculous.

[@trident8872]

Kowa TSN Prominar spotting scopes is also close to Swarovski,why don't you talk about Kowa??

[@Rokslide]

@@trident8872 because close isn’t good enough for Travis. But if you jump over to rokslide and look on our homepage, you’ll see we’ve reviewed KOWA several times and they are a great optic. The most recent review was on their 55.

[@trident8872]

@@Rokslide you mean to say Kowa is not above and beyond Swarovski scopes??

[@travishobbs]

@@trident8872 when Kowa makes binoculars in the same league as the NL and puts rubberized coating on their optics I’d consider them, until then, they are inferior to Swarovski not only in quality, but long term re-sell value. That matters.

[@user-if2ke9hi6w]

In your experience would you get more resolution using the bridges dual swaro 17-40×56 (both eyes...which should weight about 70 oz?) or with a bigger 85 spotter with 60x or more magnification? Is two eyes Male up for the loss of 20 or 30x mag? Because it sure would be easier to use

[@Rokslide]

@@user-if2ke9hi6w hey we got your question here, Travis is out on a hunt right now so just hold tight. It may be a week or two, but will try to get back to you. Great question.

[@user-if2ke9hi6w]

@@Rokslide Thanks guys

[@USAsportsmanIdaho]

Range finding binos are a disqualification for both boone and crockett and pope and young record books because it’s considered not fair chase along with electronic communications to locate animals.

[@Rokslide]

@@USAsportsmanIdaho hey thanks for chiming in but the way we read article 3 in their position statement is range finding binoculars are fine, but you cannot have a rangefinding scope. Please clarify if we’re missing something here.

[@USAsportsmanIdaho]

@ in article 3 it states that “ the use of any technology that delivers real time location data to target or guide a hunter to any species or animal in a manner that elicits a immediate response by the hunter is not permitted “. It does also state that a stand alone rangefinder is an accepted tool earlier in the article. I would suggest contacting either club for clarification of range finding binoculars. This sentence is in the trail camera section but the part that states “use of any technology” and “to elicit a immediate response” is a broad statement.

[@The-Huntian]

Absolutely hate twist lock tripods too! Amen!!!

[@Rokslide]

@@The-Huntian seems like guys with poor eye hand coordination really have problems with the twist locks.

[@travishobbs]

😂😂😂 twist locks are junk.

[@Rokslide]

@@travishobbs Neanderthals struggle too.

[@philpjackson3963]

10 x 52 or 10 x 42 NL pure which one is recommend

[@travishobbs]

I haven’t had my hands on the 10x52, I’m guessing they are unreal.

[@Isaiah_50_7]

Kowa, hard "oh" sound, not cow

[@alexmillward7265]

He’s from southern Idaho/Northern Utah. For people from my/our region it’s Cowa 😂

[@Isaiah_50_7]

@@alexmillward7265 haha I get it, it's just kinda gnarly to say the company name wrong if he's ever talking to a rep or endorsing a product over and over

[@travishobbs]

Tomotto/Tomayto…… cows or coooze deer…. 😂😂😂 if I offend a rep for pronouncing the name wrong I could literally care less. I’m a red neck 🤷‍♂️ and I’m not interested in studying pronunciation of foreign words. 😂

[@iancurrie8844]

I'm a bit of an old school hunter here in Northern Alberta. The idea of someone sitting and just using optics on a tripod calling anyone "lazy" is beyond absurd to me. I hunt on foot and, yes, hand hold my binoculars.

[@Rokslide]

are you referring to the 11:00 minute mark where he mentions "guys get lazy..." switching between angled spotter and binos? If so, you're missing his point. He's explaing the fact that using an angled is harder than a straight spotter so invariably we end up gettting lazy on switching optics and only hand-holding the binos. Hand holding binos is never as effective as putting them on a tripod. Ya, we get it, when your hiking (and we hike plenty), it's not practical to put binos on tripod every time a guy wants to check something and we hand hold in that case. The video is about making a glassing session more efficient, that's all. Not calling anyone lazy so please don't make it into that. If you were referring to something else in the video, please clarify. Thanks for the watch and all the best up in Alberta, some of our favorite mule deer country.